from late February or early March to July. Following a two-week or three-week winter break, school resumes and lasts until early or mid-December, followed by 10–12 weeks of summer vacations. In addition, schools have a one-week-long break for National Holidays in mid-September. Being located in the Southern Hemisphere, spring begins approximately at the end of this holiday week so it acts similarly to the American spring break. There is also a brief Easter break in March or April. Mexico In Mexico, school usually ends in the second week of July and resumes the third week of August depending on what scheduling system a school uses, and whether it is high school or college. Christmas holiday is two weeks. Also there is the Easter recess which lasts for two weeks. United States In the United States, there are typically 160-180 school days in a year; the exact number mainly depends on the state. (although school years at colleges and universities are often shorter). Private schools tend to have classes for 170 days each year. Here are the school holidays/breaks in the US (with the four main breaks underlined): Event-based Thanksgiving/Fall Holiday or Break – Occurs at the end of November. This holiday usually consists of the week of Thanksgiving – the day before Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, and the day after. Some areas have the Monday and Tuesday of the Thanksgiving week as regular days and take Wednesday as an early dismissal day; with Thanksgiving and the day after off. Other schools take the whole week off and have an early release on the Friday before the break. US Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November (occurs between November 22 and November 28), while Black Friday is on Friday after fourth Thursday of November (occurs between November 23 and November 29). US Thanksgiving depends on date, between November 22 and November 28: If the year ends on Sunday, Thanksgiving is on November 23, while Black Friday is on November 24. If the year ends on Monday, Thanksgiving is on November 22, while Black Friday is on November 23. If the year ends on Tuesday, Thanksgiving is on November 28, while Black Friday is on November 29. If the year ends on Wednesday, Thanksgiving is on November 27, while Black Friday is on November 28. If the year ends on Thursday, Thanksgiving is on November 26, while Black Friday is on November