| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday :
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| New year holiday (end) - Monday January 3, 2022 School holidays : Www.seattleschools.org
applies to Seattle
PISA ranking (average 493): 496
Schooling is mandatory till age 18
umber of instructional days and/or hours in the school year: 180 days - Kindergarten ~ 450 hours/Grades 1-6 ~ 1000 hours/Grades 7-12 ~ 1080 hours
Teaching languages: Spanish, English
schools closed Saturday & Sunday
school uniforms not required
University of Washington ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #--/Shanghai #15
Dates confirmed till March 2022
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday January 17, 2022 Secular holiday : Martin Luther King was a U.S civil rights leader and American clergyman. His non-violent demonstrations against racial inequality led to civil rights legislation. He was assassinated in 1968. called "Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, Virginia and New Hampshire
called "Robert E. Lee day" in Alabama and Mississipi
called "Human Rights Day" in Idaho
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| School holiday - Monday January 31, 2022 School holidays : Day between semesters
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| Civil Servants holiday - Monday October 11, 2021 Secular holiday : Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday November 7, 2021 Special Events :
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| Remembrance Day - Thursday November 11, 2021 Banks only : Formerly Armistice Day, is a holiday observed in honour of all those, living and dead, who served with U.S. armed forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed to commemorate the termination of World War I Some banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities.
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| Washington Admission Day - Thursday November 11, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Thanksgiving (beginning) - Wednesday November 24, 2021 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving - Thursday November 25, 2021 Secular holiday : Many Americans take the following day off and enjoy a four-day holiday. The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. The turkey tradition was introduced by Benjamin Franklin who made it a national symbol: quick runner, wary, sharp eyesight... The one-time holiday was declared by George Washington, whereas Abraham Lincoln elected the 4th Thursday in November.
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| Black Friday - Friday November 26, 2021 Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
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| Banks are closed - Friday November 26, 2021 Banks only :
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| Marathon - Sunday November 28, 2021 Sports events : Www.seattlemarathon.org/ 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 29, 2021 School holidays :
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Friday December 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Banks are closed - Friday December 24, 2021 Banks only :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 Catholic or protestant :
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