(updated 10/29/09)
SEPTEMBER: Virtue of the Month – Empathy (Saint Claudine Thevenet)
1 Staff Conference Day
1 Kindergarten Parents Open House Meeting – 6:30 p.m.
2 School Opens (half day for Grades 1-8) – Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. No PM Extension
2-3 Pre-K Orientation and Kindergarten Visiting Days – 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
3 Half Day for grades 1-8 – Opening Mass at St. Mary’s. Dismissal at 11:15 a.m. No PM Extension
3 Grades 1-8 Parents Open House/Orientation in Gym – 7:00 p.m.; Meet teachers in classrooms – 7:30 p.m.
4 Labor Day Weekend Starts – SCHOOL CLOSED
7 Labor Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
8 FIRST DAY Pre-K & Kindergarten – Full day for all students – PM Extension begins
9 Sport/Cheerleading Program Information Meeting (tentative) – 6:30 p.m. (Physicals needed by 11/01)
15 School Band Program orientation( Grades 3-8) – 9 a.m. in gym
28 Teacher Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
29 Band lessons begin
OCTOBER: Virtue of the Month – Compassion (Mother Mary Veronic Starr)
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.
6 Band lessons begin
6-8 Progress Reports – Grades 1-8
12 Columbus Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
13-23 ITBS testing for grades 1-8; CoGats (Grades 2, 4, 5 and 7)
14 School Portraits (tentative)
26-27 ITBS make-ups
16 Grade 8 Respect Life Retreat Day (tentative)
23 Race for Education (postponed)
NOVEMBER: Virtue of the Month – Humility ( Mother Clelia Merloni)
3 Archdiocesan Staff Retreat/Workshops – SCHOOL CLOSED
6 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s – 2:15 Dismissal
6 End of 1st Quarter (Grades K-8)
11 Veterans’ Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
13 Administration of TACHS (High School) Exam
16-17 State testing – Grade 5 Social Studies
23-24 Fall Book Fair (postponed) Hours to be announced
23 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal – Parent Teacher’s Conferences 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
24 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal – Parent/Teacher conferences 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
25 Half Day – 11:15 Dismissal begins Thanksgiving holiday – NO PM EXTENSION
26-27 Thanksgiving Recess
DECEMBER: Virtue of the Month – Discretion (Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco)
4 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 2:15 Dismissal
8 Feast of Immaculate Conception – School open (full day) 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s
9 School Band and Choral Holiday Concerts– 7 p.m.
16 Christmas Pageant at Aquinas Hall – 7:30 p.m.
17 Christmas Pageant (snow date)
18 Christmas Recess begins after regular full day at 2:15 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
JANUARY: Virtue of the Month – Patience (Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin)
4 School resumes
8 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s – 2:15 Dismissal – PM faculty meeting
18 Martin Luther King Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
*If there is a two-hour weather-related delayed opening on any scheduled half day, dismissal will be at 2:15 p.m.
JANUARY (continued)
22 End of 2nd Quarter (Grades K-8)
29 8th Grade Retreat
31 Catholic Schools Week starts today through February 5
FEBRUARY: Virtue of the Month – Faithfulness (Mother Mary Theodore William)
5 Catholic Schools Week concludes with 9 a.m. Mass-11:15 dismissal*- Family Appreciation Reception in PM
6 Archdiocesan Junior High Youth Fest
11 7th Grade Retreat
12 Teacher Conference Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
TBA 2nd Grade Program Parent Meeting (Tentative) – First Sacraments – 6:30 p.m.
15 President’s Weekend – SCHOOL CLOSED
17 Ash Wednesday – 9 a.m. Mass
MARCH: Virtue of the Month – Kindness (Saint Paula Frassinetti)
5 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 2:15 Dismissal
16 6th Grade Retreat
TBA Soup and Bread Supper to benefit the homeless
26 End of 3rd Quarter (Grades K-8)
TBA Living Stations of the Cross
31 Easter break begins after 9 a.m. Mass with close of school at 11:15 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
TBA Annual Auction
APRIL: Virtue of the Month – Acceptance (Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt)
12 School resumes after Easter break
26-28 State testing – Grade 4, 6, 8 English Language Arts
TBA Science Fair Days
MAY: Virtue of the Month – Courtesy (Saint Angela Merici)
5 Spring Photos (tentative)
5-7 State testing – Grade 4, 8 Math
7 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 2:15 Dismissal
8 First Communion (Grade 2) – 10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s
TBA May Procession – 10 a.m.
13 Ascension Thursday – School open (full day) 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Mary’s
State testing – Grade 4 and 8 Science (performance) - can be administered any day from 5/24 through 6/3
31 Memorial Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
JUNE: Virtue of the Month – Forgiveness (Venerable Catherine McAuley)
2 Spring School Band and Choral Concerts – 7:00 p.m. (tentative)
4 First Friday (full day) – Mass at St. Mary’s - 2:15 Dismissal
7 State testing – Grade 4 and 8 Science (written)
8 Archdiocesan Religion Test – Grade 2-8 (tentative)
TBA Honors Algebra test
14 Pre-K Celebration Day
14-15 State testing – Grade 8 Social Studies
18 Last full day of school – 2:15 p.m. dismissal
21 Half Day – PM Extension
21 Kindergarten Graduation Day
22 Half Day 8th Grade Graduation Mass at 9:00 a.m. – PM Extension
23 Last day of school – DISMISSAL AT 10:00 a.m. – NO PM EXTENSION
TBA State testing – Grade 8 Spanish Proficiency Exam
TBA Golf Tournament
*If there is a weather-related delayed opening of two hours on any First Friday, dismissal will be at 2:15 p.m.
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