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www.lcps.k12.nm.us
LCPS Calendar of Events
June 1, 2012-June 30, 2013
At the bottom of this document is 2011-12 school year information for traditional-calendar
and balanced-calendar schools and Arrowhead Park Early College High School:
1) School calendars 2) School hours and 3) ACT and SAT test dates.
Visit http://lcps.k12.nm.us/Calendar/index.asp for more events.
Today and This Weekend
Today is Friday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2012. 213 days remain in the year (2012 is a leap year.).
Friday, June 1-Wednesday, July 4: Summer break for all students at LCPS’ two balanced-calendar
schools (Booker T. Washington and MacArthur elementaries). K-3+ program begins for kindergarten,
first-, second- and third graders at these two schools Thursday, July 5. Summer break continues for
fourth- and fifth graders at these two schools through Friday, July 20. The new school year begins for all
balanced-calendar students in grades one-five on Monday, July 23 and for pre-school and kindergarten
students on Wednesday, July 25. Booker T. Washington Elementary: 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595;
MacArthur Elementary: 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
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Saturday, June 2: LCPS-TV and CLC-TV rebroadcast 2012 high school graduations on Comcast
Cable channel 20; 10:00 a.m.: Mayfield High School; noon: Las Cruces High School; 2:00 p.m.: Oñate
High School. DVD copies of the graduation ceremonies are $10. They are available in Room 400 of
the LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne, Centre, Suite 249. Contact Janice
Garcia at 527.9428 or jagarcia@lcps.k12.nm.us. Visit the LCPS website at www.lcps.k12.nm.us.
Saturday, June 2: 5:30 p.m., (rebroadcast) LCPS Partners in Education Lead Yoli Silva will be the
guest on “Fronteras: A Changing America” on KRWG-TV, Channel 22 (Comcast cable channel 2);
topic: homeless students. Contact program host Carlos Correa at 646.4525 or ccorrea@nmsu.edu.
Contact Silva at 527.5913 or ysilva@lcps.k12.nm.us. Visit www.krwg.org.
Sunday, June 3: 11:30 a.m., (rebroadcast) LCPS Partners in Education Lead Yoli Silva will be the
guest on “Fronteras: A Changing America” on KRWG-TV, Channel 22 (Comcast cable channel 2);
topic: homeless students. Contact program host Carlos Correa at 646.4525 or ccorrea@nmsu.edu.
Contact Silva at 527.5913 or ysilva@lcps.k12.nm.us. Visit www.krwg.org.
Ongoing
NOTE: High school students who are new to LCPS for the 2012-13 school year can register for classes
throughout the summer, Monday-Thursday at all high schools; school counselors will be available to
meet with students and parents on Wednesdays.
Thru Tuesday, June 26: LCPS Summer High School; morning session: 8:00-11:00 a.m., afternoon
session, 11:35 a.m.-2:35 p.m.; physical education: 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; San Andres High School, 2355
Avenida de Mesilla in Mesilla; cost: $100 per credit, P.E. and EXCEL are $150 per credit. Call
527.6058.
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Thru Tuesday, June 26: LCPS Middle School Summer School Physical Education; 7:30 a.m.-2:00
p.m.; Sierra Middle School, 1700 E. Spruce St. cost: $75 per credit. Call 527.6058.
Thru August: Annual LCPS Elementary School Art Exhibit; lobby gallery of the LCPS
Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249; many pieces are for sale.
Contact Emily Bennett at 527.9506 or embennet@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Through October 2012: Art by students from all LCPS elementary schools, Vista Middle School,
Oñate High School on display in the Doña Ana County Government Center, 845 N. Motel Blvd.;
student art shows have been a rotating fixture for the county building’s main lobby since 2000. Contact
Jess Williams at 525.5801.
JUNE 2012
National Safety Month; National Dairy Month; Rose Month; Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Birthstone: Pearl (purity and innocence), moonstone (hope), alexandrite (health, longevity, prosperity);
flower: rose
NOTE: High school students who are new to LCPS for the 2012-13 school year can register for classes
throughout the summer, Monday-Thursday at all high schools; school counselors will be available to
meet with students and parents on Wednesdays.
