EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALENDAR
AUGUST 2008 – JUNE 2009
Please check the “Mighty Ike” or the web site for calendar changes, additions or updates
** SCHOOL HOURS ARE **
** 8:40 am TO 3:10 pm **
First Bell rings at 8:40 am (line up)
Tardy Bell rings at 8:45 am.
3:20-bell rings: students not picked up, come to the office
AUGUST
4 Class lists, bus schedules & assessment sign-ups in gym
14-15 Student assessment days, 8:00-12:00
19 First day of School, 8:40 AM-3:10 PM
19-20 Staggered KDG attendance (see kindergarten letter)
25 Back to School Night, 3rd Grade (5:30-6:30 p.m.)
26 Back to School Night, 2nd Grade (5:30-6:30 p.m.)
26 Choir Begins, (7:45-8:40 a.m. - Tu. & Fri. only)
27 Back to School Night, Kdg. (5:30-6:30 p.m.) – 5th (6:30-7:30 p.m.)
28 Back to School Night, 1st (5:30-6:30 p.m.) – 4th (6:30-7:30 p.m.)
SEPTEMBER
1 Labor Day/NO SCHOOL
2 Ramadan Begins
3 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
5 All Grades, Fun & Fitness Day, All Day
9 School Pictures
12 Alternate Rain Date for Fun & Fitness Day
15 First Day of Intramurals (4th & 5th)
17 First Day of Jump Rope Club
18 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
19 Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL
Sept. 24 – Oct. 8 Pupil Count Days
Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 Rosh Hashanah
8/20/08
OCTOBER
1 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
1 Pupil Count – (Official Count Day, Important to be in school)
2 Ramadan Ends
9 Yom Kippur
13 Vision and Hearing Screening (9:00 - 3:00)
13 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
14 Picture Retakes
14 First Day of Sukkot
14 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Grade Conferences (3:30-7:00 p.m.)
16 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Grade Conferences (3:30-7:00 p.m.)
21 Shemini Atzeret
21 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Grade Conferences (3:30-7:00 p.m.)
22 Simchat Torah
23 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Grade Conferences (3:30-7:00 p.m.)
TBD Pumpkin Decorating
30 Halloween Parties
31 Professional Development Day (No School)
NOVEMBER
2 Daylight Savings Ends (move clocks back one hour)
5 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
7 First Trimester Ends
11 Veteran’s Day – NO SCHOOL
13 Choir Field Trip to Platt (9:00-12:00)
14 Report Cards go home
24 Non-Contact Day/NO SCHOOL
25 Non-Contact Day/NO SCHOOL
26 Vacation/NO SCHOOL
27 Thanksgiving Holiday/NO SCHOOL
28 Thanksgiving Holiday/NO SCHOOL
DECEMBER
1 Open Enrollment – first day applications accepted
3 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
8-9 Book Fair, Barnes & Noble
9-12 Festival of Sacrifice – Muslim Observance
10 Geography Bee Finals, (Grades 4 & 5)
8-19 African Drums in Music Classroom
9 Vocal Choir, 5th Grade Handbells & Band (2:15 & 6:30 p.m.)
15-19 P.E. Gymnastics Week
19 Australian Walk-About
19 Winter Parties
21 First Night of Hanukkah
25 Christmas
26 Kwanzaa Begins
22-Jan 2 WINTER BREAK/NO SCHOOL
8/20/08
JANUARY
1 New Year’s Day / Kwanzaa Ends
5 Comp Day / NO SCHOOL
6 Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL
7 First day of school after Winter Break/Prof. Dev. Days
7 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
7-12 P.E. Ball Skills Week
15 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
16 Open Enrollment application deadline (4:00 p.m.)
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/NO SCHOOL
21 Spelling Bee, (Grades 3, 4, 5)
29 Spaghetti Dinner / Scholastic Book Fair
FEBRUARY
2-18 Opera Workshop (all day regular music classes)
4 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
5-6 Science Fair
11-13 5th Grade to Cal-Wood
13 Valentine’s Day Parties
16 President’s Day Weekend Holiday/NO SCHOOL
17-27 Yo-Yo Club
18-25 CSAP, 3rd Grade Reading
18 Opera Performance 4th Grade (2:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.)
19 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
20 End of Second Trimester
23 Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL
25 Ash Wednesday
MARCH
2 Start CSAP, Tentative Date, (Math, Writing, Science, Reading)
4 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
6 Talent Show Auditions, (3:15 – 6:00 p.m.)
8 Daylight Saving Time (advance clocks one hour)
10 Purim
10 P/T Conferences, (K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 5th), 3:30-7:00 p.m
11 Magical World of Reading & History (1:15 p.m. K-2 / 2:15 p.m. 3-5)
12 P/T Conferences, (K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), 3:30-7:00 p.m.
13 Talent Show Dress Rehearsal (3:15-6:00 p.m.)
14 Spring Fling
16 Last Day of Intramurals (4th & 5th)
18 Last Day of Jump Rope Club
18 Jump Rope Club End of Year Show (4:00-6:30 p.m.)
20 Talent Show, (1:30 – 3:00 p.m.)
20 CSAP Assessment Window Ends, Tentative
23-27 Spring Break-NO SCHOOL
8/20/08
APRIL
1 PTA General Meeting 6:00-8:00) 9-15 Passover
10 Good Friday
12 Easter
15 3rd Grade Music Program (2:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.)
16 Class Pictures
16 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
24-27 Spring Conference Exchange Days/NO SCHOOL
28 Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL
All Month Principal’s Reading Club
22 3rd, 4th, 5th to Boulder Philharmonic School Performance
30 Art Show & Potluck (5:30-7:30)
MAY
1 Fun Run
1-15 4th Grade non-CSAP Music Assessments
5 Cinco de Mayo
6 PTA General Meeting (6:00-8:00)
8 Alternate Rain Date for Fun Run
15 Principal’s Reading Club Picnic
TBD Kindergarten Orientation
20 5th Grade Spring Music Program, (9:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.)
21 Bingo Night (6:00-7:30)
25 Memorial Day Holiday/NO SCHOOL
28 Kindergarten Graduation
28 Last Day for Students (FULL DAY)
28 All School Slide Show
29 Teachers’ Last Day
29-30 Shavuot