Senior Week (also known as Beach
Beach Week, Senior Trip, or Grad Week) is a week where recently graduated high school and college seniors in the United States, mainly from the East Coast and the South go to the beach to spend time with their friends.[1] This observance typically occurs during the last half of May and most of June.[2] During Senior Week, the graduates rent condos, beach houses or hotel rooms and enjoy each other's company. Some popular Senior Week destinations include Dewey Beach, Delaware; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Panama City Beach, Florida; Ocean City, Maryland; Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia and Wildwood, New Jersey.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, Maryland has several events catered to Senior Week which include Play it Safe, the Ocean City Car Show, & Dew Tour. Graduates are able to ride the bus free during senior week if they are to participate in any of the Ocean City-run Play it Safe events which include volleyball, miniature golf, paintballing, and karaoke.[9][10][11][12][13] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has become one of the most popular locations for recent graduates to visit in May and June.[14] Many students participate in the Myrtlemaniac Card club and entertainment program which includes a series of themed events, a concert, and discounts on transportation, food and other activities.[15] The film The Graduates is about a group of high school graduates from Maryland who go to Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, Maryland for Senior Week.[16] See also[edit]

Schoolies week Spring break

References[edit]

^ "What is Senior Week?". Senior Week Hotels. Senior Week Hotels. January 11, 2015. p. What is Senior Week?. Retrieved January 21, 2015.  ^ " Senior Week Dates - Myrtle Beach
Beach Senior Week". Retrieved 2015-10-05.  ^ Chandler, Michael Alison (March 21, 2012). "Senior Beach
Beach Week: Sex, drugs and crime are on tap, Md. police warn parents". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 18, 2013.  ^ Dvorak, Petula (June 11, 2012). " Senior Week in Ocean City: How heinously are your kids behaving?". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 18, 2013.  ^ Bryant, Dawn (June 13, 2002). "Senior Week: A blessing, a curse". Morning Star. Wilmington, NC. Knight Ridder. p. 7B. Retrieved February 18, 2013.  ^ "Senior class to celebrate graduation with trip to Ocean City". The Express-Times. Easton, PA. April 11, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2013.  ^ "Wildwood to remain tough on rowdy visitors". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. May 25, 1986. p. B-8. Retrieved February 19, 2013.  ^ "About Myrtle Beach
Beach Senior Week - Myrtle Beach
Beach Senior Week". Retrieved 2015-10-05.  ^ "Play it Safe". Ocean City Town. Play it Safe Ocean City. May 25, 2011. p. Home. Retrieved December 31, 2013.  ^ "Dew Tour Ocean CIty". Dew Tour. Dew Tour. June 25, 2012. p. Home. Retrieved December 31, 2013.  ^ " Senior Week Rentals". My Senior Week Publication. My Senior Week. May 25, 2015. p. Home. Retrieved December 31, 2013.  ^ "OC Car Show". OC Car Show. OC Car Show. May 25, 2014. p. Home. Retrieved December 31, 2013.  ^ "OC Senior Week Rentals: Renting to Senior Week". Oc Senior Week Publication. Ocean City Senior Week. May 25, 2014. p. Home. Retrieved December 31, 2013.  ^ "Star-News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.  ^ "Myrtlemaniac Card - Myrtle Beach
Beach Senior Week". Retrieved 2015-10-05.  ^ Zak, Dan (May 25, 2008). "Senior Week! Filmmakers Take On the Ocean City Ritual". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 2, 2014. 

