ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2010-2011
2010
Aug 16 Teacher Orientation
Aug 19 Jr-Sr High Orientation meeting – 7 PM
Aug 20 K-6 Meet the Teacher – 10:30 AM - Noon and Committee Information Fair
Aug 23 First Day of School (K-12)
All-Day K will be mornings only during the first week (Aug 23-27)
Sept 6 Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
Sept 7 Jr/Sr High Back-to-School Night
Sept 9 K-6 Back-to-School Night - 7 PM
Sept 10 LATE START
Oct 8 End of First Quarter/Grade Preparation - HALF-DAY
Oct 14 HALF-DAY/Parent-Teacher Conferences in afternoon and evening
Oct 15 NO SCHOOL/Parent-Teacher Conferences all day
Oct 18 Teacher In-Service – NO SCHOOL
Nov 5 K-6 Grandparents’ Day
Nov 6 Fall Auction
Nov 12 Teacher In-Service - NO SCHOOL
Nov 19 Jr/Sr High Pre-Holiday Concert
Nov 24-26 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL
Nov 29 School Resumes
Dec 9 K-6 Christmas Program
Dec 10 LATE START
Dec 14 HALF-DAY for HIGH SCHOOL
Dec 15-17 High School Exams – 8-12 AM
Dec 17 End of 2nd Quarter/Grade Preparation – HALF-DAY
Dec 20 CHRISTMAS VACATION - NO SCHOOL
2011
Jan 4 School Resumes
Jan 17 Martin Luther King’s Birthday - NO SCHOOL
Jan 18 Teacher In-Service- NO SCHOOL
Feb 10 Kindergarten Round-Up - 1:00-2:15 PM
HALF-DAY for full day K/No PM K
Feb 17 Open House - 9-11 AM
Feb 18 Teacher In-Service - NO SCHOOL
Feb 21 Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL
March 3 HALF-DAY/Parent-Teacher Conferences in afternoon and evening
March 4 Parent-Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
March 10 Open House - 9-11 AM
March 11 End of 3rd Quarter/Grade Preparation – HALF-DAY
March 14-18 SPRING BREAK
March 21 School Resumes
April 14 Open House - 9-11 AM
April 22 Good Friday – NO SCHOOL
April 28 K-6 Spring Program
April 29 LATE START
May 24 HALF-DAY for HIGH SCHOOL
Uniform Exchange
May 25-27 High School Exams – 8-12 AM
May 27 Last Day of School/Yearbook Signing
SCHOOL DAYS - Elementary - 8:20 AM to 3:35 PM; doors open at 8:10 AM; students should be picked up no later than 3:45 PM; PM K - 12:25 - 3:35 PM; students should arrive no earlier than 12:10 PM; Jr/Sr High - 8 AM - 3:05 PM
HALF-DAYS - Elementary - 8:20 - 11:20 AM, with no lunch period; PM K will not have school on elementary half-days; Junior/Senior High - 8 AM - 12 noon
LATE STARTS - Drop-off and class starts times are exactly one hour later than usual schedule.
Elementary - drop-off begins at 9:10 AM; classes begin at 9:20 AM; Junior/Senior High - Classes begin at 9 AM
Elementary Class Parties: Thanksgiving/Tuesday, Nov 23; Christmas/Friday, Dec 17; Valentine/Friday, Feb 11; Easter/Thursday, April 21. Please check with teacher/room mother for exact times.
In inclement weather, we will cancel classes when the Blue Valley school district cancels. Classes generally are not cancelled during the day; if bad weather develops, parents may pick up their students without advance notice.
Certain event dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances; you will be given as much notice as possible if this occurs.