Key Dates for School Calendars 2008
Month Day Observance/Holiday
Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
1-30 1 2 7 8 11 15 - Oct. 15 15-16 16 17-23 17 21 22 28 30 - Oct. 1 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 2 5-11 5-11 6 9 12-18 12-18 13-17 13-17 13 13 16 19-25 20-24 23-31 24 25 31
Library Card Sign-Up Month Labor Day Ramadan, First Day Grandparents’ Day International Literacy Day Patriot Day Hispanic Heritage Month Mexican Independence Days Mayflower Day Constitution Week Citizenship Day International Day of Peace First Day of Autumn National Good Neighbor Day Rosh Hashanah* Crime Prevention Month Computer Learning Month® German American Heritage Month Czech Heritage Month Italian American Heritage and Culture Month Polish American Heritage Month UNICEF Month Id al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) Fire Prevention Week National Metric Week German American Heritage Day Yom Kippur* Earth Science Week NAEOP Career Awareness Week National School Lunch Week National Custodian Appreciation Week Canadian Thanksgiving Columbus Day World Food Day America’s Safe Schools Week National School Bus Safety Week Red Ribbon Week (Drug-Free America) United Nations Day Make a Difference Day Halloween
Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov.
1-30 2 4 10-16 11 11 16-22 19 19 20 23-29 27
American Indian Heritage Month Return to Standard Time Election Day Youth Appreciation Week National Community Education Day Veterans Day American Education Week National Education Support Professionals Day Gettysburg Address Anniversary National Parental Involvement Day National Family Week Thanksgiving Day
Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.
1 7 9 10 15 21 22-29 25 26 - Jan. 1
World AIDS Day Pearl Harbor Day Id al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) Human Rights Day Bill of Rights Day First Day of Winter Hanukkah* Christmas Kwanzaa (an African-American Festival)
Key Dates for School Calendars 2009
Month Day Observance/Holiday
Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 26 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Birthday) Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
1 1-31 1 19
New Year’s Day School Board Recognition Month Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. Day Chinese New Year Black History Month National Children’s Dental Health Month National Freedom Day Groundhog Day National School Counseling Week Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday St. Valentine’s Day Take Your Family to School Week Presidents’ Day PTA Founders Day National FFA Week George Washington’s Birthday Lent Ash Wednesday American Red Cross Month Irish American Heritage Month Music in Our Schools Month National Mental Retardation Awareness Month National Nutrition Month® Women’s History Month Youth Art Month National Middle Level Education Month Social Work Month National Foreign Language Week National School Breakfast Week NEA’s Read Across America (Dr. Seuss’s International Women’s Day Begin Daylight Saving Time Johnny Appleseed Day Classified Employees Week (Washington) National Agriculture Week National Poison Prevention Week St. Patrick’s Day
1-28 1-28 1 2 2-6 12 14 15-21 16 17 21-28 22 25 - Apr. 11 25 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 2-8 2-6 2 8 8 11 9-13 15-21 15-21 17
Mar. Mar. Mar. Discrimination Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May
19 20 21
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® First Day of Spring International Day for the Elimination of Racial
1-30 1-30 1 2 7 8 9-10 10 12 12-18 13-19 15-16 19-25 19-25 19-25 19-25 21 22 23 24 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1-31 1 1-7 3-10 3-9 3-9 3 4-10 4-8 4 5 5 6 8 9
Keep America Beautiful Month Mathematics Awareness Month April Fools’ Day International Children’s Book Day World Health Day Arbor Day (Washington) Passover* (First Days) Good Friday Easter National Library Week Young People’s Poetry Week Passover* (Concluding Days) Administrative Professionals Week National Coin Week National Student Leadership Week Public School Volunteer Week Holocaust Remembrance Day* Earth Day Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day™ National Arbor Day Asian Pacific American Heritage Month National Sight-Saving Month Better Hearing and Speech Month National Physical Fitness and Sports Month Preservation Month Law Day National Physical Education and Sports Week National Music Week Be Kind to Animals Week Teacher Appreciation Week World Press Freedom Day Respect for Law Week Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week Horace Mann’s Birthday Cinco de Mayo National Teacher Day National School Nurse Day World Red Cross Day Day of Non-Violence
May May May May May May May May June June June June June June June June June June
10 11-17 12-18 16 17-23 18 25 31 1 - July 4 1-30 1-30 5 14-18 14 14 16 21 21
Mother’s Day National Children’s Book Week Reading Is Fun Week Armed Forces Day National Educational Bosses Week Victoria Day (Canada) Memorial Day World No-Tobacco Day Fireworks Safety Month Caribbean-American Heritage Month Great Outdoors Month World Environment Day National History Day Contest Race Unity Day Flag Day Day of the African Child Father’s Day First Day of Summer
*Begins at sunset on the preceding day.