Summer break begins for 700,000 high schoolers

Some 700,000 high schoolers began their summer vacation moments ago as the last school day of the academic year came to an end.

For 7th to 12th grades, summer break will last until the first day of school on September 1, 2017.

“Take advantage of the vacation to move forward and grow,” Education Minister Naftali Bennett rather optimistically advises the students, according to Channel 2.

The rest of the education system, an estimated 1.5 million students up to 6th grade, will start their vacation on July 1.

File: Israeli high school students celebrate finishing school in Ashdod, Southern Israel, June 20, 2016.  (Flash90)
File: Israeli high school students celebrate finishing school in Ashdod, Southern Israel, June 20, 2016.
(Flash90)

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