<P> In the Philippines, summer holidays for kindergarten, elementary, and high schools typically start on the third week of March and end in the first to third week of June . This coincides with the country's tropical dry season months from March to June . Colleges and universities, however, offer summer classes for students who wants to take advanced subjects or those who fail to pass the prerequisites for the next school year . School year begins in the first week of June, the start of Philippines' wet season . </P> <P> In Poland, summer vacation starts on the first Saturday after June 20 and ends on the first weekday of September except Friday or Saturday . Students usually spend 1--1.5 hours at school to pick up their report cards on their last day of school . </P> <P> In Portugal, summer vacation starts in mid-June, and finishes in the middle of September . </P> <P> In Russia, summer vacation starts on May 25 with the end of an old school year (for 1st--8th and 10th grades) and ends on September 1 with the beginning of a new school year . For 9th and 11th grades, due to exams (EGE), the vacation starts in the middle (9th grade) or in the end (11th grade) of June . </P>

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