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2008 - 2009 School Calendar



The School Calendar for 2008 - 09 is now available as a PDF.

2008 - 2009 School Calendar
August / September
August 19 - 21New Teacher Institute: First-year teachers report
September 1Labor Day: No school
September 2 - 3All teachers & paras report
September 4Students in grades 1-12 report, including gr. 1 in ELCs and EECs:Full day of school
September 8K1 & K2 students report, including ELCs and EECs
September 9Students in SPED Early Childhood programs report
October
October 13Columbus Day: No school
November
November 11Veterans' Day: No school
November 26Early release: students & staff
November 27 - 28Thanksgiving Recess: No school
December
December 24 - January 1Winter Recess:No school
January
January 2All-Day Professional Day: No school for students
January 5Students return from vacation
January 19M. L. King Jr. Day: No school
February
February 16Presidents' Day: No school
February 17 - 20February Recess: No school
February 23Students return from recess
March
March 17Evacuation Day: No school
April
April 10Good Friday: No school
April 20Patriots' Day: No school
April 21 - 24Spring Recess: No school
April 27Students return from recess
May
May 25Memorial Day: No school
June
June 4Last day for seniors
June 17Bunker Hill Day: No school
June 18 Early release for students (or Day 179)
June 19Last day of school (or Day 180).

June 19 is the 180th school day if no days are lost due to cancellations.

June 26 is the 185th day required for calendar purposes.

No graduation program should be scheduled before June 4, 2009.

Major Religious and Cultural Holidays
9/2*Ramadan begins
9/30-10/1Rosh Hashanah
10/2*Eid al-Fitr
10/9Yom Kippur
11/27Thanksgiving
12/9Eid al-Adha
12/22-29Hanukkah begins
12/25Christmas Day
12/26–1/1Kwanzaa
1/1New Year's Day
1/6Three Kings Day
1/26Chinese New Year
4/9Passover begins
4/10Good Friday
4/12Easter
4/17Orthodox Good Friday
4/19Orthodox Easter
5/10Mother’s Day
6/14Father’s Day

Observance of Jewish and Islamic holidays begins at sundown of the preceding day.
*Estimated

Report Card Schedule
2008 - 2009 School Year
Three Marking Periods
Event Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
Progress Reports Week of
Oct 15		 Week of
Jan 22 		Week of
May 5
Marks Close Nov 30 Mar 14 June 20
Number of School
Days Per Period		 58 61 61
Distribute
Report Cards		 Week of
Dec 10		 Week of
Mar 31		 Week of
June 16

Note: The last marking period will be adjusted in the Spring of 2008, after the last day of school is established.

Four Marking Periods
Event Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4
Gr 12		 Period 4
Gr 6-11
Warning Notices Oct 9 Dec 17 Mar 5   May 19
Marks Close Nov 9 Jan 25 Apr 11 Jun 5 Jun 20
Number of School
Days Per Period 		46 43 48 33 43
Grade Reports
Ready		 Nov 21 Feb 7 MApr 29 MAIL MAIL


Five Marking Periods
Event Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
Gr 12		 Period 5
Gr 6-11
Warning Notices Oct 1 Nov 26 Jan 29 Mar 31   May 27
Marks Close Oct 26 Dec 21 Feb 29 May 2 Jun 5 Jun 20
Number of School
Days Per Period		 36 37 36 38 23 33
Grade Reports
Ready		 Nov 6 Jan 11 Mar 12 May 13 MAIL MAIL

Note: The last marking period will be adjusted in the Spring of 2008, after the last day of school is established.