St. Tammany Parish
Public School System
2009 – 2010 School Calendar
August 5, 2009 ~ Teachers’ Professional Development Day
August 6, 2009 ~ Teachers’ Day
August 7, 2009 ~ School Opens
September 7, 2009 ~ Labor Day Holiday
October 2, 2009 ~ Parish Fair Day
October 8, 2009 ~ *End of First Grading Period
October 9, 2009 ~ One-half Day for Professional Development
One-half Day for Record Keeping
November 23 - 27, 2009 ~ Thanksgiving Holiday
December 18, 2009 ~ *End of Second Grading Period
**End of First Semester
One-half Day for Record Keeping2
December 21, 2009 – January 1, 2010 ~ Winter/Christmas Break
January 4, 2010 ~ School Re-Opens
January 18, 2010 ~ Martin Luther King Holiday
February 15 – 19, 2010 ~ Mardi Gras Holiday3
March 11, 2010 ~ *End of the Third Grading Period
March 12, 2010 ~ One-half Day for Professional Development1
One-half Day for Record Keeping1
March 29 - April 5, 2010 ~ Spring/Easter Break
May 21, 2010 ~ *End of Fourth Grading Period
**End of Second Semester
One-half Day for Record Keeping2
End of Session
May 26, 2009 ~ Teachers’ Day
May 25, 2010 ~ Teachers’ Professional Development Make-up Day4
The School Board requires appropriate programs for the following two days:
November 11, 2009….Veterans Day Observance
February 16, 2010…………. Presidents’ Day
School Administrators are asked to avoid scheduling activities on the
following days whenever possible.
September 18, 2009… Rosh Hashanah5
September 28, 2009…………Yom Kippur5
March 29, 2010… First Night of Passover
1 No students report to school.
2 Students report to school in the morning for one-half day.
3 In case of emergency, student make-up days will be taken from the Mardi
Gras Holiday.
4 All teachers who did not “bank” six (6) hours of workshop time will be
required to attend either one-half day or one full day to satisfy the
state in-service mandate.
5 Observance begins at sundown on the previous day.
NOTE: The School Calendar is subject to change as a result of unforeseeable
or emergency situations.
