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7-8 to 5
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Most have 3 6-hour days and 2 5-hour days (one school hour = 45 mins)
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Usually,they come to school around 8:30 and get out around 2:30. So it's 6 hours. But some of them have club activity and stay a few hours longer.
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45 minutes ×　4　in the morning. 45 minutes ×　2 in the afternoon. Total ; almost 4 hours and 30 minutes a day.
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Okay, this is for the 2008-2009 school year. I don't go to that school anymore, I don't know anymore -_- I'm still 15 years old, but, our school is junior high+high school, so the school schedule is same for both. ********************************************* Hi In Japanese schools Monday through Friday. We have no school on Saturday. However, schools are opened on Saturdays because some students have extra curricular activies on Saturday, or when they have to practice for a match against another school. Most school starts from 8:30AM and ends at 4:00PM. At my school, lunch time is 12:00~12:40. Some schools have school lunch, and some school you need to bring your own lunch. Break time is 10 minutes between subjects. we have 5 or 6 subjects a day. 60 minutes each subject. Elementary school - 1st grade ~ 6th grade Middle School - Middle school 1st year ~ Middle School 3rd year High School - High School 1st year ~ High School 3rd Year In Japan, school starts from April~March The longest vacation that have is on summer which lasts for 1 month and a half (At my school, this year, summer vacation started from July 19 to August 25) Winter break is about 3 weeks (at my school, this year, it's December 19~January 9) Spring break (before another school year starts) lasts 2 weeks (at my school, this year, it's March 19~April) HOLIDAYS are.. May 3~6 (Golden Week) It is called the Golden Week, because it is 4 days of holidays (1.憲法記念日- the day when the Constitution is made 2.Green Day 3.Children's Day and 4.substitue holiday) This year, there is a substitue holiday because this year, on May 3rd, it so happened to be on Saturday so we got an extra day off) September 15 (敬è€ã®æ—¥ - Respect the Elder's Day) Septmber 23 (秋分ã®æ—¥ - When autumn officially starts) October 13 (体育ã®æ—¥ - Physical Education Day) November 3 (文化ã®æ—¥ã€€- Culture Day) November 23 (勤労感è¬ã®æ—¥ã€€- Labor Thanksgiving Day) January 12 (æˆäººã®æ—¥ - When 20 year olds officially become adults i.e. allowed to drink beer, etc.) February 11 (建国記念日 - The Commemoration of Founding of Nation) March 20 (春分ã®æ—¥ã€€- When spring officially starts) All those holidays above, the workers do not have to work, students do not have to go to school. There is also the graduation trip. Sometime during the year, the Middle School 3rd year students and the High School 3rd years student will have a graduation trip. They will go to another prefecture in Japan to learn, staying there from 3 nights to 1 week, riding air planes to get there) This also goes for the 6th graders but they will stay in their own prefecture. In Japanese schools it is divided in three semesters. However, some have two semeters. At my school it is in three semesters. In each semeters there are 2 terms Midterms, and Finals. However, in the third semester, there is only 1 term. After each term, they will have exams that last for 3 days. And, at each of the terms, all students will have to clean their school, clean hallways, clean everywhere) Everyday, about 7 students from each class will clean their classrooms after school. Sometimes they have to clean the bathrooms. There is also the school festival lasting 2 days. Students will prepare the festivals decorating each classrooms with booths. Students are usually, in charge of the school festivals. At my school, graduation day is on March 18. Hope I helped!
