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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine has a special all school field day, a variety show, sport tournament, etc and I think it’s great. They get a deserved break from work, the events build school spirit, and the last week wasn’t going to be a major learning period anyway. In public school they have a field day and show movies and play games. Come to think of it, they watch movies and play with apps a LOT in public school, all through the year. In our Catholic school, the kids are at least involved in learning activities for most of the time they are at school. I don’t begrudge them the few social fun days they do during the holidays and at the end of the year. [/quote]

DP, and I think deliberate programs/events like these are great too! Our upper school has exams right until the end, but that's not going to make sense in elementary.

(I'm just frustrated with my kids' experience in public where there seems to be no plan for making these weeks meaningful. I don't need them to learn algebra in June, obviously, but it sucks that they go into summer thinking about school as the place where you sit around and fill time. OP's experience sounds pretty okay by comparison!)[/quote]

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