There is, as well, another shorter Easter break which starts on Holy Thursday and ends on next Tuesday. The regions are divided into three groups, the first group starts the holiday on the end of February, the last group starts the holiday two weeks later (in early March). The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from region to region to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Slovak Republic. Instead of vacationing in warm weather destinations, the Slovaks mostly associate spring breaks with skiing. Slovakia gives a week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the months of February and March. Also, the public holidays in May, connected with Labour day and Victory day, can be an accurate equivalent of the spring break. In the majority of cases it is set in the middle of April. Now, many schools in Russia still have the spring break, but the exact date is decided by the school itself. In the Soviet Union, spring break was always from March 24 to 31. Russiaīefore 1917 there was an Easter Break in schools. In Portugal, spring break is mostly known as 'Easter Holidays' and it gives two weeks to all students around the country. Primary school students have another week of holidays after Easter.

In Lithuania, spring break (called Easter holidays or spring holidays) takes place one week before Easter and one day after it (as it is the second day of Easter), all school students have this vacation. In Greece, spring break takes place during the Holy Week and the one after it. The Whitsun ( Pentecost) holidays around late May or early June are also considered a spring break. In Germany, universities typically schedule a semester break of five to eight weeks around March. In 2017, the new Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Aleksandre Jejelava made a new reform by which, students of preschools, elementary & high schools as well as colleges and universities get six days of holiday in March, lasting from March 8 to 15, for people to go on winter vacations or do other activities. Georgiaīefore 2017, the spring break in Georgia was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in the Holy Week. The last group of counties becomes the first one to have the spring break the next year. The first group starts the holiday on the first Monday of February, the last group starts the holiday five weeks later (usually in early March). The counties are divided into six groups, each group containing counties evenly distributed across the country. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from county to county to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Czech Republic (Czechs usually travel to the mountains to ski there). In the Czech Republic, only primary and secondary school students have a spring break. It usually depends on the school or the Emirate. In UAE, spring break is usually two or three weeks long from late March to early/middle of April. In Taiwan, spring break usually refers to the consecutive days off of Tomb Sweeping Day and Children's Day. In South Korea, the spring break lasts for about a week in early May, around Children's Day. Macau follows the Portuguese tradition of Easter break. It is usually a 2 or 3-week break, however, there is no fixed date for it, as the date is adjusted in accordance with the Lunar or Hijri calendar, as it is the case for almost all Arab and Muslim nations. In Kuwait, the spring break is between the two academic or school semesters, usually in December or January, but could last until early February. In Iran, spring break starts at Nowruz and ends on Sizdah Bedar, All Iranians have the same spring break. Hong Kong follows the British tradition of Easter break, usually about one and a half-week. In Japan, the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in late March and ends on April 7 with the beginning of a new academic year.

Now, spring break is an academic tradition in various mostly western countries that is scheduled for different periods depending on the state and sometimes the region. The idea clicked with other college swim coaches and soon the spring training migration became an annual tradition for swimmers nationwide. In the mid-1930s, a swimming coach from Colgate University decided to take his team down to Florida for some early training at a brand-new Olympic-size pool in sunny Fort Lauderdale.

Spring break daily schedule for kids