Week 22 is the last week of the schoolyear. Spring celebration is had and report cards are given on the following day and this year it was today. Those who have passed Matriculation examination in the final year of upper secondary school will receive their certificates and their caps.
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The weather is perfect. It was 25 C in Lahti at nine pm. Our street was, a quiet residential street, was full of cars belonging to guests to graduation parties.
The exact day when the next school year begins depends on the municipality. In comprehensive schools in Lahti, it is the 13th of August. In upper secondary schools, it is usually a few days earlier. There autumn and spring breaks are both one week long and the Christmas holiday is about two weeks long. The summer holiday is 10 weeks long. There has been talk about having the school year end at the end of June and begin only at the beginning of September because the weather is usually warmer in August than in June and it would be thus better for tourism. I don't agree with that because the spring term is already very long and hard for the students.
