Key 0-8 Dates for School Calendars Here are special days you may want to note on your 0-8 school year calendar or take into consideration as you establish programs for next year. Published and distributed by Educational Research Service and School Public Relations Association. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat September 0 Sept -30: Library Card Sign-up Mo. Sept 5 - Oct 5: Hispanic Mo. Sept -3: Constitution Week 3 4 Labor 0 Grandparents Citizenship Patriot 5 6 7 8 Literacy 9 3 4 5 6 Mayflower Sept. 0-6: Arts in Education Week 8 9 0 of Peace Sept. 5-6: Mexican Independence s First of Autumn Sept. 0-: Rosh Hashanah* 3 October 0 October -3: Crime Prevention Czech Italian and Culture Bullying Prevention Principals Polish Trick or Treat for UNICEF 4 5 6 7 8 Good Neighbor Child Health 8 9 Oct. 8 4: Metric Week 0 Columbus Canadian Thanksgiving 5 6 World Food 3 4 United Nations 9 30 3 Halloween 3 4 Walk to School 9 30 5 6 German 3 4 Oct. 9-3: School Lunch Week Oct 9-5: Fire Prevention Week AND Educational Office Professionals Week 8 9 0 Oct. 5 - : Character Counts Week October 6-0: School Bus Safety Week 5 6 7 8 Make a Difference Oct. 3-3: Red Ribbon Week (Drug Free America) Sept. 9-30: Yom Kippur 7
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat November 0 3 4 Nov -30: Native 5 light Saving Time Ends 6 7 Election 3 4 5 Education Support Professionals 8 9 0 Veterans' 6 Parental Involvement Nov. 3 - : Education Week Substitute Educators 8 9 Gettysburg Address Anniversary 0 3 Thanksgiving Nov. 9-5: Family Week 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 December 0 World AIDS 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pearl Harbor 0 Human Rights 3 4 5 Bill of Rights 6 8 9 0 First of Winter 3 January Jan -3: School Board Recognition 4 3 5 Christmas New Year s 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary 7 8 9 0 3 30 4 5 Martin Luther King Jr. World Religion 6 8 9 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 3
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat February Feb -8: African History Freedom Groundhog 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 3 Children s Dental Health February 4- March 3: Lent Abraham Lincoln s 8 9 Presidents' Feb. 5-9: School Counseling Week 3 Mardi Gras 4 5 6 Valentine's Chinese New Ash Wednesday Year Feb. 3 - : Take Your Family to School Week 0 George Washington s Feb. 4: FFA Week 3 4 PTA Founders 5 6 7 8 March March -3: Red Cross Irish Music In Our Schools Mo. Middle Level Education Nutrition Mo. Social Work Women s History Mo. Youth Art 4 5 6 7 8 Women's light Saving Time Begins Johnny Appleseed 3 4 5 Absolutely Incredible Kid 8 9 0 First of Spring March 5-9: School Breakfast Week March 5 - : Foreign Language Week March - 6: Classified School Employees Week Baha i New Year s for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 8-4: Poison Prevention Week NEA s Read Across America (Dr. Seuss s ) 3 9 0 6 St. Patrick s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 Good Friday 3 March 30-3: Passover* (First s)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat April April -30: Autism Awareness Poetry April Fool s Easter Children s Book 8 9 0 Holocaust Remembrance * 3 4 5 6 7 World Health April 8-4: Library Week Holocaust Remembrance * 3 4 5 6 Patriot s 8 9 0 April 5 - : Student Leadership Week AND Coin Week April - : Public School Volunteer Week April 6-7: Passover (Concluding s) Earth 3 4 5 Administrative Professional 6 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work 7 Arbor 8 9 30 April -8: Administrative Professionals Week AND April 3-7: Volunteer Week May May -3: Asian Pacific Better Hearing and Speech Law 6 7 8 Teacher World Red Cross 3 World Press Freedom 4 Horace Mann s School Lunch Hero May - 7: Physical Education and Sports Week 9 Bike to School School Nurse 0 5 Cinco de Mayo Food Allergy Action Physical Fitness & Sports Mo. 3 Mother's May 6 - : Be Kind to Animals Week AND May 6-3: Music Week May 7 - : Teacher Appreciation Week 4 5 6 First of Ramadan 8 9 Preservation 0 Armed Forces Victoria (Canada) 3 4 5 6 May 0-6: Educational Bosses Week 7 8 Memorial 9 30 3 World No Tobacco
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat June June -30: Caribbean- Mo. 3 4 5 World Environment 6 7 8 9 Great Outdoors Mo. June - July: Fireworks Safety 0 Race Unity Father's 3 4 Flag June 0-4: History Contest 8 9 Juneteenth 0 First of Summer 5 6 of the African Child 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 July June - July: Fireworks Safety 3 4 Independence 5 6 7 8 9 0 3 4 5 6 8 9 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 3 *Begins at sunset on the preceding day