June 4: 4:12 p.m., MDT: Full Strawberry Moon.
Tuesday, June 5: New Mexico primary election day; polls open 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Contact
Jennifer Garcia Kozlowski at 525.5951 or elections@donaanacounty.org. Visit www.
donaanacounty.org/elections (website includes precinct maps, list of primary candidates, absentee
ballot application and other voter information); and www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-elections.html.
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Tuesday, June 5: 1:00 p.m., LCPS Board of Education joint session with Las Cruces City Council
members; city hall council chambers, 700 N. Main St. Contact Karen Robles at 527.5806 or
krobles2lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tuesday, June 5: 4:00 p.m., LCPS Board of Education work session; board room, LCPS
Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen Robles at
527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Monday-Friday, June 11-15: 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day; Las Cruces High School Army JROTC
summer camp for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students; at LCHS. Contact Sgt. Major Vernon
Locklear at 527.9400, extension 6749; 956.206.3719; or vlocklear@lcps.k12.nm.us.
June 14: The United States Army was founded (1775). www.army.mil.
June 14: Flag Day. (The Stars and Stripes was adopted as the American flag, 1777).
www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html.
June 19: Juneteenth, or the "19th of June", recognizes June 19, 1865, in Galveston, TX, when Union
Army General Gordon Granger announced freedom for all slaves in the Southwest. This was the last
major vestige of slavery in the United States following the end of the Civil War. This occurred more
than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham
Lincoln. www.juneteenth.us.
Tuesday, June 19: 6:30 p.m., LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board room, LCPS
Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen Robles at
527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
June 20: 5:09 p.m., MDT: Summer solstice.
June 24: Midsummer Day; one of four quarter days on the calendar in British and Irish tradition.
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June 25: Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana, 1876; the most famous action of the Great Sioux War
of 1876-77, as Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, led by Sitting Bull, met members of the U.S. Seventh
Cavalry. Col. George Armstrong Custer was among those killed. www.nps.gov/libi.
Monday-Saturday, June 25-30: Five Mayfield High School theatre students compete in the National
Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. contact Melissa Muñoz at 527.9415 or
mmunoz@lcps.k12.nm.us. Visit http://schooltheatre.org/events/festival.
Wednesday, June 27: 6:00 p.m., Summer school graduation; Doña Ana Community College East Mesa
campus, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd.; speaker: John Muñoz, site director of Sitel and president of the
Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces. Contact Brad Bailey at 527.6058 or
bbailey@lcps.k12.nm.us.
JULY 2012
National Ice Cream Month, National Hot Dog Month, National Recreation Month
Birthstone: Ruby (glory); flower: larkspur or water lily
NOTE: The LCPS Board of Education does not meet in the month of July.
July 1-3: Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (1863). www.gettysbg.com/battle.shtml.
Monday, July 2: Summer session begins at Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S.
Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus, which follows the NMSU schedule. Summer session ends Tuesday,
August 7. Call the school at 527.9540.
July 2: The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson (1964).
www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97.
July 3 12:51:46 p.m., MDT: Full Thunder Moon.
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July 3: Alleged crash of a UFO at Corona, N.M. in 1947, which became known as “The Roswell
Incident.” www.roswellufomuseum.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident.
Wednesday, July 4: Independence Day (Declaration of Independence approved, 1776). Schools and
administration building are closed for the holiday. www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence_Day.shtml.
July 4: Second President John Adams and third President Thomas Jefferson died (1826), fifth
President James Monroe died (1831); 30th President Calvin Coolidge born (1872).
Monday, July 5-Friday, July 13: K-3+ program for incoming kindergarten, first, second and third
graders at LCPS balanced-calendar schools (Booker T. Washington and MacArthur elementaries).
Summer break continues for fourth- and fifth-graders at those two schools. Call 527.5851.
Monday, July 5-Wednesday, August 8: K-3+ program for incoming kindergarten, first, second and third
graders at Alameda, Central, César E. Chávez (kindergarten, first and second grades only), Conlee, Hermosa
Heights, Mesilla Park and Sunrise (third grade only). Call 527.5851.
