August 2016
Sunday
Monday
7
Tuesday
July 2016
August Testing Dates
9 Kindergarten readiness
2
assessment begins
Wednesday
Sun
M
T
W
Th
September 2016
F
Sat Sun
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3
1 2
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
18
19
20
26
27
Fall HS sports practices begin
14
15
16
17
Board of Ed. Meeting 4 pm
Hearing for Public Input &
Pre-development Public
Work Session on FY18
Capital Budget & FY19–23
Capital Improvement
Program 7:30 pm
21
22
School Staff Returns
28
A
29
School Begins for
Students
23
25
Countywide
Professional
Learning Day
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
B
24
30
A
31
First day of school
for Pre-K/RECC
August holidays and other dates of interest
16 Ulambana/Obon - Buddhist
18 Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
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September 2016
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Sun M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Wednesday Thursday
September holidays and other dates of interest
National Hispanic-American Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
10 Hajj – Islam
12 Eid al-Adha – Islam (subject to moon)*
August 2016
September Testing Dates
0 ACT
1
26 Fall MAP testing begins
Friday
Saturday
B
1
A
2
3
B
8
A
9
10
*begins sunset of previous day
4
5
Labor Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
11
12
Professional
Learning Day
Schools closed for students
18
B
19
B
6
A
7
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
Presentation of FY18
Capital Budget & FY19–23
Capital Improvement Program
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
B
13
A
14
B
15
A
16
17
B
21
A
22
B
23
24
A
30
CAC New Member
Orientation 7 pm
Regular Meeting 7:30 pm
A
20
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
Public Hearing, Work
Session & Approval of FY18
Capital Budget & FY19–23
Capital Improvement Program
25
A
26
B
27
A
28
B
29
October 2016
November 2016
October Testing Dates
1 SAT
19 PSAT/NMSQT
22 ACT
26 Fall MAP testing ends
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Sunday
Monday
October holidays and other dates of interest
1 Navratri (10 days) – Hindu
3 Rosh Hashanah (2 days) – Jewish*
10 Columbus Day 11 Ashura – Islam
12 Yom Kippur – Jewish*
17 Sukkot (7 days) – Jewish*
20 Installation of Guru Granth Sahib – Sikh
21
24
25
30
31
31
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sun M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
MSEA Convention (2 days)
Shemini Atzeret – Jewish*
Simchat Torah – Jewish* Diwali (5 days) – Hindu
Halloween
Hindu New Year – Hindu
* begins at sunset of previous day
2
3
B
4
A
5
6
A
7
8
13
A
14
15
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
Schools and offices closed
9
10
B
Interim progress reports
issued
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
A
11
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
16
17
B
23
B
BOE Coffee and
Conversation 9:30–11 am
Thomas Viaduct MS
Schools and offices closed
18
B
19
A
20
B
21
22
A
28
29
Board of Ed. meets with PTA
Presidents & CAC 7:30 pm
HCPSS Community
5K & Fun Run
30
A
12
Last day to withdraw from high
school course without penalty
31
A
Professional
Learning Day
24
Schools closed for students
B
25
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
A
26
B
27
November 2016
Sun
Monday
Tuesday
1
A
2
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
6
Schools closed for students
13
20
A
B
14
21
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
ES/MS parent/teacher
conferences and countywide
HS Professional Learning
27
B
28
Friday
3
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
7
Professional Work Day
23/30 24/31
Wednesday Thursday
B
8
M
A
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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Sunday
October 2016
November Testing Dates
4 Kindergarten readiness
assessment ends
5 SAT
28 CogAT testing begins
25 26 27 28 29
Saturday
4
5
End of marking period
B
9
A
10
B
11
12
A
16
B
17
A
18
19
25
26
General Election Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
B
15
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
Board of Ed. fall luncheon
with student leaders, noon
Report cards issued
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
A
22
24
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Schools close 3 hours
early for parent/teacher
conferences. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC
A
23
29
Schools closed for students.
students
Parent/teacherconferences
Parent/teacher
conferences.
