2017-18 School Year Calendar
August 2017 1 2 3 4 5 Office Closed 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Meet the Fall Coaches Night/Mandatory Parent-Athlete & Music Instrument Rental Night Meeting 6pm Office Closed 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Welcome Back Night Grade 9 6 pm Grade 10 7:30pm Welcome Back Night Grade 11 6 pm Grade 12 7:30 pm *First Day Fall Sports Student Council Leadership Retreat 8-3@ECHS Senior Retakes 8-2 @ECHS 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Grade 9 Orientation 8-3:30 PTSA Meeting 5:30 Grade 9 Orientation 8-3:30 VB Scrimmage Play Day (Christiana HS) 1:00 Grade 9 Orientation 8-3:30 New 10 th Grade Orientation 8-3:30 Grade 9 Orientation 8-3:30 (Class Photo Taken 9:00am) Grades 10-11-12 Orientation 8-3:30 (Class Photos Taken) 27 28 29 30 31 DSU Classes Begin 8:00 am VB Scrimmage @ Lake Forest HS - 4:00pm
September 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labor Day Cross Country @Milford HS 4:00pm Six Flags College Readiness Trip for Eligible Students 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Class of 2018 Scratch Off Card Fundraiser Begins Volleyball@ St. Thomas More Academy 4:00 Boys Soccer@ Design Lab HS 5:00pm Cross Country@ Tri Meet (Lake Forest HS)4:00pm 17 18 19 20 Rosh Hashanah 21 22 23 Volleyball vs. Sussex Academy (JV) 4:00pm & (V) 5:30pm 1 st MP Interim Ends Parent Night & Hispanic History Month Program 6pm Yankee Candle Fundraiser Begins Volleyball vs. Aquinas Academy 4:30pm Class of 2018 Scratch Off Card Fundraiser Ends 1 st MP Grades/ College Readiness Due @ 11pm 24 25 26 27 28 Race Weekend 29 Volleyball @ Mt. Pleasant (JV) 3:30pm & (V)4:45pm Cross Country vs. Design Lab HS 4:00pm 1 st MP Interim/College Readiness Reports Distributed to Students Volleyball @ Woodbridge 4:00pm & 5:30pm Race Weekend 30 Yom Kippur
October 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Girls Volleyball vs. Delaware Public Safety Academy 6:30pm Yankee Candle Fundraiser Ends 1 st MP College Readiness Yankee Candle Fundraiser Orders & Money Due Boys Soccer@ Newark Ch. 4pm 8 Columbus Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 Class of 19 T-Shirt Sale begins Boys Soccer vs. Design Lab HS 4:30pm VB vs. St. Thomas More Academy 4:00pm Homecoming Pep Rally @ DSU Homecoming Parade, Tailgate, Dance 15 National Boss Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 College Application Week Begins Cross Country vs. MOT Charter HS 4:00pm $tand by Me College Application Program 6:30 pm 1 st MP Ends Picture Day Volleyball @ Middletown 3:30pm & 5pm 2 nd MP Begins Boys Soccer@ Cape Henlopen HS 4:00pm Class of 19 T-Shirt Sale ends Class of 19 Haunted Room Party 3:45-5:30 1 st MP Grades/ College Readiness Due 11:00 pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Class of 2020 Potato Wars Begins 29 30 31 Halloween Costume Contest Boys Soccer vs. Mt Sophia Academy Homecoming Spirit Week 2017 1 st MP Report Cards/ College Readiness Reports Distributed to Students Volleyball@ Sussex Academy 4:00pm & 5pm
November 2017 1 st MP Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Class of 2020 Potato Wars Ends Daylight Savings 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PTSA Avon Sale Begins Veteran s Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2 nd MP Interims End 2 nd MP Interim Grades/ College Readiness Due 11:00 pm College Application Month Ends 19 20 21 22 Thanksgiving 23 24 25 PTSA Avon Sale Ends Picture Retakes 2 nd MP Interims/ College Readiness Reports Distributed to Students Thanksgiving 26 27 28 29 30 2 nd MP College Readiness Thanksgiving
December 2017 Basketball vs. First State Military Girls 4; Boys 5:30 1 2 3 NHS Toys for Tots 4 Drive Begins 5 6 7 Girls Basketball vs. Seaford HS 4:00pm NHS Toys for Tots 4 Drive Ends 9 DSU Last Day of Classes DSU Reading Day Career Fusion (Grade 10) 10 11 Hanukkah 12 13 14 15 16 DSU Finals DSU Finals Holiday Concert 6pm DSU Finals DSU Finals Basketball @ Freire Girls 4; Boys 5:30 Glasgow Basketball Tournament Girls DSU Finals ECHS Periods 1 & 2 Finals (1/2 Day) Glasgow Basketball Tournament Girls Glasgow Basketball Tournament Girls 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ECHS Periods 3 & 4 Finals (1/2 Day) No PTSA! Make-up Exam Day 2 nd MP Ends Grades & College Readiness Due 3pm Staff Holiday Party 2 nd MP/ College Readiness Reports Mailed Christmas Eve 24 Christmas 25 Kwanzaa 26 27 28 29 30 Girls Basketball Lake Forest Tournament Girls Basketball Lake Forest Tournament New Year s Eve 31
