Saint James the Apostle School
Calendar for the 2009 – 2010 School Year
School Hours: 8:00 AM – 2:35 PM / Full Day
8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon / Half Day
SEPTEMBER (17 days)
2 Kindergarten Orientation 1:00 – 3:00 Noon
3 Kindergarten Orientation 9:00 – 12:00 PM
8 TEACHERS ONLY – Professional Day
9 1st Day of School for Students in Grades K – 8
½ Day Session - 12:00 Noon dismissal
NO BEFORE/AFTER CARE
10 PreK-3 & PreK-4 Orientation
Grades K – 8, ½ Day Session - 12:00 Noon dismissal
NO BEFORE/AFTER CARE
11 PreK-3 & PreK-4 Orientation
Grades K – 8, ½ Day Session 12:00 Noon dismissal
NO BEFORE/AFTER CARE
Faculty / Staff meeting
Movie Night
14 Full Day Sessions for PreK-3 through Grade 8
BEFORE AND AFTER CARE BEGINS
Snack & Hot Lunch Program begins
18 Opening of School Eucharistic Celebration
Mass at 1:00 PM
28 Back to School Night / HSA Meeting, 7:00 PM
OCTOBER (21 days)
2 ½ Day Session – Noon dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
5 Fall Pictures (Grades PreK-3 – 8)
Winter Uniforms to be worn for pictures (Grades 1 through 8)
Faculty and Staff picture – 7:45 AM
9 NO SCHOOL – Professional Day
12 NO SCHOOL – Columbus Day
15 Winter Uniform
16 Harvest Dance - Grades 6 thru 8, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
30 Halloween Parade and Celebrations - 1:15 PM
Trunk or Treat - 7:00 - 8:30 PM
NOVEMBER (19 days)
6 Parent / Teacher Conferences (Interim Reports) – Grades 1
through 8
½ Day Session - Noon dismissal
After Care Available
COOP Exam – 8th Grade
9 Fall Picture Retakes
Club and Team Pictures
17 Writing Assessment begins, Grades 4 and 7
25 Thanksgiving Recess Begins
½ Day Session – Noon dismissal
NO AFTER CARE AVAILABLE
26-27 NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Recess
DECEMBER (17 days)
4 End of 1st Trimester
5 Pancakes with Santa 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Tree Lighting 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM
8 "T'was the Night Before Christmas" School Trip- PaperMill
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
School is in session
10 REPORT CARDS - K to 8
11 ½ Day Session – Noon dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
NO AFTER CARE AVAILABLE
16 Christmas Pageant (Date subject to change)
Dress Rehearsal – 1:00 PM
Night Performance - 7:00 PM
23 ½ Day Session – Noon dismissal
Christmas Recess Begins
NO AFTER CARE AVAILABLE
JANUARY (19 days)
4 School Reopens
8 Full Day of School
11 8th Grade – Cap and Gown Pictures
15 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
Kindergarten Conferences – K in session
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
18 NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
28 Interim Reports Grades 1 through 8
31 Catholic Schools Week Begins
OPEN HOUSE – 1:00 - 3:00 PM
FEBRUARY (18 days)
5 Full day of School
12 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
Valentine’s Day Dance, Grades 6 - 8; 7:00 – 10:00 PM
15-16 NO SCHOOL – President’s Day
17 Ash Wednesday (No meat lunch)
Mass at 11:00 AM
25 PreK-3 & PreK-4 Conferences
No Classes for PreK
MARCH (23 days)
1 - 5 Terra Nova Testing, Grades 1-7
12 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
End of 2nd Trimester
18 REPORT CARDS K to 8
19 Fish & Chips / Basket Bonanza
22 SPRING PICTURES, PK-3 through 8
27 Breakfast with Bunny, 9:00 – 11:00 AM
31 Easter Recess Begins
½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
NO AFTER CARE AVAILABLE
APRIL (15 days)
12 School Reopens
15 Summer Uniforms
16 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
MAY (20 days)
6 Interim Reports, Grades 1 through 8
7 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
After Care Available
13 Ascension Thursday Mass
14 Farewell Dance, Grades 6 – 8; 7:00 – 10:00PM
31 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
JUNE (14 days)
1-4 8th Grade Exams
7-10 Exams – Grades 1-7
7 Pre-K 3 Celebration / Last Day of School for Pre-K 3
8 Pre-K 4 Celebration / Last Day of School for Pre-K 4
10 Kindergarten Celebration / Last Day of School for K
11 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION
½ day session – NOON dismissal
Faculty / Staff meeting
NO AFTER CARE AVAILABLE
14-16 ½ Day Session – NOON dismissal
After Care Available
17 School closes at NOON for students: If 180 instructional days
are met
NO AFTER CARE
18 Professional Day – Teacher’s ONLY
Total Days: 183
The school will close earlier for the students if NO snow days are used.
There are three snow days built into the calendar.