How many vacation days do Bowman students get each year?
In many schools, the number of days the school is closed each year equates to the number of vacation days available to its students. Bowman is different. Recognizing that long summer vacations were an 19th century solution for farming families, Bowman aims to accommodate the diversity in today’s busy families. To provide families with the greatest flexibility, Bowman is closed approximately 15 days a year. This allows families to schedule vacations for their children when it best serves family needs and for as long as they find appropriate. Bowman families take vacations when they want to, not when they are dictated to by a school calendar. Because the majority of instruction at Bowman is individualized, vacationing students do not fall behind when they are absent.
