1 Northwest Catholic High School 2012-13 Calendar of Events Short Version Final 8-22-12 Month Date Time Event August 6 11:00am-1:00pm Dennis Uniform Sales 7-10 HILL OARS Trip 14 5:30pm-7:30pm Senior Class Picnic 15 1:00pm & 2:00pm Football IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 3:00pm Football Practice Begins 25 8:00am-10:00am Girls Soccer Tryouts at St. Thomas Seminary (double session) 3:00pm-4:30pm 25 10:30am & 11:30am Girls Soccer IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 25 10:30am-12:30pm Boys Soccer Tryouts 25 9:00am & 1:30pm Boys Soccer IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 25 9:30am-11:30am Volleyball Tryouts (All Players) 25 12:30pm-2:00pm Volleyball Tryouts (Returning Players ONLY) 25 8:00am & 2:30pm Volleyball IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 25 10:00am-12:00pm Field Hockey Tryouts at St. Thomas Seminary 25 12:30pm & 1:30pm Field Hockey IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 26 1:00pm-5:00pm Required Instrumental Music Orientation 27 8:00am-3:00pm Opening Faculty Meeting 27 12:00pm-2:00pm Opening Coaches Meeting 27 1:00pm Cross Country IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 27 2:30pm Cross Country Practice 27 4:00pm Cheerleading IMPACT Testing (Freshmen & Juniors) 27 5:30pm-7:30pm Cheerleading Tryouts 28 8:00am-3:00pm Faculty Retreat 29 7:50am-2:07pm Opening Day for Freshmen with Cookout 29 9:30am-11:30am Orientation for Transfer Students 30 7:50am-12:16pm Opening Day for Sophomores/Juniors 30 7:50am-12:16pm Orientation for Freshmen 31 7:50am-12:16pm Opening Day for Seniors 31 7:50am-12:16pm Orientation for Freshmen September 3 No School Labor Day 4 7:50am-2:07pm All Grades Report 5 6:30pm-8:00pm Chemical Health Policy Sessions (abuse sessions & fall sports team meetings) 6 PM assembly Magazine Drive Kickoff 6 7:00pm Senior Parents Guidance Night 7 Extd. Homeroom Activity Assembly 7 12:00pm Fall Captains Council 7 2:15pm-3:00pm Fall Mass for Athletes 7 8:00pm-10:30pm Freshman Dance
2 October November 10-13 Student Council Senate Nominations (Grades 10-12) 10 AM Assembly Opening Mass 11 Fire Drill 12 Lockdown Drill 12 Last Day for Senior Yearbook Photos (at NWC) 13 7:00pm Freshman Parents Guidance Night 15 6:00pm 2012 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction 17-20 Freshman Class Officer Nominations 17 Extd. Homeroom Student Council Speeches & Freshman Expectations 17 6:15pm Parents Club Meeting & Pot Luck Dinner 20 Student Council Senate Elections 20 7:00pm Parent Visitation Evening 21 7:00pm-10:00pm First Schoolwide Activity Evening 24 Extd. Homeroom Freshman Class Officer Speeches & Class Meetings 27 Freshman Class Officer Elections 27 Art Rich Underclass Picture Retakes (at NWC) 28 12:16pm Dismissal Professional Learning Community 28 7:30pm One Act Play 30 12:00pm-7:00pm Archdiocesan Youth Spectacular Honors Breakfast 1 Sophomore Service Project Orientation Day 6 8:00am SAT Administered 8 No School Columbus Day 11 7:00pm Junior College Planning Night 12 6:00pm Founders Circle Dinner 15 7:00pm Parents Club Meeting 17 12:16pm Dismissal PSAT/PLAN Testing (No Senior Classes) 18 7:00pm Prospective Student Information Reception Avon Old Farms Hotel 22 Special Schedule Junior Investiture 22 6:00pm Prayer Service & Pot Luck Dinner for Juniors and their families (Junior Investiture) 23-26 Spirit Week 23 6:00pm Empty Bowls Dinner 23 7:00pm Prospective Student Information Reception Rocky Hill Marriott 25 7:00pm Sophomore Parents Guidance Night 25 7:00pm Prospective Student Information Reception Windsor Marriott 26 End of First Marking Period 26 PM Assembly Pep Rally & Mag Ball Shootout 27 8:00am ACT Administered 27 10:30am Homecoming Football Game 27 7:00pm-10:00pm Homecoming Activity Evening 30 7:30pm Senior Halloween Party 1 AM Assembly Mass - All Saints Day 1 7:00pm College Financial Aid Information Night 3 8:00am SAT Administered at NWC 5 11:30am-1:00pm Jesuit College Fair