B
30
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
November holidays and other dates of interest
National Native American Heritage Month
1 All Saints Day – Christian
1 Birth of the Báb – Bahá’i*
2 Birth of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i*
6 Daylight Saving Time ends
11 Veterans Day
14 Guru Nanak Devji’s Gurpurab – Sikh
* begins at sunset of previous day
16 Education Support Professionals Day
December 2016
Sun
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
December holidays and other dates of interest
8 Bodhi Day – Buddhist
12 Mawlid-al-Nabi – Islam (subject to moon sightings)
24 Christmas Eve – Christian
25 Christmas Day – Christian
26 Hanukkah (8 days) – Jewish*
26 Kwanzaa (7 days) – African American/Interfaith
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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Sunday
January 2017
December Testing Dates
3 SAT
9 CogAT testing ends
10 ACT
19 Winter MAP testing begins
Friday
Saturday
A
1
B
2
3
*begins sunset of previous day
4
A
5
B
6
A
7
B
8
A
9
10
A
13
B
14
A
15
B
16
17
A
23
24
30
31
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
11
B
12
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
18
A
19
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
20
21
A
B
22
Interim progress reports
issued
25
26
27
28
29
WINTER BREAK
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools closed
Schools closed
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
January 2017
Sunday
Monday
1
B
Tuesday
December 2016
January Testing Dates
Calendar is subject to change.
Please visit www.hcpss.org
for the most recent version.
Wednesday
9
ACCESS testing begins
9-20 HSA testing window
21 SAT
24-26 HS semester exams
31 Winter MAP testing ends
Thursday
Friday
Sun
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Saturday
2
A
3
B
4
A
5
B
6
7
9
B
10
A
11
B
12
A
13
14
A
20
21
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
New Year’s Day
8
A
Presentation of the Supt’s
Proposed FY18 Operating
Budget 7:30 pm
15
16
17
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
A
18
B
19
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
22
B
23
BOE Coffee and
Conversation 9:30–11 am
Running Brook ES
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
A (middle schools)24 B (middle schools)25 A (middle schools)26
HS
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC
29
A
30
B
31
Board of Ed. Public Hearing
on Supt’s Proposed FY18
Operating Budget 7 pm
HS
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC
28
HS
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC. End of marking
period
January holidays and other dates of interest
5 Guru Gobind Singh’s Gurpurab – Sikh
6 Epiphany – Christian
7 Feast of Nativity – Orthodox Christian
14 Makar Sankranti – Hindu
28 Lunar New Year – Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese
27
Professional Work Day
Schools closed for students
BOE Coffee and
Conversation Snow Date
9:30–11 am
February 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Calendar is subject to
change. Please visit
www.hcpss.org for the
most recent version.
1
B
6
A
13
20
Friday
2
B
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
A
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
A
Saturday
3
4
Report cards issued
B
8
A
9
B
10
11
B
14
A
15
B
16
A
17
18
Countywide
Professional
Learning Day
B
24
25
21
Board of Ed. Public Work
Session IV on Supt.’s
Proposed FY18 Operating
Budget 1–5 pm
B
22
A
23
Schools closed for students
Presidents’ Day
26
T
7
A
Board of Ed. Public Work
Session III on Supt’s
Proposed FY18 Operating
Budget 1–5 pm
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
19
M
Board of Ed. Public Work
Session II on Supt’s
Proposed FY18 Operating
Budget 7 pm
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
12
Sun
26 27 28 29 30 31
Board of Ed. Public
Work Session I on Supt’s
Proposed FY18 Operating
Budget 1–5 pm
5
11 ACT
15 ACCESS testing ends
16 ACCESS makeup window begins
Wednesday Thursday
A
March 2017
February Testing Dates
27
Adoption of FY18 Operating
& Capital Budgets & FY19–23
Capital Improvement
Program 9 am
B
28
Kindergarten and New First Grader Registration
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
February holidays and other dates of interest
National African-American History Month
15 Nirvana Day – Buddhist
March 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
5
B
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
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A
Sun
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
Wednesday Thursday
March holidays and other dates of interest
National Women’s History Month
Irish American History Month
1 Ash Wednesday/Lent begins – Christian
12 Daylight Saving Time begins
12 Purim – Jewish*
13 Holi (two days) – Hindu
20 Naw-Ruz (Baha’i and Iranian New Year)
*begins sunset of previous day
February 2017
March Testing Dates
3 ACCESS makeup window ends
11 SAT
13-31MSA science window
1
Friday
2
B
Saturday
3
4
10
11
A
Board of Ed. meets with PTA
Presidents & CAC 7:30 pm
Kindergarten and New First Grader Registration
6
A
7
B
8
A
9
ES
MS
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
12
A
Interim progress reports issued
13
B
14
A
15
B
20
A
21
B
22
Board of Ed. meets with PTA
Presidents & CAC 7:30 pm
(Inclement weather date)
26
A
27
B
B
16
BOE Coffee and
Conversation 7:30–9 pm
Glenelg HS
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
19
Full day HS. ES and
