Calendar

August 2008
27
Wednesday
First Day of School
September 2008
1
Monday
Labor Day -- No School
10
Wednesday
Picture Day
18
Thursday
Back to School Night 6 p.m.
25
Thursday
Parent Lunch Day
26
Friday
New Unit: The Colonies Break Away-Revolutionary War
October 2008
17
Friday
Revolutionary War Test
20
Monday
New Unit: What Went Wrong-The Articles of Confederation
24
Friday
Last Day 1st Quarter
30
Thursday
Test: What Went Wrong?
31
Friday
1st Qurater Assessement
November 2008
3
Monday
New Unit: We The People-The Constitution
11
Tuesday
No School-Veteran's Day
26
Wednesday
No School-Thanksgiving Break
December 2008
17
Wednesday
Constitution Exam Part I
18
Thursday
Constitution Exam Part II
22
Monday
Winter Break Begins-School resumes Jan 5th
January 2009
5
Monday
New Unit: America Takes over the Continent (Manifest Destiny)
5
Monday
First Day Back to school after Winter Break
13
Tuesday
Semester Final
16
Friday
Last Day of First Semester
19
Monday
No School in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
28
Wednesday
New Unit: The Peculiar Institution (Slavery)
February 2009
13
Friday
No School-Lincoln's Birthday
16
Monday
No School-President's Day
March 2009
2
Monday
New Unit: Brother Against Brother (The Civil War)
20
Friday
End of 3rd Quarter
30
Monday
Spring Break Begins (school resumes April 6th)
April 2009
23
Thursday
Civil War Day
27
Monday
New Unit: Rebuilding a Divided Nation (Reconstruction
29
Wednesday
STAR Testing Bgins
May 2009
1
Friday
Social Studies STAR Test
8
Friday
STAR Testing Ends
18
Monday
New Unit: America Grows Up (Immigration and Industialization)
22
Friday
Talent Show 7:00 p.m. in the Marjorie Luke Theater
25
Monday
No School (Memorial Day)
27
Wednesday
Year End Social Studies Final Part I
28
Thursday
Year End Social Studies Final Part II
June 2009
1
Monday
8th Grade Awards Night-6:00 p.m in the Marjorie Luke Theater
2
Tuesday
Yearbooks Distributed
3
Wednesday
Promotions Practice (morning) and Party (afternoon)
4
Thursday
Promotion (Last Day of School)