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UPCOMING EVENTS
AND HOLIDAYS
August-December 2008
MONTH OF AUGUST
- Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
-Cataract Awareness Month
-Foot Health Month
-National Cat Fish Month
-National Golf Month
-National Parks Month
-Medic Alert Month
-Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Birthstone: Jade, Peridot
Flower: Gladiolus
August 1
-Air Force Day
August 4
-Coast Guard Day
August 5
-Friendship Day
August 5-11
-Clown Week
-National Smile Week
August 12-18
-Elvis Week
August
15
-Assumption Day
August 19
-National Aviation Day
August 21
-First day of School for Teachers
August 21-24
-Staff Development Days
August 26
-Women’s Equality Day
August 27
-First day of
School for 9th Graders
-Teacher
Preparation
Day
August 28
-First day of
School for Students
-Beginning of Elementary &
Middle School Nine Week Grading Period
August 28
-Beginning of
Intermediate &
High School Six Week Grading Period
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
- Home and Sports Eye Safety Month
-National Hispanic Heritage Month
-Classical Music Month
-Library Card Sign-Up Month
-National Literacy Month
-National Piano Month
-Pediculosis Prevention Month
-Sickle Cell Awareness Month
-National Sewing Month
Birthstone: Sapphire
Flower: Aster
September 3
-Labor Day
September 9
-Grandparents Day
September 11
-Patriot Day
September 13
-Rosh Hashanah
September 16
-Stepfamily Day
September
17
-Citizenship Day
-Constitution Day & Week
September 22
-Yom Kippur/
Day of Atonement
September 23
-First Day of Autumn
September 27
-Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles
September 28
-Native American Day
September 30
-Gold Star
Mother’s Day
MONTH OF OCTOBER
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Holloween Safety Month
-National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
-American Magazine Month
-Country Music Month
-Crime Prevention Month
-Domestic Violence Awareness Month
-Fire Prevention Month
-Hunger Awareness Month
-UNICEF Month
-Vegetarian Awareness Month
-National Roller Skating Month
Birthstone: Opal, Tourmaline
Flower: Calendula
October 1
-Child Health Day
October 5
-Early Dismissal
-End of
Intermediate & High School
Six Week Grading
Period
October 8
-Columbus Day
-Staff
Development/Waiver Day
-Beginning of
Intermediate & High School Six Week Grading Period
October 9
-Leif Erikson
Day
October 13
-Navy Day
October 14
-National
Children’s Day
October 14-20
-School Lunch
Week
October 16
-Bosses’ Day
October 19
-Early Dismissal
-End of
Elementary & Middle School
Nine Week
Grading Period
October
20
-Sweetest Day
October 21-27
-Health Education
Week
-Hepatitis
Awareness Week
October 22
-Beginning of
Elementary & Middle
School Nine Week
Grading Period
October 24
-United Nations
Day
October 28
-Mother-In-Law
Day
October 29
-Staff
Development/Waiver Day
October 31
-Halloween
MONTH OF
NOVEMBER
- Aviation Month
-Addiction
Awareness Month
-America Recycles
Month
- Good Nutrition
Month
-Diabetes
Awareness Month
-Epilepsy
Awareness Month
-Home Care Month
-Peanut Butter
Lover’s Month
-Stamp Collecting
Month
-National Novel
Writing Month
Birthstone:
Topaz, Citrine
Flower:
Chrysanthemum
November 1
-All Saints’ Day
November 2
-All Souls’ Day
November 4
-Daylight Saving
Time Ends
November 5
-Guy Fawkes Day
November 6
-Election Day
November 9
-End of
Intermediate & High
School Grading
Period
November 10
-Marine Corp Day
November 11
-Veterans Day
-Remembrance Day
-Armistice Day
November 12
-Beginning of
Intermediate
& High School
Grading Period
November 11-7
-Key Club
International Week
-National Rotary
Public Week
-Osteopathic
Medicine Week
November 20
-Early Dismissal
November 21-23
-Thanksgiving
Holidays
November 22
-Thanksgiving Day
November 25-30
-Family Caregiver
Week
MONTH OF
DECEMBER
- Safe Toys and
Gifts Month
-National
Stress-Free Family Month
-Universal Human
Rights Month
Birthstone:
Turquoise
Flower: Narcissus
December 1
-AIDS Awareness
Day
December 5
-Hanukkah
December 7
-National Pearl
Harbor
Rememberance Day
December 10
-Human Rights Day
December 17
-Wright Brothers
Day
-Pan American
Aviation Day
December 21
-Early Dismissal
-End of
Elementary & Middle School
Nine Week
Grading Period
-End of
Intermediate & High School
Six Week Grading
Period
-Forefather’s Day
-Winter Solstice
December 27
-First Day of
Winter
December
24-January 4, 2008
-Christmas Eve
-Christmas/Winter
Holiday Break
December 25
-Christmas Day
December 26
-Kwanzaa Begins
-Boxing Day
December 31
-New Year’s Eve
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