(Updated 12/22/11)
SEPTEMBER: Character Development Focus of Month - Generosity
6 Staff Conference Day
6 Pre-K, Kindergarten Parents Open House Meeting – 6:30 p.m.
7 School Opens (half day for Grades 1-8) – Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. No PM Extension
7 Grades 1-8 Parents Open House/Reception in gym - 6:30 p.m.;meet teachers in classrooms – 7:15 p.m.
8-9 Pre-K Orientation and Kindergarten Visiting Days – 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
8 Full Day for grades 1-8 - Dismissal at 2:15 p.m. No PM Extension
9 Full Day for grades 1-8 – Opening Mass at St. Mary’s. Dismissal at 2:15 p.m. No PM Extension
12 FIRST DAY Pre-K & Kindergarten – Full day for all students – PM Extension begins
14 Sport/Cheerleading Program Information Meeting (tentative) – 6:30 p.m. (Physicals needed by 11/01)
16 School Band Program orientation (Grades 3-8) – 9:15 a.m. in gym
23 Band Sign-up forms due
29 Archdiocesan Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
OCTOBER: Character Development Focus - Self-Acceptance
4 Band lessons begin
7 First Friday (half day) – 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s - Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. Staff meeting in p.m.
12-14 Progress Reports – Grades 1-8
TBA Grade 8 Respect Life Retreat Day
10 Columbus Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
11-14 ITBS testing for grades 1-8; CoGats (Grades 2, 4, 5 and 7)
17-21 ITBS make-ups
19 School Portraits (tentative)
NOVEMBER: Character Development Focus - Openness to Change
1 All Saint’s Day – SCHOOL OPEN – 9 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s
4 First Friday (half day) – 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s - Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. Staff meeting in p.m.
4 Administration of TACHS (High School) Exam – Our Lady of Lourdes High School
8 Archdiocesan Staff Retreat Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
11 Veterans’ Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
11 End of 1st Quarter (Grades K-8)
21 Full Day Parent Teacher’s Conferences 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
22 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal – Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
23 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal begins Thanksgiving holiday – NO PM EXTENSION
24-25 Thanksgiving Recess
DECEMBER: Character Development Focus - Community
1 8th Grade Retreat
2 First Friday (half day) – 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s - Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. Staff meeting in p.m.*
7 School Band and Choral Holiday Concerts – 7 p.m. (tentative)
8 Feast of Immaculate Conception – School open (full day) 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s
9 Archdiocesan Teacher Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
14 Christmas Pageant at Aquinas Hall (tentative) – 7:30 p.m.
15 Christmas Pageant (snow date)
21 Christmas Recess begins after full day with dismissal at 2:15 p.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
*If there is a two-hour weather-related delayed opening on any scheduled half day, dismissal will be at 2:15 p.m.
JANUARY: Character Development Focus - Flexibility
3 School resumes
6 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s
16 Martin Luther King Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
30 Catholic Schools Week starts today through Feb. 2 “Catholic Schools – Faith, Academics, Service” THERE WILL BE A DRESS REHEARSAL TODAY FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. FOR OUR TALENT SHOW, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, FEB. 2ND.
FEBRUARY: Character Development Focus - Unconditional Love
2 Catholic Schools Week Talent Show - 12:30 to 2 p.m.
3 Catholic Schools Week concludes with 9 a.m. Mass - 2:15 p.m. dismissal
3 End of 2nd Quarter (Grades K-8)
17-20 President’s Weekend – SCHOOL CLOSED
22 Ash Wednesday – 9 a.m. Mass
27 2nd Grade Parent Meeting (Tentative) – First Sacraments – 6:30 p.m
MARCH: Character Development Focus - Courage
TBA 8th Grade Confirmation Rehearsal – 6:30 p.m.
2 First Friday (half day) – 9 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s - 11:15 Dismissal – Staff meeting in p.m.*
16 7th Grade Retreat
16 2nd Grade Reconcilation (First Penance) Service - 9 a.m. (Tentative
22 6th Grade Retreat
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