NYC Push for School Holiday for Chinese New Year. How About St. Patrick's Day? - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T14:37:04Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topics/ethnic-holidays-schools-irish?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI wonder if they have the sam…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-02-16:6442157:Comment:781232014-02-16T15:01:32.795ZKelly O'Rourkehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/KellyORourke
<p>I wonder if they have the same attendance issues on St. Patrick's Day as they do on these other holidays. It would be interesting to know since that's the rationale they are using. Anybody here teach in NY or have any sense of this?</p>
<p>I wonder if they have the same attendance issues on St. Patrick's Day as they do on these other holidays. It would be interesting to know since that's the rationale they are using. Anybody here teach in NY or have any sense of this?</p> Growing up in Philadelphia (a…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-02-09:6442157:Comment:767982014-02-09T15:22:50.107Zjean kanieckihttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/jeankaniecki
<p>Growing up in Philadelphia (about 200 yrs ago) all the Irish went to catholic schools and St Patrick's day was a holiday. We didn't parade but went to Mass and just spent the day with relatives,</p>
<p>Growing up in Philadelphia (about 200 yrs ago) all the Irish went to catholic schools and St Patrick's day was a holiday. We didn't parade but went to Mass and just spent the day with relatives,</p>