The earthquake occurred a week before Spring Break at many Tokyo international schools, and the schools closed early the following week.

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Under the proposed reforms, there would be a two-week fixed spring break, regardless of where Easter fell - and both A-levels and GCSEs would be moved back to April and May.

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They're back in Washington after a two-week spring break.

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The plan for Nottingham is that from 2013, children would return to school in late August after a month-long break and then have a two-week break in the autumn, at Christmas, in spring and in late May.

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Because spring break tends to spread out over a four- to six-week period in March and April, Ms. Banas says there are still deals to be found.

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As an Environmental Science major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, I had the opportunity to spend a week during my senior year as a participant in one of the first Alternative Spring Break trips.

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