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March break
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — Education
a school holiday in March for elementary and high school students, usually one week in length.
Type: 5. Frequency — Chart 1 indicates that the holiday is most commonly known as March break in Canada, as well as in Ireland and in Australia. Spring break, however, is the preferred term in the US (see Chart 2), though this term conflates the high-school and post-secondary holidays (see reading week), and is roughly as frequent as March break in Canada, Australia and Ireland (as indicated by the Frequency indices).
See also COD-2, which marks the term "Cdn". Not listed in Gage-5 or ITP Nelson.
See also COD-2, which marks the term "Cdn". Not listed in Gage-5 or ITP Nelson.
See: reading week
Quotations
1929
The fact that New York prices are in many instances higher than they were before the March "break" is also a sobering influence on speculative enthusiasm.
1968
This year, for the first time, the Ontario Department of Education has replaced the traditional Easter week school vacation with a fixed mid-March break.
1978
Toronto ON -- Over 100 teachers from the Toronto Board of Education will spend their own money to travel to Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Poland and Jamaica during the March break on a Professional Development Travel Program co-sponsored by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, Toronto Teachers Federation, the Toronto Board of Education and community groups.
1999
Even though Aude Motillon, 10, had approved her parents' selection of the March Break program offered at the Notre Dame de Grace community centre, she was a tad apprehensive.
References
- COD-2
- ITP Nelson
- Gage-5
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 11 Jul. 2013