July 14: Billy the Kid killed by Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M. (1881).
www.aboutbillythekid.com.
July 16: First atomic bomb exploded in New Mexico (1945).
www.wsmr.army.mil/wsmr.asp?pg=y&page=576 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_test.
Monday-Thursday, July 16-19: 8:00 a.m.-noon each day, Mayfield High School Air Force JROTC
drill (marching camp); at the school; $15, includes lunch and souvenir tee shirt. Contact Major Kenneth
Thalmann at 527.9415, extension 7416, or kthalmann@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tuesday, July 17: Staff work day, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755 E.
Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
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Wednesday, July 18: Registration at balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755 E.
Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Thursday-Friday, July 19-20: Staff development, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
July 20: Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon (1969). Visit
www.kidport.com/REFLIB/Science/MoonLanding/MoonLanding.htm.
Monday, July 23: First- thru fifth-grade classes begin, balanced-calendar elementaries ((Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Monday-Tuesday, July 23-24: Kindergarten transition, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Wednesday, July 25: Kindergarten classes begin, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
July 26: Benjamin Franklin became first U.S. postmaster general, as the U.S. Postal Services was
established (1775). Visit www.usps.com/postalhistory/postal_service_begins.htm.
AUGUST 2012
Allergy Awareness Month, Child Support Awareness Month, National Immunization Awareness
Month
Birthstone: Peridot and sardonyx (fame, dignity, protection, happiness); flower: poppy or gladiolus
Wednesday, August 1: Schedule changes begin for high school students.
August 1: 9:27:24 p.m., MDT: Full Sturgeon Moon.
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Tuesday, August 2: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
August 4: 51st birthday of President Barack Obama, born 1961.
Tuesday, July 7: Summer session ends at Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S.
Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus, which follows the NMSU schedule. Call the school at 527.9540.
Thursday, August 9: 6:30 p.m., ninth-grade orientation; staff returns to work. freshmen pick up schedules.
August 9: Richard Nixon becomes the first only American president to resign from office (1974).
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm
Friday, August 10: 9:00-11:00, registration, grades K-five (regular-calendar schools); and new
registrations, grades six-eight.
Monday, August 13: High school classes begin, as 2012-13 school year starts.
Monday-Tuesday, August 13-14: Elementary (regular-calendar) and middle school staff professional
development.
Wednesday, August 15: Elementary (regular-calendar) and middle school classes begin; students in
grades seven and eight pick up their schedules on the first day of school.
Wednesday-Thursday, August 15-16: Kindergarten transition days, regular-calendar elementary
schools.
Wednesday-Friday, August 15-17: Staff work days, Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600
S. Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus. Call the school at 527.9540.
Friday, August 17: Kindergarten classes begin, regular-calendar schools.
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Monday, August 20: Fall semester begins at Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S.
Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus, which follows the NMSU schedule. Call the school at 527.9540.
Tuesday, August 21: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Thursday, August 23: Fall semester classes begin at New Mexico State University.
Monday-Friday, August 27-31: LCPS & National Payroll Specialists and Bookkeepers Week.
Friday, August 31: Parent conferences, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755
E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556); no classes for balanced-
calendar students.
August 31: 7:57:45 a.m., MDT: Blue Moon.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Baby Safety Month, Healthy Aging Month, National Cholesterol Awareness Month, National Food
Safety Education Month, Pain Awareness Month
Birthstone: Sapphire (wisdom and truthfulness); flower: aster or morning glory
Monday, September 3: Labor Day holiday, all schools and administration building are closed.
Tuesday, September 4: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
September 15-October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month.
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September 16: Mexico wins independence from Spain (1810).
www.presidiolabahia.org/mex_ind.htm.
Monday-Friday, September 17-21: LCPS Technology Specialists Week.
Tuesday, September 18: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting;
board room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249.
Contact Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Friday, September 21: Parent conferences for students in grades six-eight; no classes for students in
grades six-eight.
Friday, September 21: Grading period ends for balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Saturday, September 22: 10:00 a.m. (tours begin), 11:00 a.m. (event begins), Centennial High School
grand opening ribbon cutting and burying of time capsule; 1950 S. Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Contact
Michael Montoya at 527.9330 or mmontoya@lcps.k12.nm.us.
