Atlantic Christian Academy
2013-2014 School Calendar
Revised 11/18/2013
Date
Event
August
9th, Friday
12th – 16th, Monday - Friday
15th, Thursday
16th, Friday
19th, Monday
20th, Tuesday
Preschool In-service
Faculty Orientation (8-4pm)
Preschool Open House (6-7pm)
Preschool students Visitation (9-11am)
Elementary Open House (Grades K5 – 5) 12-2pm
Secondary Back to School Bash and
New Students Orientation (6-12) 1-2pm
FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL/VPK
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Grade K5 - 12) Full Day
September
2nd, Monday
13th, Friday
17th, Tuesday
23rd – 25th, Monday-Wednesday
25th, Wednesday
30th, Monday
NO SCHOOL/NO VPK-Labor Day
PRESCHOOL CLOSED
Elementary Progress Reports
Open House (Parents Only – K5-12) 6 – 8pm
Spiritual Emphasis Week (Grades 6-12)
See You at the Pole (7:30am)
Picture Day (K5-11)
October
2nd, Wednesday
7th – 8th, Monday-Tuesday
12th, Saturday
16th – 18th Wednesday-Friday
18th, Friday
21st, Monday
25th, Friday
25th, Friday
PLAN/ASVAB (Grades 10/11)
Preschool Pictures
ACA Workday (9am-noon)
Senior Retreat
End of First Quarter
Second Nine Weeks Starts
FACCS Regional Spelling Bee
Report Cards
November
1st, Friday
2nd, Saturday
4th, Monday
4th -22nd
7th, Thursday
11th, Monday
15th, Friday
16th, Saturday
18th-26th
27th, Wednesday
28th – 29th, Thursday-Friday
29th-30th, Friday-Saturday
Picture Re-takes (K5-11)
Pancake Breakfast (Student Council)
Parent –Teacher Conferences (K5-12)
Honor Society Food Drive
Parent-Teacher Conferences (K5-12)
Veteran’s Day Special Chapel (1pm)
Elementary Progress Reports
ACA Workday (9am-noon)
Operation Christmas Child (Collection Week)
Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL (Make-up Day if needed)
Thanksgiving Holiday, NO SCHOOL/PRESCHOOL/VPK CLOSED
Candlelight Performance/Epcot (HS Choir)
Atlantic Christian Academy * 4900 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fl 33415
December
3rd – 6th, Tuesday – Friday
6th- 8th, Friday-Saturday-Sunday
12th, Thursday
17th – 20th, Tuesday-Friday,
20th, Friday
23rd – 31st, Monday – Friday
Scholastic Book Fair
Winterfest
Elementary/Secondary Christmas Program (7pm)
Semester Exams (Grades 6 – 12) EARLY DISMISSAL
EARLY DISMISSAL (Grades K5 – 12), End of Second Quarter
NO SCHOOL or PRESCHOOL/NO VPK /CAMP-Christmas Break
January
1st – 3rd, Wednesday-Friday
2nd – 3rd, Thursday-Friday
6th, Monday
7th, Tuesday
10th, Friday
20th, Monday
21st – 24th, Tuesday-Friday
25th, Saturday
NO SCHOOL/PRESCHOOL/NO VPK /CAMP-Christmas Break
PRESCHOOL RESUMES
Teacher Workday. NO SCHOOL/ NO VPK
PRESCHOOL IS OPEN/CAMP
Classes Resume (K5-12), Third Nine Weeks Starts
Report Cards Mailed
NO SCHOOL– Martin Luther King Day
NO Preschool / NO VPK
Homecoming (Grades 6 – 12)
Homecoming Dance
February
4th, Tuesday
11th, Tuesday
13th, Thursday
14th, Friday
17th, Monday
Spring Picture Day (K5-11)
Open House (Preschool thru 12)
Grandparent’s Day, 10am (EARLY DISMISSAL for K5-5)
NO SCHOOL-Teacher-in-Service Day
NO SCHOOL-President’s Day
PRESCHOOL /VPK CLOSED
March
10th – 13th, Monday-Thursday
14th, Friday
17th – 21st, Monday
24th, Monday
28th, Friday
28th-29th, Friday and Saturday
SAT Testing (K5-11)
Elementary Track and Field Day
EARLY DISMISSAL (K5-12)
End of the Third Quarter
SPRING BREAK (K5-12)
PRESCHOOL/CAMP OPEN (NO VPK)