January 2018 New Year s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 Girls Basketball @Seaford HS 4pm Girls Basketball @Lake Forest HS 5:15pm Students Students 3 rd MP Begins All Grades Report WCS Tournament Boys Basketball WCS Tournament Boys Basketball 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DSU Classes Begin 8am Basketball vs. St. Thomas More Girls Home ; Boys Away 5:30 pm 2 nd MP Honor Roll Class of 2018 ECHS World Heritage Day Basketball @ Dickinson Girls 4; Boys 5:30 14 MLK Jr. Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 Girls Basketball @ Red Lion 5:15pm Class 2018 Movie Night Fundraiser 3:45 Basketball vs. Freire Girls 5 Boys 6:30 21 22 Girls Basketball vs. Mckean HS 4:30pm 23 Girls Basketball @MOT Charter HS 5:15pm Boys Basketball vs. MOT Charter HS 5:15pm 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Class of 2019 Valentine s Day Grams Sale Begins Girls Basketball@ Sussex Academy 5:00pm; 6:15pm 3 rd MP Interim Ends
February 2018 1 Groundhog Day 2 3 3 rd MP Grades/ College Readiness Due 11pm Winter Sports Pep Rally @DSU ECHS Signing Day 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 National Signing Day Girls Basketball @ Christiana HS 3:30pm; 4:45pm Boys Basketball @ Sussex Academy 5:00pm; 6:15pm 3 rd MP Interims/ College Readiness Reports Distributed to Students 2 nd Semester Parent Night 6pm Grade 9 @ ECHS; Grades 10-11-12 @DSU ($tand by Me Financial Aid Program) DSU Founders Day Class of 2019 Valentine s Day Grams Sale Ends ECHS Paint Night 6pm 11 12 13 Valentine s Day 14 15 16 17 Valentine s Day 3 rd MP College Readiness 18 President s Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 (ECHS has school!) Class of 2019 Dashiki Sale Begins Boys Basketball @ St. Georges HS 5:15pm Girls Basketball@ Mckean HS 3:30pm; 5:00pm Boys vs. Mckean HS 4:30pm; 6:00pm 25 26 27 28 Class of 2020 March Madness 3-on-3 Board Meeting 5:15 Class of 2019 Dashiki Sale Ends ECHS Paint Night (Snow Day)
March 2018 1 2 3 3 rd MP Ends 3 rd MP Grades/ College Readiness Due 11pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Daylight Savings Begins 11 12 13 14 15 16 St. Patrick s Day 17 4 th MP Begins School Resumes Class of 2020 St. Patrick s Day Hide & Seek Week Begins 3 rd MP Report Cards/College Readiness Reports Distributed to Students Class of 2020 St. Patrick s Day Hide & Seek Week Ends 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 rd MP Honor Roll Community Yard Sale @ECHS 10-2 Palm Sunday 25 26 27 28 29 Good Friday 30 First Day of Passover 31 10 th Grade DCAS Science Test Spring Sports Pep Rally @ DSU
April 2018 Easter 1 Easter Monday 2 3 4 5 6 7 PSAT 10 Junior Achievement ½ Grade 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SAT Grade 11 Junior Achievement ½ Grade 9 4 th MP Interim Ends ECHS Escape Room 5:00 4 th MP Grades/ College Readiness Due 11pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 PSAT Grade 9 4 th MP Interims/ College Readiness Reports Distributed Spring Music Concert 6pm @DSU 22 23 24 Administrative Professionals Day 25 26 Arbor Day 27 28 4 th MP College Readiness Incentive (Sponsored by the PTSA) Last Day DSU Classes Grades 9 & 10 Capstone Day 11 & 12 29 30 DSU Finals Week
May 2018 Principals Day 1 2 3 4 Cinco de Mayo 5 DSU Finals Week DSU Finals Week DSU Finals Week DSU Finals Week Moving Up Day Junior-Senior Prom 6:00-11:00 p.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Teacher Appreciation Week National Honor Society Induction 6:00 p.m. Hornet Awards 7:30 Senior Class Trip Begins 9:00 p.m. Teacher Appreciation Week Moving Up Day Teacher Appreciation Week ECHS Exams: Periods 1 & 2 (1/2 Day) Teacher Appreciation Week ECHS Exams: Periods 3 & 4 (1/2 Day) Teacher Appreciation Week Make-up Exam Day Teacher Grading Day Grades/College Readiness due 4pm Senior Class Trip Ends 12:00 p.m. DSU Graduation 13 14 15 Ramadan 16 17 18 19 Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal 8:00am Senior Party 10-12 All-Sports Banquet 6pm ECHS 1 st Graduation & Senior Awards 7pm DSU Main Gymnasium 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PTSA Planning 5:30 27 Memorial Day 28 29 30