Key 08- Dates for School Calendars Here are special days you may want to note on your 08- school year calendar or take into consideration as you establish programs for next year. Prepared by NSPRA Publication: Resources for Planning the School Calendar 08- Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat September 08 Sept -: Library Card Sign-up Mo. Sept 5 - Oct 5: Hispanic Mo. Sept -3: Constitution Week 3 Labor 4 5 6 8 International Literacy Grandparents 6 Mayflower Mexican Independence s 0 Patriot 3 4 5 Mexican Sept. -: Rosh Hashanah* Independence s Sept. -5: Arts in Education Week Citizenship 8 0 International Sept. 8-: Yom Kippur of Peace 3 4 5 6 8 Good Neighbor First of Autumn October 08 October -3: Crime Prevention Czech, Polish, Italian and Culture Bullying Prevention Principals Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Child Health 8 Columbus Canadian Thanksgiving 3 4 5 6 German 0 International Walk to School 3 October -3 Fire Prevention Week AND Metric Week 4 5 6 8 0 World Food Oct. 4-0: Character Counts Week Oct 5-: School Bus Safety Week AND School Lunch Week 3 4 United Nations 8 3 Halloween 5 6 Make a Difference Oct. 3-3: Red Ribbon Week (Drug Free America)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat November 08 3 Nov -: Native 4 light Saving Time Ends Veterans' 8 Gettysburg Address Anniversary 5 6 Election 8 0 3 4 5 Parental Involvement Nov. -6: Education Week 0 Thanksgiving Nov. 8-4: Family Week 5 6 8 6 Substitute Educators 3 4 December 08 World AIDS 3 4 5 6 8 * Pearl Harbor 0 3 4 5 Bill of Rights Human Rights 6 8 0 First of Winter 3 4 5 6 8 Christmas January 0 3 New Year s 3 4 5 Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary 6 8 0 3 4 5 6 8 0 World Religion Martin Luther King Jr. 8 3 3 4 5 6
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat February 0 Feb -8: African History Children s Dental Health 3 4 5 Chinese New Year 0 Abraham Lincoln s Freedom 6 8 Feb. 4-8: School Counseling Week 3 4 Valentine's 5 6 Groundhog PTA Founders 8 Presidents' 0 George Washington s Feb. 6-3: FFA Week 4 5 6 8 3 March 0 March 6 - April 0: Lent March -3: Red Cross Irish Music In Our Schools Mo. Middle Level Education Nutrition Mo. Social Work Women s History Mo. Youth Art 3 4 5 Mardi Gras 0 light Saving Time Begins St. Patrick s 4 3 Johnny Appleseed 6 Ash Wednesday NEA s Read Across America (Dr. Seuss s ) 8 International Women's 3 4 5 6 8 0 First of Spring March - 3: Poison Prevention Week March 4-8: School Breakfast Week Baha i New Year s * International for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Water Absolutely Incredible Kid 5 6 8 3
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat April 0 3 4 5 6 April -: Autism Awareness Poetry School Library April Fool s International Children s Book 8 0 3 World Health April - 3: Library Week AND Volunteer Week 4 5 Patriot s 6 8 Good Friday PassOver First s Easter Earth 8 April 5-: Public School Volunteer Week 3 4 Administrative Professional April -: Student Leadership Week AND Coin Week 5 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work 6 Arbor Passover Concluding 0 PassOver First s Passover Concluding May 0 May -3: Asian Pacific Better Hearing and Speech Physical Fitness & Sports Mo. Preservation May - : Physical Education and Sports Week 5 Cinco de Mayo 6 First of Ramadan Teacher May 5-: Music Week May 5-: Be Kind to Animals Week May 6-0: Teacher Appreciation Week Mother's 0 Victoria (Canada) 6 Memorial Holocaust Remembrance * Law 8 Bike to School School Nurse Holocaust Remembrance * 3 World Press Freedom School Lunch Hero 0 World Red Cross 3 4 5 6 8 May -8: Food Allergy Awareness Week 3 4 5 8 3 World No Tobacco 4 Horace Mann s Armed Forces
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat June 0 June -: Caribbean- Mo. Great Outdoors Mo. June - July: Fireworks Safety 3 4 5 World Environment Race Unity 0 Anne Frank s 6 8 3 4 Flag 5 6 Father's International of the African Child 8 Juneteenth 0 First of Summer 3 4 5 6 Helen Keller s 8 July 0 June - July: Fireworks Safety 3 4 5 6 Independence 8 0 3 4 5 6 8 0 3 4 5 6 8 3 *Begins at sunset on the preceding day