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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

SCHOOL YEAR 2013-2014 - What are the dates of the School Year & Major Holidays in Costa Rica - Public & Private schools


When do Costa Rican's get their big "SUMMER" BREAK?
For North American's, our "Summer Break" in between the school year - is during OUR "SUMMER" - when the weather is nice - depending on where you are, it's usually around the end of May-ish•mid-June till the end of August or first week in September (the Monday after Labor Day is the most popular return date).  

The months of OUR "Summer Break" is Costa Rica's RAINY (aka "Green") SEASON - NOT a great time to go to camp, hiking, do outdoor activities, etc. so they do it when Costa Rica's weather is "Nicer" - warmer (more like HOT on average).  So THEIR "Summer Break" happens AROUND mid-December-ish till the second week in February (as always in Costa Rica - subject to change).  Note January is the start of the hottest months of the year in Costa Rica (the hottest [hence driest] months tend to be January till May/June-ish [all depending on Mother Nature's plan!!]).

So kids going to PUBLIC schools are on a totally different schedule than kids on the North American schedule which you find many of the Private schools on.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHEDULE in Costa Rica
("School's Out!!" - Kyra Christiaan)

SCHOOL YEAR - 2013 - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:  Wednesday - December 11, 2013

SCHOOL YEAR - 2014 - START•RETURN DATE:  Monday - February 10, 2014

EASTER•SAMANA SANTA - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:    Friday - April 11, 2014 (note April 11, '14 is Juan SantaMaria Day which is a national holiday so they MAY get this day OFF)

EASTER•SAMANA SANTA - RETURN DAY:  Monday - April 21, 2014

MID-TERM JULY BREAK - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:  Friday - June 30, 2014
MID-TERM JULY BREAK - RETURN DAY:  Monday - July 14, 2014

Calendar Info obtained from the 
Ministerio de Educación Pública • Ministry of Public Education (MEP) site


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ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS DURING 
PUBLIC SCHOOL BREAKS
I'm starting a list of activities I'm finding of things for kids to do on breaks at:

Do YOU know of other programs to add? 
PLEASE email me ULTIMATELY DETAILS and a jpg flier at


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PRIVATE SCHOOLS SCHEDULE in Costa Rica
(varies by the school.  Listed below are based on the "American School Year".  Note this info is from 2012 and based on just one school as there are MANY different Private Schools in Costa Rica that have LOTS of different dates.  This is from Country Day School - cds.ed.cr)


SCHOOL YEAR - 2013 - START - RETURN DATE:  Tuesday - August 20, 2013 (varies by school.  Many schools start again around the 2nd or 3rd Week in August)

THANKSGIVING BREAK - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:  Thursday - November 28, 2013 (Looks like they only get that Thursday and Friday off making it a 4 day long weekend [vs in the U.S. many schools get that whole week off].  U.S. Thanksgiving is the LAST Thursday in November)

WHERE TO CELEBRATE U.S. THANKSGIVING IN COSTA RICA

THANKSGIVING BREAK - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:     Monday - December 2, 2013
WINTER BREAK - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:     Thursday - December 19, 2013

WINTER BREAK - START•RETURN DATE:    Wednesday - January 23, 2014

EASTER•SAMANA SANTA - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL:    Thursday - April 10, 2014 (note that Friday April 11, '14 is Juan SantaMaria Day which is a national holiday so they get this day OFF)
EASTER•SAMANA SANTA - START•RETURN DATE Monday - April 21, 2014 
("School's Out!!" - Glee)
SCHOOL YEAR - 2014 - LAST DAY IN SCHOOL • "American Summer Break":     Thursday - June 19, 2014 (varies by school - usually the 2nd or 3rd Thursday in June)

Calendar Info obtained from the Country Day School's Calendar


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Share this with all parents you know with kids in school in Costa Rica  •  People thinking of moving to Costa Rica with kids  •  People that may hold events•activities around kids in school in Costa Rica
LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2013/12/SchoolYearInCR20132014.html

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