We'll be taking our sons out for a week after Thanksgiving this year. We've done it before, but only our oldest was in school, and he was in elementary school. This year he'll be in 8th grade. The funny thing is, he is the one we're getting resistance from about missing school. He doesn't want to have to make up all the work. We're sure he'll be fine and will be able to make all the work up when he gets back to school.