August

• 8/10 Teachers Return
• 8/12 Meet Your Teacher 1:00pm
• 8/15 School Opens
• 8/25 Orientation Night for Parents

September

• 9/5 Labor Day
• 9/16 Constitution Day
• 9/23 Grandparents Day

October

• 10/10 Professional Day
• 10/12 PSAT Exam
• 10/14 End of First Quarter
• 10/18 Individual Portraits
• 10/21 Report Cards 1st quarter
• 10/31 Biography Fair (half day for students)

November

• 11/11 Veterans Day
• 11/14-11/18 National Education Week
• 11/22 Student Thanksgiving Dinner
• 11/23-11/28 Thanksgiving Vacation return on Tues. 11/29

December

• 12/7-12/13 Book Fair
• 12/15 Holiday Caroling upper levels at nursing home
• 12/19 Gift Giving
• 12/20 Caroling at school
• 12/20 End of 2nd quarter and Report cards 2nd quarter
• 12/21-1/3 Holiday Vacation return 1/4/2012

January

• 1/4 Return to school
• National Geographic Geography Bee
• 1/16 M.L. King Day
• Chinese New Year

February

• 2/9 Science Fair-(half day for students)
• 2/13-2/17 Spirit Week
• 2/18 Community Fair
• 2/20 Presidents Day
• 2/27-3/2 Montessori Education Week

March

• 3/2 Father's Day
• Professional Day TBA
• 3/12-3/15 Iowa Testing
• 3/16 End of 3rd quarter
• 3/19 - 3/23 Spring Break
• 3/23 Report Cards 3rd quarter

April

• 4/4 Class Photos
• 4/6-9 Easter Break

May

• Elementary Nature's Lab Trip
• 5/7-11 Teacher Appreciation Week
• 5/11 Mother's Day
• TBA Friday Night Live
• 5/22 Field Day
• 5/23 World Cultural Festival
• 5/25 Student Recognition and Graduation

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• To Be Scheduled:
• Annual Parent Meeting
• Friday Night Live
• (There are only two half days: after the Biography and Science fairs. All other school days are full days.)