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AACPS School Calendar
2012-2013

 Current School Year
   Printable 2012-2013 Calendar
  (Approved by the Board November, 14, 2011 - Rev 4/3/13)

2012 School Calendar/Events (Google Calendar)
    Includes Regional Cluster Event Calendars

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 2012 - 2013 School Year

August
S M T W T F S
      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  

*For more information on the start of Kindergarten, Pre-K, or ECI, contact your local school or visit the Early Childhood website at www.aacps.org/earlychildhood

August 2012

11 Fall Sports begin
13-15 New teacher orientation
16-17 Reading Program training for new teachers
20-23 Opening activities for teachers. (To include the equivalent of 2 teacher workdays) - Aug 22 Professional Development Day
24 Schools closed for teachers
27-29 Conferences for Half-day Pre-K & ECI students. August 27 & 28 only for Kindergarten & Full-day Pre-K students

NOTE:  Due to summer construction projects, six schools – Central Middle School and Annapolis, Broadneck, Four Seasons, Point Pleasant, and Woodside elementary schools – will open one day later for student than their counterparts across the county. Classes at those six schools will begin on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. The staggered entrance for kindergarten students will shift back one day to accommodate the change.

27 Schools open grades 1-5 and 6 and 9 only
28 Schools open for students in grades 1 through 12.
29-31 Staggered entrance for Kindergarten and Full-day Prekindergarten*
30 First day of school for ECI students
30, 31, 9/4 Staggered entrance for Half-day Prekindergarten*

September
S M T W T F S
            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            

*For more information on the start of Kindergarten, Pre-K, or ECI, contact your local school or visit the Early Childhood website at www.aacps.org/earlychildhood

September 2012

3 Labor Day – All Schools and Central Offices closed
4 First day for all Kindergarten and Full-day Prekindergarten*
5 First day for Half-day Prekindergarten
12 Attacking the Gap!  Professional Development - Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I.
17 Rosh Hashanah – All Schools and Central Offices closed - no extracurricular activities to be held after sundown the preceding evening
26

 

Yom Kippur – All Schools and Central Offices closed - no extracurricular activities to be held after sundown the preceding evening
28 Interims to be sent home
  
October
S M T W T F S
  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      

 

October 2012

1-4 High School Assessment (HSA) Administration
10 Attacking the Gap!  Professional Development - Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I.
17 PSAT
19 Schools closed for students. MSEA Convention. Professional Development Day
  
November
S M T W T F S
        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  

 

November 2012

2

 

Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. students
6 Election Day - All Schools & Central Offices closed
7 End of first marking period
8 Beginning of second marking period
12-16 American Education Week
15 Winter Sports Begin
16 Report card distribution
19-20 Schools closed for students. Parent/Teacher conferences for elementary and middle schools. Professional Development/Workday for high school
21- 23 Thanksgiving Holiday - All Schools and Central Offices closed
 
December
S M T W T F S
            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          

 

December 2012

5 Attacking the Gap!  Professional Development - Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. students
14 Interims to be sent home by this date.
24 - Jan 1 Christmas/Winter Break. All schools closed December 24 through January 1 for students, teachers, and school-based Unit IV employees. School and Central Offices closed December 24, 25, 31 and Jan 1.

January
S M T W T F S
    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    

*Note:  January 28 and 29 may
be made a school day for all students. See "
Calendar Notes" regarding Inclement Weather

January 2013

1 All Schools and Central Offices closed
2 Schools open for teachers and students
7- 18 High School Assessment (HSA) Administration
18 Semester Examinations for Centers of Applied Technology
21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Commemoration
All Schools and Central Offices closed
22-25 High School Semester Examinations. Two-hour early dismissal for all students, teacher workdays. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. students
25 End of second marking period (44 days)
28-29 Schools closed for students.  Professional Development day/Workday for elementary and middle school. Workday for high school teachers- NOTE: These 2 days may be made school days for all students (See note under January calendar.)
30 Beginning of third marking period

February
S M T W T F S
          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    

 

February 2013

5 Application for Pre-kindergarten begins
8 Report card distribution for all students
13

 

Attacking the Gap!  Professional Development - Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. students
18 Presidents’ Day - All Schools and Central Offices closed

March
S M T W T F S
          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            

 

March 2013
1 Spring sports begin
1 Interims to be sent home
4-19 Maryland School Assessment Administration (MSA) (Grades 3-8)
25-Apr 1 Easter/Spring Break. All schools closed Mar 25 - Apr 1  for students, teachers and school-based Unit-IV employees. All schools and central offices closed Mar 28 - Apr 1
 
April
S M T W T F S
  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        

 

April 2013

1 All Schools & Central Offices closed
2 Schools open for teachers and students
9-26 MSA Science Test Administration - Grades 5 & 8 only
9 Registration for Kindergarten begins
12 End of third marking period. (46 days)  Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten, and E.C.I. students
15 Beginning of fourth marking period
15-19 High School Assessment (HSA) - Senior administration
25 Report card distribution for all students
 
May
S M T W T F S
      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  

   

May 2013

1 Attacking the Gap!  Professional Development - Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. Pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. students
10 Interims to be sent home by this date
20-23 High School Assessment (HSA)
23-24 Schools closed for prekindergarten, kindergarten, & ECI students.  Spring Conferences for parents of those students
27 Memorial Day—All Schools and Central Offices closed
30 Last day for graduating seniors

June
S M T W T F S
            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            
 

June 2013

11-14 High School Examinations, textbook collection. Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for all half-day prekindergarten & ECI students.
14 End of fourth marking period. Last day for studentsMORE DETAILS HERE
17 Last day for teachers
 
July
S M T W T F S
  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      

 

July 2013

4 Independence Day–Schools and Central Office closed
9 Summer School begins
29-8/1 High School Assessment (HSA) Summer Administration

Calendar Notes:

Inclement Weather & Emergency School Closings
This calendar has four days built in at the end of the school year for emergency closings, making the school year 185 student days and 195 teacher days. If any of the four emergency days are not used, they shall be deducted from the June closing date. Additional emergency closings shall be made up as follows:
 


Semester Tests and Examinations

Extracurricular activities, practices, and club activities shall be scheduled at the end of the regular school day for not more then 90 minutes on the evening prior to the day of semester tests and examinations for high schools.

Religious Observances
Tests and examinations shall not be scheduled on the day of a major religious observance. Tests and examinations for evening high school will not be scheduled on the day a religious observance begins. Jewish and Muslim dates are set according to the Lunar calendar; they begin at sundown on the pre-ceding evening and conclude at sundown on the dates noted. (Aug 19– Eid al-Fitr; Sept. 26  – Yom Kippur; Sept. 17 – Rosh Hashanah;  Oct  26 –Eid al-Adha)

Appropriate Exercises
Schools shall devote a portion of the day to appropriate exercises on the following dates: 

  • Oct. 8 - Columbus Day

  • Nov. 11 - Veterans' Day

  • Jan 15 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday

  • Feb. 12 - Lincoln's Birthday

  • Feb. 22 - Washington's Birthday

  • April 30 - Arbor Day

  • May 27  - Memorial Day, and

  • any other day of national significance 

...and any other day of national significance. When schools are closed, appropriate exercises should be held on the preceding Friday.