September 22: 8:49 a.m., MDT: Autumnal equinox.
www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/autumnalequinox.html.
Monday, September 24-Friday, October 12: K-3+ program for incoming kindergarten, first, second
and third graders at LCPS balanced-calendar schools (Booker T. Washington and MacArthur
elementaries). Call 527.5851.
Monday, September 24-Friday, October 12: Fall intersession for fourth- and fifth-graders at LCPS
balanced-calendar schools (Booker T. Washington and MacArthur elementaries).
September 29: 9:18:32 a.m., MDT: Full Harvest Moon.
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September 29: Michaelmas (pronounced "Micklemas"), which normally coincides with the Feast of
Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, is one of the four English and Irish quarter days when accounts
were settled.
OCTOBER 2012
National AIDS Awareness Month, National Depression Education and Awareness Month, National
Stamp Collecting Month
Birthstone: Opal (hope and fortune); flower: calendula or marigold
Tuesday, October 2: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Thursday-Monday, October 4-8: Fall break, all schools (exception: 11th graders at Arrowhead Park
Early College High School will attend classes on Thursday, October 4 and Monday, October 8. They
will not attend classes Friday, October 5; Thursday-Friday, October 4-5 are APECHS staff work days.)
Monday, October 8: Columbus Day. http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/columbus_day.
Wednesday, October 10: PSAT test, 10th graders.
Monday, October 15: Classes resume at balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755
E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Tuesday, October 16: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
October 15-19: LCPS Administrator/Bosses Week. October 16: National Bosses Day.
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Monday-Saturday, October 15-20: National School Lunch Week (Nutrition Service Workers
Appreciation Week).
Wednesday, October 17: Grading period ends, grades K-12.
October 21-27: National Character Counts! Week. http://josephsoninstitute.org/index.html.
October 21-27: America’s Safe Schools Week. www.schoolsafety.us/safe-schools-week.
October 23-31: National Red Ribbon Week. www.nfp.org.
Wednesday, October 24: Elementary report cards issued.
Wednesday, October 24: Parent conferences, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T.
Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556); no classes for
balanced-calendar students.
October 24: United Nations Day. Visit www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/united-nations-day.
Friday, October 26: Regular-calendar elementary school report cards are issued.
October 26: Approximately 3:00 p.m., Shootout at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, AZ. An estimated 33
shots were fired in 30 seconds, as Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp, along with John Henry “Doc”
Holliday, faced off against Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Claiborne. Billy
Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury were killed. Virgil and Morgan Earp were both wounded. Doc
Holliday was grazed by a bullet. The gunfight actually occurred on a 15-20 foot empty lot on Freemont
Street, between C.S. Fly’s lodging house and photographic studio and the MacDonald assay house, six
doors east of an alley used as the entrance to the O.K. Corral. The opposing factions were
approximately six-10 feet apart during the shootout (1881). www.ok-corral.com.
Monday, October 29: Middle and high school report cards mailed.
October 29: 1:59:30 p.m., MDT: Full Hunter’s Moon.
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October 31: Halloween.
NOVEMBER 2012
National American Indian Heritage Month, Good Nutrition Month, National Diabetes Awareness
Month, National Red Ribbon Awareness Month, National Epilepsy Month
Birthstone: Topaz (fidelity and cheerfulness); flower: chrysanthemum
Tuesday, November 6: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tuesday, November 6: Election day. No classes for most students (exception: Arrowhead Park Early
College High School: no classes for ninth or 10th graders, but 11th graders do have class), but LCPS
administration building is open. 57th quadrennial presidential election, U.S. Senate elections, 33 races
including New Mexico, as well as U.S. House of Representatives elections to elect all 435 members for
the 113th Congress (including New Mexico’s three congressional seats).
November 11-17: 91st annual American Education Week/School Board Week.
www.nea.org/grants/19823.htm.
Monday-Friday, November 19-23: Thanksgiving break, Arrowhead Park Early College High School,
3600 S. Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus. Call the school at 527.9540.
Tuesday, November 20: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
November 20: 69th birthday of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, born 1942.