Classes Resume
Fourth Nine Weeks Start
Report Cards
Parenting Seminar with Dr. Bob Barnes
of Sheridan House Family Ministries
April
2nd -4th, Wednesday-Friday
5th, Saturday
10th, Thursday
11th, Friday
11th, Friday
15th, Tuesday
Preschool Spring Pictures
Prom (High School)
NHS/JNHS Inductions (Grades 6-12)
Daddy/Daughter Dance
Senior Grad Bash
Elementary/Secondary Choral Concert
Atlantic Christian Academy * 4900 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fl 33415
15th – 17th, Tuesday – Thursday
18th, Friday
Spiritual Emphasis Week
NO SCHOOL/PRESCHOOL/VPK /CAMP – Good Friday
21st, Monday
25th, Friday
30 – May 2, Wednesday – Friday
NO SCHOOL (K5-12) (Easter Break, Make-up Day if needed)
Elementary Progress Reports
4th Grade Trip to St. Augustine
May
2nd-3rd – Fri.7pm, Sat.2pm
5th – 9th, Monday – Friday
8th, Thursday
12th – 15th, Monday-Thursday
12th – 16th, Monday – Friday
15th – 16th, Thursday-Friday
16th, Friday
21st – 25th Wednesday-Sunday
21st, Wednesday
21st – 23rd, Wednesday - Friday
22nd, Thursday
26th, Monday
27th – 28th, Tuesday-Wednesday
29th, Thursday
29th – 30th, Thursday-Friday
30th, Friday
ACA Spring Play
Faculty/Staff Appreciation Week
MS/HS Academic Award Assembly (6-12) 9am
12th Grade Exams
8th Grade Trip to Washington, DC
Senior Check Out
Varsity Athletic Awards/Senior Chapel/Yearbook Signing
Senior Class Trip
K5 End of the Year Program (9am)
8th Grade Exams
K4 Graduation (9am)
NO SCHOOL/PRESCHOOL/VPK/EXT CARE-Memorial Day
5th Grade Trip
8th Grade Graduation (9am)
5th Grade Graduation (10:30am)
Semester Exams (Grades 6 – 11) Early Dismissal
12th Grade Graduation 7pm
June
2nd, Monday
2nd, Monday
3rd, Tuesday
13th, Monday
Elementary Awards Assembly (K5-4th), 8:30am
Semester Exams, EARLY DISMISSAL (Grades 6-11)
EARLY DISMISSAL (Grades K5-11), LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/VPK
Report Cards Mailed
School Holidays – Days Off – Early Dismissal
Monday, September 2
Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29
Friday, December 20th.
Monday- Friday, December 23-January 6, 2014
Monday, January 20
Thursday, February 13
Friday, February 14
Monday, February 17
Friday, March 14
Monday – Friday, March 17-21
Friday, April 18
Monday, May 26
Tuesday, June 3
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Early Dismissal
Christmas Break (K5-12)
Martin Luther King Day
Early Dismissal
Teacher In-Service Day
President’s Day
Early Dismissal (K5-5th Only)
Spring Break (K5-12)
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Early Dismissal – Last Day of School
Atlantic Christian Academy * 4900 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fl 33415
Preschool Closed
Friday, August 9
Monday, September 2
Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29
Monday- Wednesday, December 23,-January 1, 2014
Wednesday, January 1
Monday, February 17
Friday, April 18
Monday, May 26
Preschool Orientation
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Preschool Christmas Break
New Year’s Holiday
President’s Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Attendance and Grading Periods
Begin 9 Wks.
End 9 Wks.
Report Cards
8/20
10/21
1/7
3/24
10/18
12/20
3/14
6/3
10/25
1/10
3/28
6/13
Number of Days
43
42
46
49
7/30/13
Atlantic Christian Academy * 4900 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fl 33415