Definition of school calendar

The school calendar is a concept of use extended within the field of education and with the same refers to the program of educational activities for a certain period of time. As we all know, a calendar is the most popular way that we humans organize and systematize the time and within the different activities that we carry out.
Then being a basic instrument and Hyper extended in the sense of organization of the times, many institutions, companies and organizations use it and rely on it to organize their actions, activities and special events, among other issues.
It should be noted that the school calendar is produced only by the authorities of educational institutions and those agencies. Among other issues, the school calendar deals provide the festive days, school days, the date start and end of the school year and vacation time.
In regards to the school, it is common and a matter already extended worldwide, regardless of the part of the hemisphere which is found, the administrations of education laid down in the school calendar the number of days that will involve the school, in the meantime, if you have cuts in development intended as a result of unforeseen events such is the case of teacher strikes, those days of classes that have been suspended shall be recovered as to not affect the effective teaching.
Generally, the period extends for nine months and it is divided into semesters, trimesters, or quarters, depending on the country and the hemisphere in which the nation is. For example, in South America, classes begin in March or the last days of February and end in December. There is a school break mid-year called winter break consisting of two weeks. Meanwhile, on the European continent, classes start in September and end in June.