(DRAFT – 6/14/10)
SEPTEMBER
Aug. 31 Staff Conference Day
Aug. 31 Kindergarten Parents Open House Meeting – 6:30 p.m.
1 School Opens (half day for Grades 1-8) – Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. No PM Extension
1 Grades 1-8 Parents Open House/7:00 p.m. - Meet teachers in classrooms; Reception in gym – 8:00 p.m.
1-2 Pre-K Orientation and Kindergarten Visiting Days – 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
2 Half Day for grades 1-8 – Opening Mass at St. Mary’s. Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. No PM Extension
3 Labor Day Weekend Starts – SCHOOL CLOSED
6 Labor Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
7 FIRST DAY Pre-K & Kindergarten – Full day for all students – PM Extension begins
8 Sport/Cheerleading Program Information Meeting (tentative) – 6:30 p.m. (Physicals needed by 11/01)
17 School Band Program orientation( Grades 3-8) – 9 a.m. in gym
OCTOBER
1 First Friday (half day) – 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s - Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. Staff meeting in p.m.
5 Band lessons begin
6-8 Progress Reports – Grades 1-8
8 Grade 8 Respect Life Retreat Day (tentative)
11 Columbus Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
TBA ITBS testing for grades 1-8; CoGats (Grades 2, 4, 5 and 7)
TBA ITBS make-ups
20 School Portraits (tentative)
NOVEMBER
1 All Saint’s Day – School is open – Mass at St. Mary’s
2 Archdiocesan Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED (TENTATIVE)
5 First Friday (full day) – 2:15 Dismissal
5 End of 1st Quarter (Grades K-8)
11 Veterans’ Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
12 Administration of TACHS (High School) Exam
15-16 State testing – Grade 5 Social Studies (tentative)
22 Full Day Parent Teacher’s Conferences 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
23 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal – Parent/Teacher conferences 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
24 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal begins Thanksgiving holiday – NO PM EXTENSION
25-26 Thanksgiving Recess
DECEMBER
3 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 2:15 Dismissal
7 School Band and Choral Holiday Concerts (tentative)– 7 p.m.
8 Feast of Immaculate Conception – School open (full day) 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s
13 Archdiocesan Teacher Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
15 Christmas Pageant at Aquinas Hall (tentative) – 7:30 p.m.
16 Christmas Pageant (snow date)
17 Christmas Recess begins after regular full day at 2:15 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
JANUARY
3 School resumes
7 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s
17 Martin Luther King Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
21 End of 2nd Quarter (Grades K-8)
TBA 8th Grade Retreat
31 Catholic Schools Week starts today through February 4
FEBRUARY
4 Catholic Schools Week concludes with 9 a.m. Mass-11:15 dismissal
TBA Archdiocesan Junior High Youth Fest
TBA 7th Grade Retreat
18 Archdiocesan Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED (ONLY IF 11/2 DAY OFF CANCELLED)
TBA 2nd Grade Program Parent Meeting (Tentative) – First Sacraments – 6:30 p.m
21 President’s Weekend – SCHOOL CLOSED
MARCH
4 First Friday (half day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 11:15 Dismissal – PM faculty meeting
9 Ash Wednesday – 9 a.m. Mass
TBA 6th Grade Retreat
TBA Soup and Bread Supper to benefit the homeless
25 End of 3rd Quarter (Grades K-8)
30 Archdiocesan Staff Retreat Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
TBA Annual Auction
APRIL
1 First Friday (full day) – 2:15 Dismissal
18 Living Stations of the Cross (Tentative)
20 Easter break begins after 9 a.m. Mass with close of school at 11:15 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
TBA State testing – Grade 4, 6, 8 English Language Arts
TBA Science Fair Days
MAY
2 School resumes after Easter break
4 Spring Photos (tentative)
TBA State testing – Grade 4, 8 Math
6 First Friday (Full Day) – Mass at St. Mary’s
7 First Communion (Grade 2) – 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s
TBA May Procession – 10 a.m.
State testing – Grade 4 and 8 Science (performance) - can be administered any day from 5/24 through 6/3
30 Memorial Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
JUNE
1 Spring School Band and Choral Concerts – 7:00 p.m. (tentative)
2 Ascension Thursday – School open (full day) 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s
3 First Friday (full day) - 2:15 Dismissal (No Mass Today)
6 State testing – Grade 4 and 8 Science (written)
7 Archdiocesan Religion Test – Grade 3-8 (tentative)
TBA Honors Algebra test
13-14 State testing – Grade 8 Social Studies
14 Pre-K Celebration Day
17 Last full day of school – 2:15 p.m. dismissal
TBA State testing – Grade 8 Spanish Proficiency Exam
TBA Golf Tournament
20 Half Day – PM Extension
20 Kindergarten Graduation Day
21 Half Day 8th Grade Graduation Mass at 9:00 a.m. – PM Extension
22 Last day of school – DISMISSAL AT 10:00 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION*
*IF EXTRA SNOW DAYS NEEDED, FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL COULD BE JUNE 23 OR JUNE 24