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Wednesday-Friday, November 21-23: Thanksgiving holiday. All schools (except Arrowhead Park
Early College High School – see November 19), and LCPS administration building are closed.
Thursday, November 22: Thanksgiving Day.
November 22: 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas.
Monday-Friday, November 26-30: LCPS Custodial/PPD/Print Shop/Warehouse Week.
November 28: 7:47:28 a.m., Full Beaver Moon.
DECEMBER 2012
Read a New Book Month, Universal Human Rights Month
Birthstone: Turquoise (harmony and prosperity); flower: narcissus or holly
Tuesday, December 4: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
December 7: Attack on Pearl Harbor, World War II (1941). www.pearlharbor.org/history-of-pearl-
harbor.asp.
December 8-16: Chanukah.
Friday, December 14: Semester ends, Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S.
Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus. Call the school at 527.9540.
Tuesday, December 17: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
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Monday, December 17-Tuesday, January 8, 2013: Winter break for students, Arrowhead Park Early
College High School, 3600 S. Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus. Staff winter break is Wednesday,
December 19-Friday, January 4, 2013. Call the school at 527.9540.
December 17: Wright Brothers Day. The date commemorates the Wright brothers' first successful
flight in heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled craft December 17, 1903 near Kitty Hawk, NC.
www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/wright-brothers-day.
Friday, December 21: noon, semester ends for all schools except Arrowhead Park Early College High
School.
December 21: 4:12 a.m., MST: Winter solstice.
Monday, December 24-Friday, January 4, 2013: Winter break for regular-calendar and balanced-
calendar schools; LCPS administration building is closed.
December 25: Christmas Day. Also, one of the four English and Irish quarter days when accounts
were settled.
December 26-January 1: Kwanzaa. www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml.
December 28: 3:22 a.m., MST, Full Cold Moon.
JANUARY 2013
National Blood Donor Month; National Braille Literacy Month; National Hobby Month
Birthstone: Garnet (faith, optimism, constancy, safety during travel); flower: carnation
Tuesday, January 1: Las Cruces Public Schools celebrates its 59th birthday as a school district. It was
created effective January 1, 1954 with the consolidation of six area school districts. Carl S. Conlee,
superintendent of both the Las Cruces Municipal School District and the Las Cruces Union High School
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District; and Haskel B. Smith, superintendent of the Doña Ana County School District; shared duties as
superintendent of the new Las Cruces School District #2 (LCPS) until the new board of education
appointed Tom J. Mayfield superintendent effective July 1, 1954.
January 6: New Mexico celebrates its 101st anniversary of statehood. www.nmcentennial.org.
Monday, January 7: Work day for all staff.
Tuesday, January 8: High school classes begin (except Arrowhead Park Early College High School –
see Wednesday, January 9.)
; elementary and middle school staff professional development – no classes for elementary and middle
school students.
Tuesday, January 8: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Wednesday, January 9: Elementary (including balanced-calendar schools) and middle school classes
begin spring semester.
Wednesday, January 9: Students at Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S. Arrowhead
Drive, NMSU campus, return to classes. Call the school at 527.9540.
Tuesday, January 15: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tuesday, January 15: The 51st New Mexico Legislature, session one, convenes for a 30-day session in
Santa Fe. The Legislature has 70 state representatives and 42 state senators. www.nmlegis.gov/lcs.
Thursday, January 17: Spring semester classes begin at New Mexico State University.
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Monday, January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; no classes at any school and LCPS
administration building is closed. www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html.
January 26: 9:40:18 p.m., MST, Full Wolf Moon.
FEBRUARY 2013
National Black History Month
Birthstone: Amethyst (sincerity); flower: violet or primrose
February 2: Groundhog day. www.groundhog.org.
Tuesday, February 5: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
February 12: Birthday of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States (1812).
http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html.
Thursday, February 14: 4:00-7:00 p.m. (by appointment): Parent conferences for grades six-eight; no
school for students in grades six-eight, regular school days for students in grades K-5 and 9-12;
February 14: Valentine’s Day. www.history.com/topics/valentines-day.
