Observances & Recognition

2023-2024 School Year

The following dates and occasions are observed in a variety of ways as we strive to recognize and welcome staff, students, partners and community members.

Occasions included:
 

  • Have a direct tie to schools and/or children or
  • Are in appreciation of school staff or
  • Promote cultural competency or
  • Are Federal holidays or
  • Are religious observances that may be important to staff or students, especially those that impact the school day - ie. students or staff may be absent, may be fasting, need time to pray, may wear special attire or symbols

Women’s History Month
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Gender Equality Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Nutrition Month
Social Work Month
Youth Art Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month

1 - Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
2 - Read Across America
4-8 - National School Breakfast Week
8 - International Women’s Day 
10 - Ramadan begins (thru April 9)
10 - Daylight Saving Time begins
17 - St. Patrick's Day
19 - NowRuz
20 - Spring Equinox
23-24 - Purim
29 - Good Friday
31 - Easter
31 - Cesar Chavez Day
31 - Trans Day of Visibility

 

 

 

Black History Month
Career and Technical Education Month
Children's Dental Health Month

5-9 - National School Counseling Week
10 - Lunar New Year
14 - Valentine’s Day
14 - Ash Wednesday
14 - Lent begins
17-24 - National FFA Week 
19 - Presidents’ Day 
24 - Magha Puja 

December 2 - Special Education Day
December 3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 7 - December 15 - Hanukkah
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 through January 1 - Kwanzaa
December 31 - New Year's Eve 

Native American Heritage Month
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month
National Career Development Month

November 5 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
November 7 - Election Day
November 8- National STEM/STEAM Day
November 11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
November 12 - Diwali
November 13-17 - Geography Awareness Week
November 14 - World Diabetes Day
November 15 - Education Support Professionals Day
November 16 - National Parental Involvement Day
November 18 - Substitute Educators Day
November 23 - Thanksgiving Day
November 27 - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab

2022-23 School Year

Arab American Heritage Month
Scottish-American Heritage Month
National Deaf History Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Poetry Month
School Library Month
World Autism Month

2- International Children’s Book Day
3-7 - Week of the Young Child
3-7 - National Assistant Principal Week
5 - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
5-13 - Passover
7 - Good Friday
9 - Easter
14 - Vaisakhi
18-24 - Public School Volunteer Week
21 - Eid-al-Fitr
22 - Earth Day
23-29 - National Student Leadership Week
26 - Administrative Professionals Day

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Gender Equality Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Nutrition Month
Social Work Month
Women’s History Month
Youth Art Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month

February 22 through April 6 - Lent
2 - Read Across America
3 - Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
6 - Magha Puja 
6-7 - Purim
6-10 - National School Breakfast Week
8 - International Women’s Day 
21 - NowRuz
22 - First Day of Ramadan 

Black History Month
Career and Technical Education Month
Children's Dental Health Month

6-10 - National School Counseling Week
14 - Valentine’s Day
15 - National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
18-25 - National FFA Week 
20 - Presidents’ Day 
22 - National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
22 - Ash Wednesday

Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
School Board Appreciation Month

1 - New Year’s Day
17 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
22 - Chinese New Year 

3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
18-26 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas
26-Jan 1 - Kwanzaa

Native American Heritage Month
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness

8 - National STEM/STEAM Day
8 - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab (Sikh religious festival)
11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
15-19 - Geography Awareness Week
16 - Education Support Professionals Day
16 - National Parental Involvement Day
18 - Substitute Educators Day
24 - Thanksgiving Day

Czech Heritage Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Principals Month

2- School Custodian Appreciation Day
3 - Child Health Day
4-5 - Yom Kippur 
5- Start of Count Period/Count Day
6- National Instructional Coaches Day 
6 - German-American Day
9-16 - Sukkot 
9-15 - Fire Prevention Week
10 - Indigenous People’s Day 
11-15 - National School Lunch Week
16-18 - Shemini Atzeret 
17-18 - Simchat Torah 
16-22 - America’s Safe Schools Week
18-22 - National School Bus Safety Week
24 - Diwali
25 - Birth of the Bab 
31 - Halloween