HOLIDAYS/COMMEMORATIONS
SEPTEMBER 2013
2 Labor Day
5-6 Rosh Hashanah
8 Grandparents’ Day
8 International Literacy Day
11 Patriot Day
14 Yom Kippur
15-16 Mexican Independence Days
17 Citizenship Day
17-23
Constitution Week
21 International Day of Peace
22 First Day of Autumn
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Sept. 15-Oct 15 – Hispanic Heritage Month
OCTOBER 2013
6 German American Day
6-12 Fire Prevention Week
14 Columbus Day
14-18 National School Lunch Week
16 World Food Day
21-25 National School Bus Safety Week
23-31
Red Ribbon Week
24 United Nations Day
26 Make a Difference Day
31 Halloween
Czech, Italian & Polish American Culture Month
UNICEF Month
Crime Prevention Month
DECEMBER 2013
1 World AIDS Awareness Day
7 Pearl Harbor Day
10 Human Rights Day
15 Bill of Rights Day
21 First Day of Winter
25 Christmas
Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 – Kwanzaa
JANUARY 2014
1
1
1-3
20
28
New Year’s Day
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
Japanese New Years Festivities
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Christa McAuliffe Day
FEBRUARY 2014
1 National Freedom Day
3-7 National School Counseling Week
12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
14 Valentines Day
17 National PTA Founders Day
17 Presidents’ Day
22 George Washington’s Birthday
National African American History Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
NOVEMBER 2013
3 Standard Time
5 Election Day
11 Veterans Day
17-23
American Education Week
20 Education Support Professionals Day
21 National Parental Involvement Day
24-30
National Family Week
28 Thanksgiving Day
Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 – Hanukkah
National Native American Heritage Month
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HOLIDAYS/COMMEMORATIONS, continued
MARCH 2014
1
3-7
3-9
5
8
9
9-15
16-22
17
17
20
20
21
Peace Corps Anniversary
National School Breakfast Week
National Foreign Language Week
Ash Wednesday
International Women’s Day
Daylight Savings Time
Girl Scout Week
National Poison Prevention Week
Camp Fire USA Birthday
St. Patrick’s Day
First Day of Spring
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
Mar. 5 - April 19 – Lent
American Red Cross Month
Great American Clean Up
Irish American Heritage Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Middle Level Education Month
National Nutrition Month
Social Work Month
Women’s History Month
Youth Art Month
APRIL 2014
2 International Children’s Book Day
7 World Health Day
13-19
National Library Week
15-16 Passover, First Days
18 Good Friday
20 Easter
20 Orthodox Easter
20-26
Administrative Professionals’ Week
21 Patriots’ Day
21-22 Passover, Concluding Days
21-25 Public School Volunteer Week
22 Earth Day
23 Administrative Professionals’ Day
24 Commemoration of Armenian Genocide
25 National Arbor Day
28 Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day
MAY 2014
4-10 Be Kind to Animals Week
4-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
4-11 National Music Week
5 Cinco de Mayo
6 National Teacher Day
7 National School Nurse Day
8 World Red Cross Day
8 VE Day
11 Mother’s Day
14 California Day of the Teacher
17 Armed Forces Day
18-24 National Education Bosses’ Week
19-24 Classified School Employee Week
26 Memorial Day
31 World No-Tobacco Day
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Better Hearing & Speech Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
JJUNE 2014
5
8
9-15
14
15
15-19
18
World Environment Day
Race Unity Day
National Little League Baseball Week
Flag Day
Fathers Day
National History Day Contest
First American Woman in Space Anniversary
(Sally Ride)
21 First Day of Summer
Fireworks Safety Month
JULY 2014
4
Independence Day
AUGUST 2014
6
14
Bombing of Hiroshima
VJ Day