Friday, February 15: Parent conferences, grades K-5, all elementary schools; no classes all day for
students in grades K-5, all schools.
Tuesday, February 15: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact
Karen Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
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Monday, February 18: Presidents’ Day holiday; no classes at any schools (exception; Arrowhead
Park Early College High School 11th grade students will attend classes), LCPS administration building
is closed.
February 18: Pluto discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh of Las Cruces (1930).
www.icstars.com/HTML/icstars/graphics/clyde.htm
February 21: Mardi Gras (2012). www.holidays.net/mardigras/story.htm.
February 22: Birthday of George Washington (1732).
www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington/.
February 25: 1:28 p.m., MST, Full Snow Moon.
MARCH 2013
Arts Awareness Month; Music in Our Schools Month; National Athletic Training Month; National
Nutrition Month; National Social Work Month; National Women’s History Month; National Theater
in Our Schools Month; National Music in Our Schools Month
Birthstone: Aquamarine (courage and intelligence); flower: jonquil or violet
March 2: Birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) (1904; he died September 24, 1991).
www.catinthehat.org.
March 2: National Anthem Day. The Star-Spangled Banner was adopted by Congress as the National
Anthem on this day in 1931. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner.
March 2: 3:30:20 a.m., MDT: Full Worm Moon.
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Tuesday, March 5: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Thursday-Friday, March 7-8: Parent conferences for grades six and seven; Next Step planning
conferences and pre-registration for grade eight; students in grades K-8 have regular classes, no classes
for students in grades nine-12.
Thursday-Friday, March 7-8: Next Step planning conferences for ninth and 10th graders at
Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S. Arrowhead Drive, NMSU campus; 11th graders
attend regular classes. Call the school at 527.9540.
Friday, March 8: 8:00 a.m.-noon (by appointment), Next Step student planning conferences for
students in grades six-eight and their parents; no classes for students in grades six-eight; students in
grades K-7 have regular classes.
Friday, March 8: Grading period ends, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755
E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
March 10: Alexander Graham Bell invents a working telephone, as he says to his assistant, Thomas
Watson, “Come here, Watson, I want to see you.” (1876). www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-
bin/page.cgi/jb/recon/telephone_1.
March 15: The Ides of March. The day Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman Republic, was
murdered by Roman senators, led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, 44 B.C.
Tuesday, March 15: K-12 grading period ends, regular-calendar schools.
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Tuesday, March 15: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board
room, LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day. Visit www.history.com/minisites/stpatricksday.
Monday-Wednesday, March 18-20: High school assessments.
Monday-Thursday, March 18-21: Elementary (including balanced-calendar elementaries) and middle
school assessments.
March 20: 5:02 a.m., MDT: Vernal equinox.
Thursday-Friday, March 21-22 and Tuesday-Wednesday, April 1-2: Assessment make up testing.
Friday, March 22: Elementary school (regular calendar) report cards issued.
Monday-Friday, March 25-29: Spring break for all schools; administration building is open.
Monday, March 25-Friday, April 12: Spring intersession for fourth- and fifth-grade students at
balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and
MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556). Kindergarten, first-, second- and third-graders at these two
schools return to classes Monday, April 1 for K-3+ program.
March 25: Lady Day. One of four English and Irish quarter days when accounts were settled.
Wednesday, March 27: Middle- and high school report cards issued.
March 31: Easter.
March 31: American labor leader Cesár Estrada Chávez was born (1927).
http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.chavezfoundation.org/.
APRIL 2013
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Autism Awareness Month; Backpack Safety Awareness Month; Math Education Month; National
Poetry Month; Child Abuse Awareness Month
Birthstone: Diamond (innocence and purity); flower: sweet pea or daisy
April 1: April Fools’ Day. www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html.
Monday, April 1-Wednesday, April 10: K-3+ program for kindergarten, first, second and third
graders at LCPS balanced-calendar schools (Booker T. Washington and MacArthur elementaries). Call
527.5851.
Tuesday, April 2: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Tuesday-Thursday, April 2-4: Student assessment make up testing.
