1.   A major refurbishment of the Science Area took place during the summer vacation.

2.   All this would start up when we returned from summer vacation.

3.   Are you taking a vacation this summer?

4.   Children would retain more if the summer vacation were shorter.

5.   Contrary to popular belief by many, Memorial Day is not the day summer vacation begins.

6.   I hate summer vacation.

7.   The kids are under my feet all day long.

8.   It is a condition of my contract with the university that I spend half of the summer vacation doing research.

9.   Summer vacation is a time when children are freed from the constraints of routine.