3 December January February 9 No School Catholic Educators Conference 11 1:00pm-4:00pm Open House for Prospective Students 12 AM Assembly Veterans Day School IS in Session (tentative) 16-20 ACTS Immersion 17 6:30pm-12:00am Saturday Night Live 21 12:16pm Dismissal Special Schedule 22-23 No School Thanksgiving Break/Happy Thanksgiving! 28 7:00pm Fall Sports Awards Evening 30 12:00pm Winter Captains Council 30 7:30pm Fall Play 1 8:00am Entrance Exam for 8 th Graders (Snow date 12/8) 1 8:00am SAT Administered 1 7:30pm Fall Play 2 2:00pm Fall Play 3 Extd. Homeroom National Honor Society Induction Rehearsal 3 2:15pm-3:00pm Winter Mass for Athletes 4 6:30pm-8:00pm Chemical Health Policy Sessions (abuse sessions & winter sports team meetings) 6 7:00pm National Honor Society Induction 8 8:00am Snow Date for Entrance Exam 10 Special Schedule Speaker 11 6:30pm & 7:30pm Art Show & Dance Recital 12 AM Assembly Mass 15 8:00pm-11:00pm Semi-Formal dance at NWC 17 7:00pm Christmas Instrumental/Choral Concert 21 12:16pm Dismissal Special Schedule 24-1/1 No School Christmas Vacation / Merry Christmas! Catholic Schools Month Catholic Schools Faith, Academics, Service. 1 Happy New Year! 2 School Reopens 4 AM Assembly Mass 8 7:00pm National Language Honor Society Induction 14 No School Professional Day 15 7:00pm Parents Club Meeting 15-18 Mid Term Exams 18 End of First Semester 21 No School Martin Luther King Day 23 Extd. Homeroom Course Selection Sessions 26 8:00am SAT Administered 26 8:00am January Entrance Exam for 8 th Graders (snow date 2/2) Honors Breakfast 2 8:00am Snow Date for January Entrance Exam 4-8 Spirit Week 7 7:00pm Mini Open House for Prospective Students (snow date 2/13)
4 March April May 8 PM Assembly Pep Rally 9 8:00am ACT Administered 11 AM Assembly Black History Month Presentation 13 7:00pm Snow date for Mini Open House for Prospective Students 13 Special Schedule Mass - Ash Wednesday 18-22 No School Winter Vacation 1 AM Assembly Mass 6 6:00pm Empty Bowls Dinner 7 12:16pm Dismissal Professional Learning Community 8 No School Faculty Retreat 9 8:00am SAT Administered 13 12:16pm Dismissal Office of Catholic Schools In-Service 18 7:00pm Parents Club Meeting 19 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course (3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30) 20 No School Office of Catholic Schools Faith Formation Conference 22 7:00pm-10:00pm Third Schoolwide Activity Night 26 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course 26 12:00pm Spring Captains Council 27 7:00pm Winter Sports Awards Evening 28 12:16pm Dismissal Holy Thursday 29 No School Good Friday 31 Happy Easter! 1 No School Easter Monday 2 2:15pm-3:00pm Spring Mass for Athletes 2 6:30-8:00pm Chemical Health Policy Sessions (abuse sessions & spring sports team meetings) 2 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course 4 Spring Musical Middle School Performance 5 End of Third Marking Period 5 6:00pm Green & White Scholars Dinner 5 7:30pm Spring Musical 6 7:30pm Spring Musical 7 2:00pm Spring Musical 8 AM Assembly Mass 9 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course 13 8:00am ACT Administered 15-19 No School Spring Vacation 22-24 Student Council Officer Nominations 23 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course 27 6:00pm 2013 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction 29 Extd. Homeroom Student Council Speeches 30 6:30-8:00pm SAT Review Course 2 Student Council Election 2 7:30pm Principal s Reception 4 8:00am SAT Administered 4 7:00pm-11:00pm Jazz Night at NWC
5 June 6-16 AP Exams 6-8 Class Officer Nominations 6 AM Assembly Pre-Prom Assembly 9 AM Assembly Mass Ascension Thursday 11 7:00pm-12:00am Junior/Senior Prom 13 Extd. Homeroom Class Officer Speeches 16 Grandparents Day 16 Class Officer Election 16 6:30pm & 7:30pm Art Show & Dance Recital 17 Special Schedule Field Day 17 7:30pm Spring One Act Play 20 12:16pm Dismissal Professional Learning Community 20 7:00pm Parents Club Meeting 21 2:30pm Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social 21 7:00pm Spring Concert for Instrumental and Choral Music 22-23 Senior Locker Cleanout 24 Senior Final Exams 27 No School Memorial Day 28 Senior Final Exams 28 7:00pm Spring Sports Awards Evening 29 Senior Final Exams 30 Senior Final Exams 30 7:00pm Academic & Service Awards Evening 31 Extd. Homeroom Junior Moving Up Ceremony 31 8:30am Senior Outing 1 8:00am SAT Administered 1-2 Relay For Life 3 8:00am Golf Tournament at Wampanoag Country Club 4 9:30am Graduation Rehearsal at NWC 5 10:00am Baccalaureate Mass at The Church of St. Timothy 5 12:16pm Early Dismissal 5 7:30pm Graduation at The Cathedral of St. Joseph 6 6:00pm MVP Dinner 11 6:15pm Parents Club Cookout Last Day for Grades 9-11 (Tentative, see below) Final exams for grades 9, 10, & 11 will be scheduled the last four days of school. The last day of school is scheduled for June 18 th. This allows room for 3 snow days. If there are fewer than 3 snow days, school will end that much earlier. If there are more than 3 days, that number will be made up beginning June 19 th. A final decision will be made in April. Please keep these dates in mind when scheduling summer activities. Any questions regarding a final exam must be processed through the Academic Dean s Office.