Friday, April 6: Good Friday.
April 6-14: Passover. www.infoplease.com/spot/movablefeasts1.html.
April 8: Easter Sunday. www.religioustolerance.org/easter.htm.
April 12: American Civil War begins as the Confederate States of America attack union Fort Sumpter,
S.C. (1861). The war ends with Lee’s surrender in the house of Wilmer McLean (the McLean farm
was also the site of the First Battle of Bull Run, July 18, 1861) in Appomattox Court House, VA on
April 9, 1865.
April 13: Birthday of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States (1843; he died July 4,
1826).
Monday, April 15: Classes resume, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755 E.
Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
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Tuesday, April 15: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
April 18: Paul Revere rides to warn the colonists that the British are coming (1775).
www.paulreverehouse.org/bio.
April 22: Earth Day. www.earthday.org.
April 23: Birthday (uncertain) of William Shakespeare (1564; died April 23, 1616). www.william-
shakespeare.info.
April 25: 1:59:57 p.m., MDT, Full Pink Moon.
Friday, April 26: Snow day holiday (if no previous school days are cancelled due to inclement
weather); no classes for regular-calendar schools (see Monday, June 3 for balanced-calendar elementary
schools), administration building closed.
April 27: National Arbor Day. www.arborday.org.
MAY 2013
Asian- and Pacific-American Heritage Month; Better Hearing and Speech Month; National Physical
Fitness and Sports Month; Pride in America Month
Birthstone: Emerald (success in love); flower: lily of the valley or hawthorn
May 1: May Day. www.theholidayspot.com/mayday/history.htm.
May 5: Cinco de Mayo. Holiday in some parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States,
celebrating Mexico’s victory over a much larger French invasionary force at Puebla, Mexico (1862).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo.
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Tuesday, May 7: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Friday, May 10: High school seniors’ last day of classes.
Friday, May 10: Semester ends, Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3600 S. Arrowhead
Drive, NMSU campus. Call the school at 527.9540.
May 12: Mother’s Day.
Friday, May 17: 6:00 p.m., San Andres High School graduation; Doña Ana Community College, East
Mesa Branch, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Call the school at 527.6058.
Saturday, May 18: High school graduations: Pan American Center, NMSU campus; 9:00 a.m.: Las
Cruces High School; 1:00 p.m., Oñate High School; 5:00 p.m.: Mayfield High School.
Tuesday, May 21: 6:30 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Friday, May 24: Noon, school year ends for all regular-calendar schools; one-half day of classes.
Friday, May 24: Regular-calendar elementary school report cards issued.
May 24: 10:27:03 p.m., MDT, Full Flower Moon.
Monday, May 27: Memorial day holiday; no classes for balanced-calendar elementaries, administration
building closed.
Friday, May 31: Semester ends, balanced-calendar elementaries (Booker T. Washington, 755 E.
Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556); balanced-calendar elementary
report cards issued.
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JUNE 2013
National Safety Month; National Dairy Month; Rose Month; Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Birthstone: Pearl (purity and innocence), moonstone (hope), alexandrite (health, longevity, prosperity);
flower: rose
Monday, June 3: Snow day makeup day – if necessary, only for balanced-calendar elementaries
(Booker T. Washington, 755 E. Chestnut Ave., 527.9595; and MacArthur, 655 N. 4th St., 527.9556).
Tuesday, June 4: 4:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education work session; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
Wednesday, June 5: Middle and high school report cards mailed.
June 14: The United States Army was founded (1775). www.army.mil.
June 14: Flag Day. (The Stars and Stripes was adopted as the American flag, 1777).
www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html.
June 16: Father’s Day.
Tuesday, June 18: 6:30 p.m., (TENTATIVE.), LCPS Board of Education regular meeting; board room,
LCPS Administration Building, 505 S. Main St., Loretto Towne Centre, Suite 249. Contact Karen
Robles at 527.5806 or krobles@lcps.k12.nm.us.
June 19: Juneteenth, or the "19th of June", recognizes June 19, 1865, in Galveston, TX, when Union
Army General Gordon Granger announced freedom for all slaves in the Southwest. This was the last
major vestige of slavery in the United States following the end of the Civil War. This occurred more
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than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham
Lincoln. www.juneteenth.us.
