August 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 College Application Boot Camps (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) Aug. 9: Travis HS Aug. 10: Elkins HS 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Convocation Convocation Convocation 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Teacher Work Groundbreaking Ceremonies Aug. 11 ES 49, 9:00 a.m. ES 50, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 31 ES 48 /MS 15, 10:00 a.m. District Professional Learning s Aug. 11, 12 Assumption Aug. 15 Convocation Aug. 15 Instructional Staff Aug. 17 Office Staff Aug. 18 Auxiliary Staff Campus Professional Learning/ District Focus Aug. 15-18 Summer Graduation Aug. 30 Elkins High School, 6:30 p.m. High School Open House Aug. 29 (Austin, Kempner, Marshall, Ridge Point, Willowridge) Aug. 31 (Bush, Clements, Dulles, Elkins, Hightower, Travis, Progressive, Tech Ed. Ctr.) 28 29 30 31 FBEF Back to School Scramble High School Open House High School Open House Aug. 26: Women s Independence
September 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Attendance Awareness Month Library Card Sign-up Month C2 Sept. 8 Labor Middle School Open House ACT Test International Literacy Sept. 8 Texas First Responders Sept. 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Patriot Grandparents Elementary School Open House Elementary School Open House National Arts in Education Week Sept. 11-17 National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Citizenship Sept. 17 Constitution Week Sept. 17-23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 First of Autumn 25 26 27 28 29 30 C-Squared (Vertical Feeder Pattern) Fort Bend County Fair September: Hydrocephalus Awareness Month Week of Sept. 17: Celebrate Freedom Week Sept. 21: Dr. Hector P. Carcia Sept. 30: American Indian Heritage
October 2016 1 National Month National Bullying Prevention Month Rosh Hashanah Oct. 2-4 International Walk to School Oct. 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Sullivan Elementary School Dedication 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Town Hall Student Fort Bend Chamber State of the Schools Luncheon Global Citizenship Conference Elementary Parent Conference/ Early Release All Students FBEF Sugar Shindig ACT Test College Nights (6:00-8:00 p.m.) Oct. 5: Ridge Point HS Oct. 12: Travis HS Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15 National School Lunch Week Oct. 10-14 Band Nights Oct. 11 and 12 Mercer Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Oct, 11, 12 C2 Oct. 13 Secondary Professional Learning Oct. 14 End of Nine Week Period Oct. 14 Sukkot Oct. 16-23 District Professional Learning Oct. 17 National Character Counts Week Oct. 17-21 National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 17-21 Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31 Oct: Persons with Disabilities History and Awareness Month Oct. 17-21: Texas Native Plant Week
November 2016 1 2 3 4 5 All Saints Nov. 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Standard Time Begins (Set clocks back one hour.) Town Hall 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Election C-Squared (Vertical Feeder Pattern) National Parental Involvement Veterans Middle School One-Act Play Nov. 5 Zone at RPHS / THS Nov. 12 District at RPHS C2 Nov. 10 American Education Week Nov. 14-18 Education Support Professionals Nov. 16 Substitute Educators Nov. 18 Choral Concert Nov. 29 Sugar Land Baptist Church, 7:00 p.m. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Thanksgiving 27 28 29 30 Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 21-25 November: Lung Cancer Awareness Month Nov. 3: Father of Texas
December 2016 1 2 3 STAAR Testing (HS) Dec. 5-9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C2 Dec. 8 Exams Dec. 13-16 ACT Test End of Nine Week Period and First Semester Dec. 16 Hanukkah Dec. 24-Jan. 1 Kwanzaa Dec. 26-Jan. 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Early Release MS/HS Students Only Early Release All Students 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 First of Winter Winter Break s, December 19-30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Christmas Winter Break s, December 19-30
