CHARLESTON DAY SCHOOL
2012-2013 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
August
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday-Friday
Monday
Tuesday
13
14
15-17
20
21
Wednesday
Thursday
22
23
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
24
27
28
29
30
31
.
3
13
15
17-21
27-28
September
Monday
Thursday
Saturday
Monday-Friday
Thursday – Friday
New Faculty Orientation, 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
New Board Orientation, 12:00 p.m.
Faculty Meetings
1st grade parent meeting, 5:00 p.m.
Back to School Bash, 1st – 3rd grades and new students in 4th-8th grades, 10:00 a.m. –
11:30 a.m
1st day of school for all; ½ day (noon dismissal)
Full day for all grades; After-School Program Begins; Lunch program begins; Welcome
to 2nd grade parent meeting, 11:10 a.m.
Welcome to 3rd grade parent meeting, 11:10 a.m.
Welcome to 4th grade parent meeting, 11:10 a.m..
Welcome to 5th grade parent meeting, 11:50 a.m.
Welcome to 6th grade parent meeting, 11:50 a.m.
Welcome to 7th grade parent meeting, 11:50 a.m.
Welcome to 8th grade parent meeting, 11:50 a.m.
LABOR DAY – No School
1st Parents’ Council Coffee and Meeting, 8:30 a.m; Parents’ Social, 6:30 p.m..
7th-8th grade car wash
Red Ribbon Week
7th-8th grade overnight trip
October
Wednesday
Saturday
Thursday
Friday
3
6
11
12
Monday-Tuesday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
15-16
19
22
23
24
26
30
31
Donuts for Dad, 7:35 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
SSAT practice test
6th grade Play – Bebop with Aesop
End of 1st Quarter; Spirit Day; Student/Faculty Volleyball game, 11:10 a.m. (noon
dismissal)
FALL BREAK - No School
Preservation Fall Kick-off; 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1st – 3rd grades Grandparents Day, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Report Cards sent home
Open House for Prospective Parents, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m.;\
1st Grade Community Helpers, 1:00 p.m.
7th grade Community Service: Special Olympics Bocce Ball tournament
Halloween Carnival, 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
November
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Thursday
Monday-Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2
6
7
8-9
8
12-20
13
14
Saturday
Tuesday
17
20
Wednesday-Friday
21-23
6th – 8th grade Fall dance; 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
School Closed – Election Day /Parent-Teacher Conference Day
Former faculty lunch; 5th grade leaves for Williamsburg; 6th grade leaves for Space Camp
High School Visitation Days
Parents’ Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
4th grade Food Drive
Fall Sports Assembly, 8:00 a.m.
Open House for Prospective Parents. 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.; Former Board Member coffee,
8:30 a.m.
SSAT practice test
½ Day of School (noon dismissal) – No After-School Program;
1st-2nd Grade Fathers’ Feast, 11:00 a.m.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No School
December
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Monday-Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
12
13-14
17-19
19
20
Friday
21
6th-8th grades dismissed at noon; Grades 1st-5th dismissed at 3:00 p.m.
Exams, 6th-8th grades dismissed at noon; Grades 1st-5th dismissed at 3:00 p.m.
Exams, 6th-8th grades dismissed at noon; Grades 1st-5th dismissed at 3:00 p.m.
1st – 5th grades, Christmas Program, 5:30 p.m., Memminger Auditorium
Exam Review (Grades 6th-8th); Christmas Assembly, 10:45 a.m.; ½ Day of School (noon
dismissal) – No After-School Program; Christmas Holiday begins
No School until January 7, 2013
January
Thursday-Friday
Monday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
Mon-Fri.
3-4
7
10
11
12
15
16
17
21
22
23
25
26
28-Feb. 8
Teacher Workdays – NO SCHOOL
Classes Resume; Report cards go home
Parents’ Council Back to School coffee, 9:00 a.m
5th grade Patriot’s Day
SSAT and ISEE Test offered at CDS for 7th and 8th Grade, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1st grade Parent Meeting, 11:00 a.m.
2nd grade Parent Meeting, 11:00 a.m.
3rd grade Parent Meeting, 11:00 a.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL
Prospective Parent Classroom Drop In, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.; Student Drop In, 3:30 p.m.
Prospective Parent Classroom Drop In, 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.; Student Drop In, 3:30
p.m.; Middle School Night for Parents of rising 7th and 8th grades, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
2nd grade Fairy Tale Festival
Assessment for prospective students, Grades 1-8, 9:00 a.m.
Human Growth and Development for 7th and 8th graders
February
Saturday
Wednesday
Friday
Thursday
Tuesday
Friday
2
6
8
14
14
15
Monday
Friday
Tuesday
18
22
26
Assessment for prospective students, Grades 1-8, 9:00 a.m.; SSAT offered again, 8:30 am
Intermediate School Night for Parents of rising 4 th, 5th and 6th grades, 5:30 p.m.
6th-8th Winter Dance, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Parents’ Council Meeting, 8:30a.m
1st – 3rd grades Valentine’s Day Party, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Student vs. Faculty Basketball Game; (noon dismissal); 1st -3rd graders tour Gibbes, 9:00
a.m.
President’s Day/Winter Break – NO SCHOOL
6th grade Olympic Day
6th grade Science Night
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Tuesday -Friday
Wednesday
Friday
Monday-Friday
5
14
15
19-22
20
22
25-29
4th grade Invention Convention, 5:30 p.m.
7th grade performs Julius Caesar, 5:30 p.m
End of 3rd quarter,½ Day of School (noon dismissal)
8th grade trip to Washington, D.C.
5th grade Speech Contest, 8:00 a.m.
Report cards go home; 1st – 3rd grade Easter egg hunt; Spring Break begins at 2:50 p.m.
Spring Break – NO SCHOOL
March
April
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Monday - Wednes.
Monday - Friday
1
2
9
11
18
19
26
29- May 1
29-May 3
Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL
Classes resume
2nd grade French Café
Parents Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
Variety Show and Spring Concert , 5:30 p.m., Memminger Auditorium
Field Day, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; 6th-8th grade Dance, 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Preservation Day
4th grade Barrier Island trip
1st-3rd grades ERB (Student Testing) Week
May
Friday
Monday-Friday
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Monday -Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
3
6-10
8
9
14
20-24
27
28
29
Gibbes Junior docent; 5th-7th graders tour Gibbes, 9:00 a.m.
4th-8th grades ERB (Standardized Testing)
Gibbes Parent Night
1st-2nd grades Around the World, 5:30 p.m.
Serf Day; 3rd grade play, 5:30 p.m.
All grades dismissed at noon; Teacher’s Meeting, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Memorial Day – NO SCHOOL
Teacher Work Day – NO SCHOOL
Noon dismissal; Closing Assembly, 10:30 a.m.; Graduation rehearsal for 8th Grade
Thursday
Friday
30
31
Commencement – 10:00 a.m. (Requirement for all students), Last day of school
Closing Faculty Meetings