WHEN DO YOU NEED TO ARRIVE TO THE BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME

Almost everywhere in North hemisphere school year begins around September 1. Even if in some countries the start date of academic year differs from land to land. Like in Germany, the beginning of the school year in different lands varies from early August to early October, in the United States and Canada it also depends on the state and district, but mainly starts after the first Monday of September, as in the United States and Canada first Sunday is a national holiday - Labor Day. However, some private schools may begin the school year even in the second half of August.

In Australia, the school year starts in late January and in New Zealand in early February.

In most European countries, including the UK, Ireland, France, the academic year begins on the first Monday of September, though in Scotland the school year starts in the middle of August. Private schools may have own start date of the school year and school holidays. That is why after enrolling into the school you need immediately check with academic calendar.

Usually, students who live in school boarding house have to come to school on Saturday, which comes before the start of academic year. In the future, during the holidays, students return to the boarding house on Sunday before school week.

Either new students arrive with everyone on Saturday or, if the school organizes orientation, then the day before the day of orientation.

It is not necessary to arrive earlier then that, as school boarding houses would be closed, and even if the student comes with his parents, they would all stay at the hotel as before that the entire staff would be on vacation.