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August 2008 |
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28 - Aug 1 |
HSA Summer Administration |
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11,12, & 13 |
New teacher orientation. |
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16 |
Fall Sports begin. |
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14 & 15 |
Reading Program training for new teachers |
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18, 20, & 21 |
Orientation and training for teachers. (To include the equivalent of 1-1/2 days as teacher workdays) |
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19 |
Professional Development Day. |
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22 |
Schools closed for teachers |
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NOTE: Several
schools have a late opening date for school year 2008-2009 -
See this info
here |
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25 |
Schools open for elementary and grades 6 and 9
only |
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26 |
Schools open for all remaining students |
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25-27 |
Conferences for Half-day Pre-K & ECI students. August 25 & 26 only for Kindergarten & Full-day Pre-K students |
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27-29 |
Staggered entrance for Kindergarten and Full-day Prekindergarten (all students attend on September 2) |
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28 |
First day of school for ECI students |
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28-Sep2 |
Staggered entrance for Half-day Prekindergarten (all students attend on September 3). |
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September 2008 |
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1 |
Labor Day - All Schools and
Central Offices closed |
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30 |
Rosh Hashanah. All Schools and Central Offices closed. No extracurricular activities.* |
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October
2008 |
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3 |
Interims to be sent home |
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6-14 |
HSA Administration |
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9 |
Yom Kippur. All Schools and Central Offices closed. No extracurricular activities.* |
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15 |
PSAT |
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17 |
Schools closed for students. MSTA Convention. Staff development day |
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31 |
End of first marking period (46 days). Two-hour early dismissal for all students.
Schools closed for p.m. pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. |
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November
2008
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3 |
Beginning of second marking period. |
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4 |
Election Day. All Schools and Central Offices closed. |
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15 |
Winter sports begin |
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21 |
Report card
distribution for all students |
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17-21 |
American Education Week. |
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24 & 25 |
Schools closed for students. Parent/Teacher conferences for elementary and middle schools.
In-service day and workday for high school teachers. |
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26,
27 & 28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday -
All Schools and Central Offices closed |
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December
2008
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12 |
Interims to be sent home by this date. |
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24 - 31 |
Christmas/Winter Break. All
schools closed December 24 through January 2 for students, teachers, and
school-based Unit IV employees. Central Offices closed December 24, 25, 31 and
January 1. |

*Note: January 27 & 28 may be made a school
day for all students.
See "Calendar Notes"
regarding Inclement Weather
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January
2009
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1 |
New Year’s Day All Schools and Central Offices closed. |
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2 |
Schools closed for teachers and students. Central Offices open. |
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5 |
Schools
open for teachers and students |
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12 - 15 |
High School Assessment
Administration (HSA) |
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19 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Commemoration - All Schools and Central Offices closed |
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20 |
Semester Examinations for Centers of Applied
Technology |
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21-23, 26 |
High School Semester Examinations. Two-hour early dismissal for all students, teacher workdays.
Schools closed for p.m. pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. |
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26 |
End of second marking period (46 days) |
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27 & 28 |
Schools closed for students. Inservice/Workday for elementary and middle school
teachers. Workday for high school teachers. (See note under January
calendar.) |
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29 |
Beginning of third marking period |
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February
2009
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13 |
Report card distribution for all students |
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16 |
Presidents’ Day - All Schools and Central Offices
closed |
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March 2009 |
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1 |
Spring sports begin |
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6 |
Interims to be sent home by this date. |
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16 - 25 |
Maryland School Assessment administration (MSA). |
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April
2009
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3 |
End of third marking period. (46 days). Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for p.m. prekindergarten, and E.C.I. |
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6 |
Beginning of fourth marking period |
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9 - 13 |
Easter/Spring Break. All Schools and Central Offices closed. |
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14 - 17 |
Registration for prekindergarten and kindergarten begins |
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22-May 12 |
MSA Science Test Administration, Grades 5 and 8 only |
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24 |
Report card distribution for all students |
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May
2009
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4-15 |
AP Exams |
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8 |
Interims to be sent home by this date |
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18 - 21 |
High School Assessment administration (HSA) |
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21 & 22 |
Schools closed for prekindergarten, kindergarten, & ECI. Spring Conferences for parents of those students |
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25 |
Memorial Day - All Schools and
Central Offices closed |
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29 |
Last day for graduating seniors. |
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June
2009
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2-3 |
Semester Examinations for Centers of Applied Technology. |
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5,8-10 |
High School Examinations, textbook collection.
Two-hour early dismissal for all students. Schools closed for half-day pre-kindergarten and E.C.I. |
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10 |
End of fourth marking period
(46 days). Last day for students |
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12 |
Last day for teachers |
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July
2009
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3 |
Independence Day–Schools and Central Office closed. |
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6 |
Elementary Summer School Begins. |
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7 |
Secondary Summer School Begins. |
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 184 student days and 195 teacher days. Any emergency days not
used shall be deducted from the June closing date. Additional emergency closings shall
be made up as follows:
- Additional emergency closing days will be made up by adding on days to the June closing date.
- If emergency closings fall on January testing days or the teacher
workdays, secondary schools will reschedule so that there are four consecutive testing days followed by two teacher workdays. This scheduling affects all 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 shall not be
scheduled on the day a religious observance begins. Jewish Holiday dates are
set according to the Hebrew Lunar calendar; they begin at sundown on the
preceding evening and conclude at sundown on the dates noted. No schoolbased
activities shall be held after sundown the evening before the holiday.
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.
Appropriate Exercises
Schools shall devote a portion of the day to appropriate exercises on the
following dates:
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Oct.
12 - Columbus Day
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Nov.
11 - Veterans' Day
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Jan.
15 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
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Feb. 12 - Lincoln's Birthday
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Feb. 22 - Washington's Birthday
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April - Arbor Month
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May
25 - Memorial Day, and
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any other day of national significance
When schools are closed, appropriate exercises should be held on the preceding Friday.
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