January 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Year s Student First of Classes/ Second Semester Japanese New Year Festivities Jan. 1-3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Martin L. King Campus Professional Learning Jan. 2 Rodeo Art Show Jan. 7 (CHS) C2 Jan. 12 Middle School PALS Conference (Quail Valley MS) Jan. 21 Dance Classic Jan. 23 Hopson Field House Chinese New Year Jan. 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 C-Squared (Vertical Feeder Pattern) January: Human Trafficking Prevention Month Jan. 6: Sam Rayburn
February 2017 2016-17 District Planning Calendar 1 2 3 4 African American History Month 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Elementary Parent Conference/ Early Release All Students ACT Test String Fling Feb. 1 and 2 Wheeler Field House, 7:00 p.m. National School Counseling Week Feb. 6-10 C2 Feb. 9 Secondary Professional Learning Feb. 17 National FFA Week Feb. 18-25 District Professional Learning Feb. 20 Dance Showcase Feb. 27 Wheeler Field House, 7:00 p.m. MS Choir Pre-UIL Contest Feb. 27-28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Presidents / Student 26 27 28 Feb. 19: State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance (STAR ) and Iwo Jima Texas Public Schools Week, February 27-March 3
March 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 light Saving Time (Advance clocks one hour.) Town Hall 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 First of Spring Texas Public Schools Week, February 27-March 3 Spring Break, March 13-17 End of Nine Week Period FBEF Gala American Red Cross Month Music in Our Schools Month National Nutrition Month Social Work Month Youth Art Month Lent Mar. 1-Apr. 15 Read Across America Mar. 2 Elementary Honor Choir Concert March 4 (KHS) Youth Art Month Show Opening Reception Mar. 6 Admin. Bldg. Atrium, 4:30 p.m. National School Breakfast Week Mar. 6-10 C2 Mar. 9 UIL 5A/6A One-Act Play District Contests Mar. 11 Girl Scout Week Mar. 12-18 MS Orchestra Pre-UIL Contests Mar. 24-25 STAAR Testing (All levels) Mar. 28-30 HS Choir Pre-UIL Contest Mar. 30-31 HS Non-Varsity Band Pre-UIL Contest Mar. 31-Apr. 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 March: Texas History Month
April 2017 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Easter Staff Service Awards Reception C-Squared (Vertical Feeder) Teacher of the Year Banquet Good Friday 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 All Star Draft Job Fair ACT Test Earth School Library Month National Autism Awareness Month Middle School Band Pre-UIL Contest Apr. 7-8 National Library Week Apr. 9-15 High School Choir UIL Apr. 10-11 High School Varsity Band Pre- UIL Contest Apr. 10-11 National Week Apr. 10-14 National Public Safety Telecommunication Week Apr. 10-14 National Library Workers Apr. 11 C2 Apr. 13 National Student Leadership Week Apr. 16-22 Public School Volunteer Week Apr. 17-21 Holocaust Remembrance Apr. 23-24 Administrative Professionals Week Apr. 23-29 / Apr. 26 National Volunteer Week Apr. 23-29 30 April: Child Safety Month
May 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 National Teacher Staff Service Awards Banquet Cinco de Mayo 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Better Hearing/Speech Month National Physical Fitness and Sports Month STAAR End of Course Exams May 1-5 National Teacher Appreciation Week May 1-5 National Physical Education and Sport Week May 1-7 School Lunch Hero May 5 National Music Week May 7-14 STAAR Testing (ES/MS) May 9-11 National School Nurse May 10 Mother s Partnership Luncheon National Bike to School May 10 C2 May 11 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Exams Sixth-Grade Choral Festival May 12 Armed Forces May 20 Decision May 26 Sugar Land Performing Arts Center 28 29 30 31 Memorial Exams Exams/ Early Release MS/HS Students Only May 10: Public School Paraprofessional
June 2017 1 2 3 Exams/ Last Student / Early Release All Students Teacher Work Graduation Graduation Fireworks Safety Month 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C2 June 8 Race Unity June 11 Digital Learning Conference C-Squared ACT Test National History Contest June 11-15 Juneteenth June 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Public Budget Hearing Flag 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Father s First of Summer 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independence 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31