June 20: 11:04 p.m., MDT: Summer solstice.
June 23: 5:33:38 a.m., MDT: Full Strawberry Moon.
June 24: Midsummer Day; one of four quarter days on the calendar in British and Irish tradition.
June 25: Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana (1876); the most famous action of the Great Sioux
War of 1876-77, as Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, led by Sitting Bull, met members of the U.S.
Seventh Cavalry. Col. George Armstrong Custer was among those killed. www.nps.gov/libi.
Following are 2012-13 school year, school hours and ACT and SAT (anticipated) test dates.
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2012-13 School Year
Traditional-Calendar Schools
Includes all schools except balanced-calendar elementaries and Arrowhead Park ECHS
Fall semester begins: grades 9-12: Mon., Aug. 13; grades 1-8: Wed., Aug. 15; kinder: Fri. Aug. 17;
pre-school: Tues., Aug. 21, 2012. Fall semester ends for all Fri., Dec. 21, 2012.
Spring semester begins: 9-12: Tues., Jan. 8; K-8: Wed., Jan. 9; pre-sch: Mon., Jan. 14, 2013.
Spring break: Mon.-Fri., March 25-29, 2013; Seniors’ last day: Fri., May 10, 2013.
School year ends: Fri. May 24, 2013.
Balanced-Calendar Schools
Booker T. Washington and MacArthur elementaries
Start date: grades 1-5: Mon., July 23; pre-school and kindergarten: Wed., July 25, 2012.
Fall intersession: Mon., Sept. 24-Fri., Oct. 12, 2012 (K-3+: Mon., Sept. 24-Fri., Oct. 5).
Fall semester ends Fri., Dec. 21, 2012.
Spring semester begins: grades K-5: Wed., Jan. 9; pre-school: Mon., Jan. 14, 2013.
Spring break/spring intersession: Mon., Mar. 25-Fri., Apr. 12, 2013 (K-3+: Apr. 1-10).
School year ends for all Fri., May 24, 2013.
Arrowhead Park Early College High School
Grades nine, 10 and 11 (Follows NMSU calendar)
School year begins Mon., July 2, 2012; Summer break: Wed., Aug. 8-Fri., Aug. 17, 2012.
Fall semester begins Mon., Aug. 20, 2012. Fall semester ends Fri., Dec. 14, 2012.
Spring semester begins Wed., Jan. 9, 2013. Spring break: Mon.-Fri., March 25-29, 2013.
School year ends Fri., May 10, 2013.
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2012-13 School Hours
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
White Sands Elementary School: 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
8:35 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
White Sands Middle School: 8:15 a.m.-3:25 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOLS
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
San Andres High School: Day school, Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.;
Night school, Monday-Thursday, 3:30-7:00 p.m.
Arrowhead Park Early College High School (NMSU): 9:05 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
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ACT & SAT Testing Dates
ACT: 2011-12
Remaining Test Dates Registration Deadline (Late Fee Required)
June 9, 2012 May 4, 2012 May 5-18, 2012
ACT: 2012-13
September 8, 2012 August 17, 2012 August 18-24, 2012
October 27, 2012 September 21, 2012 September 22-October 5, 2012
December 8, 2012 November 2, 2012 November 3-16, 2012
February 9, 2013* January 11, 2013 January 12-18, 2013
April 13, 2013 March 8, 2013 March 9-22, 2013
June 8, 2013 May 3, 2013 May 4-17, 2013
Source: www.act.org
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SAT: 2011-12
Remaining Test Dates
June 2-3, 2012
SAT: 2012-13
Anticipated Test Dates
October 6, 2012
November 3, 2012
December 1, 2012
January 26, 2013
March 9, 2013
May 4, 2013
Source: Source: www.collegeboard.com and http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/register/test-dates
Test dates are the first Saturday in November, December, May and June; the second Saturday in October and March; and the fourth Saturday in
January. Sunday tests usually are the day after each Saturday test date for students who cannot test on Saturday due to religious observance.
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