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 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. September 2016 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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 Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version. 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