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Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States

January

New Year's Day
New Year's Day (federal) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal)

Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Fred Korematsu Day
Fred Korematsu Day (CA, FL, HI, VA) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Inauguration Day (federal quadrennial, DC area) Kansas Day (KS) Lee–Jackson Day
Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day
Robert E. Lee Day (FL) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) The Eighth (LA, former federal)

January–February

Super Bowl Sunday

February American Heart Month Black History Month

Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day (federal) Valentine's Day

Georgia Day (GA) Groundhog Day Lincoln's Birthday
Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) National Girls and Women in Sports Day National Freedom Day (36) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day
Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day
Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO) Susan B. Anthony Day
Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)

February–March

Mardi Gras

Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (religious) Super Tuesday

March Irish-American Heritage Month National Colon Cancer Awareness Month Women's History Month

St. Patrick's Day (religious) Spring break
Spring break (week)

Casimir Pulaski Day
Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day
Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, MA) Harriet Tubman Day
Harriet Tubman Day (NY) Holi
Holi (NY, religious) Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA) Maryland Day
Maryland Day (MD) National Poison Prevention Week
National Poison Prevention Week (week) Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day (HI) Saint Joseph's Day
Saint Joseph's Day (religious) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day
Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT)

March–April

Easter
Easter (religious)

Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday (religious) Passover
Passover (religious) Good Friday
Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, religious) Easter
Easter Monday (religious)

April Confederate History Month

420 Day April Fools' Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day
Confederate Memorial Day (AL, MS) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week) Earth Day Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day (DC) Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Pascua Florida (FL) Patriots' Day
Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day
San Jacinto Day (TX) Siblings Day Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (religious)

May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month

Memorial Day
Memorial Day (federal) Mother's Day (36) Cinco de Mayo

Harvey Milk Day
Harvey Milk Day (CA) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) Malcolm X Day
Malcolm X Day (CA, IL, proposed federal) May Day Military Spouse Day National Day of Prayer
National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day
Memorial Day (36) Truman Day
Truman Day (MO)

June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month

Father's Day (36)

Bunker Hill Day
Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, MA) Carolina Day
Carolina Day (SC) Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth
Juneteenth (TX) Flag Day (36, proposed federal) Helen Keller Day
Helen Keller Day (PA) Honor America Days (3 weeks) Jefferson Davis Day
Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day
Kamehameha Day (HI) Odunde Festival
Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Senior Week (week) West Virginia Day
West Virginia Day (WV)

July

Independence Day (federal)

Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (HI, unofficial) Parents' Day
Parents' Day (36) Pioneer Day (UT)

July–August

Summer vacation

August

American Family Day (AZ) Barack Obama Day
Barack Obama Day (IL) Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) National Aviation Day
National Aviation Day (36) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory over Japan Day (RI, former federal) Women's Equality Day
Women's Equality Day (36)

September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Labor Day
Labor Day (federal)

California Admission Day
California Admission Day (CA) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Constitution Week (week) Defenders Day
Defenders Day (MD) Gold Star Mother's Day
Gold Star Mother's Day (36) National Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day (36) National Payroll Week (week) Native American Day (CA, TN, proposed federal) Patriot Day
Patriot Day (36)

September–October Hispanic Heritage Month

Oktoberfest

Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah (religious) Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (religious)

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month

Columbus Day
Columbus Day (federal) Halloween

Alaska Day (AK) Child Health Day (36) General Pulaski Memorial Day German-American Day Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day (VT) International Day of Non-Violence Leif Erikson Day
Leif Erikson Day (36) Missouri Day (MO) National School Lunch Week Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day
Nevada Day (NV) Sweetest Day White Cane Safety Day
White Cane Safety Day (36)

October–November

Diwali
Diwali (religious)

November Native American Indian Heritage Month

Veterans Day
Veterans Day (federal) Thanksgiving (federal)

Day after Thanksgiving (24) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV, proposed federal) Family Day (NV) Hanukkah
Hanukkah (religious) Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial) Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA) Obama Day
Obama Day (Perry County, AL)

December

Christmas
Christmas (religious, federal)

Alabama Day (AL) Christmas
Christmas Eve (KY, NC, SC) Day after Christmas
Christmas (KY, NC, SC, TX) Festivus Hanukkah
Hanukkah (religious, week) Indiana Day
Indiana Day (IN) Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa (religious, week) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) New Year's Eve Pan American Aviation Day (36) Rosa Parks Day
Rosa Parks Day (OH, OR) Wright Brothers Day (36)

Varies (year round)

Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha (religious) Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr (religious) Ramadan
Ramadan (religious, month)

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