MS close 3 hours early for
parent/teacher conferences.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC
28
A
23
All schools close 3 hours
early for parent/teacher
conferences. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC
A
17
Last day to withdraw from
2nd semester high school
course without penalty
B
24
A
31
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
A
29
B
30
18
25
April 2017
Sunday
Monday
April holidays and other dates of interest
9 Palm Sunday – Christian
9 Orthodox Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian
11 Passover (8 days) – Jewish*
13 Vaisakhi (lunar calendar) – Sikh
14 Good Friday – Christian
16 Easter – Christian
16 Orthodox Easter – Orthodox Christian
2
B
17
20
24
26
27
Tuesday
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
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Sun
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Easter Monday
Ridvan (12 days) – Baha’i*
Yom HaShoah – Jewish*
Administrative Professionals Day
Take Your Child To Work Day
*begins sunset of previous day
3
4
A
B
5
6
A
Board of Education spring
luncheon with student
leaders, noon
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
9
May 2017
April Testing Dates
8 ACT
24 PARCC testing begins
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
10
11
12
B
7
8
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
End of marking period
13
14
15
SPRING BREAK
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
16
17
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
30
23
A
24
A
18
B
19
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
B
Report cards issued
A
20
B
21
22
A
28
29
Board of Ed Meeting 3 pm
25
A
26
B
27
May 2017
Sunday
Monday
B
May Testing Dates
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
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Tuesday
1
A
A
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
2 B
3 A
4 B
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
B
8
B
9
A
10
15
A
B
11
16
B
17
A
22
A
A
18
Interim progress reports issued
B
T
W
Th
28
29
Memorial Day
Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
24 25 26 27 28 29
Saturday
5
6
12
13
19
20
23
B
24
A
25
Professional Learning
/Articulation Day
Schools closed for students
B
26
Adoption of FY18 Op. &
Cap. Budgets & FY19–23
Capital Improvement Prog.
9 am
F
Board of Ed. Work Session
on FY18 Op. & Cap.
Budgets & FY19–23 Capital
Improvement Prog. 7:30 pm
(if necessary)
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
21
M
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
Public Hearing on FY18 Op.
& Cap. Budgets & FY19–23
Capital Improvement Prog.
CAC Meeting 7:30 pm
14
Sun
23/30
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
7
April 2017
1 Spring MAP testing begins
6 SAT
22 HSA testing begins
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
A
30
B
31
May holidays and other dates of interest
National Asian-American Heritage Month
10 Visakha Puja (Buddha Day) – Buddhist
14 Mother’s Day
23 Declaration of the Báb – Bahá’i*
25 Ascension Day – Christian
27 Ramadan (30 Days) – Islam (subject to moon sighting)* 28 Ascension of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i*
31 Shavuot – Jewish*
* begins sunset of previous day
27
June 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
June Testing Dates
Sun M
3 SAT
6 PARCC testing ends
9 Spring MAP testing ends 2 3
9 HSA testing ends
9 10
10 ACT
16 17
Last 4 days of school
23/30 24/31
HS exams
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
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Wednesday Thursday
June holidays and other dates of interest
4 Pentecost – Christian
14 Flag Day
18 Father’s Day
25 Eid al Fitr – Islam (subject to moon sighting)* Friday
July 2017
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1
4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22
25 26 27 28 29
Saturday
A
1
B
2
3
B
8
A
9
10
* begins sunset of previous day
4
A
5
6
B
A
7
HS
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
11
B
Board of Ed. Meeting 6 pm
12
All schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC
18
19
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
25
26
A
13
Last Student Day
All schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC
20
14
15
16
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
21
22
23
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
Presentation of Feasibility
Study
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day
27
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC.
28
29
30
17
24
July 2017
Sunday
Monday
June 2017
Sun
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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25 26 27 28 29 30
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
July holidays and other dates of interest
24 Pioneer Day – Mormon
2
M
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
13
14
15
Independence Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
9
10
11
Board of Ed. Meeting 3 pm
16
30
23
31
17
18
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
August 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
July 2017
Sun
M
T
W
Th
September 2017
F
Sat Sun
M
T
W
Th
F
Sat
1
1 2
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Calendar is subject to change.
Please visit www.hcpss.org
for the most recent version.
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
29
30
31
School Staff Returns
27
28
School Begins for
Students