Calendar

September 2008
1
Monday
National School Success Month - September 1-30
1
Monday
National Library Card Sign-up Month - September 1-30
1
Monday
Labor Day
October 2008
1
Wednesday
Computer Learning Month - October 1-31
1
Wednesday
Diversity Awareness Month - October 1-31
1
Wednesday
Fire Prevention Week (Approx) - Octboer 5-11
14
Tuesday
Teen Read Week - October 19-25
22
Wednesday
Library Read-a-thon
24
Friday
Take-a-bite taste test/salsa dancing activity - Teen Read Week
November 2008
1
Saturday
National Author's Day
10
Monday
Veteran's Day
12
Wednesday
Kevin Henkes' Birthday (b.1960)
12
Wednesday
American Education Week
13
Thursday
World Kindness Day
13
Thursday
National Children's Week
14
Friday
National Young Readers' Day
19
Wednesday
National Family Week
19
Wednesday
National Game and Puzzle Week
27
Thursday
Thanksgiving
December 2008
6
Saturday
St. Nicholas Day
7
Sunday
Pearl Harbor Day
8
Monday
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)
8
Monday
Anniversary of Soviet Union Dissolved (1991)
9
Tuesday
Anniversary of the development of the computer mouse (1968)
10
Wednesday
Birth of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System for Lilbrarie
12
Friday
Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
15
Monday
Anniversary of the Bill of Rights (1791)
16
Tuesday
Mexican Posadas (12/16-12/24)
22
Monday
Chanukah (Hanukkah - Feast of Lights)
24
Wednesday
Christmas Eve
25
Thursday
Christmas Day
26
Friday
Kwanzaa December 26-January 1
31
Wednesday
New Year's Eve
January 2009
16
Friday
Celebrate a Dragon
21
Wednesday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 2009
2
Monday
Groundhog Day
14
Saturday
Valentine's Day
19
Thursday
President's Day
24
Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
25
Wednesday
Ash Wednesday/ Lent begins
March 2009
1
Sunday
Martin Alonso Pinzon Anniversary Date
1
Sunday
Women's History Month - March 1-31
1
Sunday
Music in our Schools Month - March 1-31
1
Sunday
Return Borrowed Books Week - March 1-7
2
Monday
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
3
Tuesday
75th anniversary of the National Anthem
16
Monday
March 16-20 Spring Break
17
Tuesday
Happy St. Patrick's Day
April 2009
1
Wednesday
April Fools Day
May 2009
1
Friday
May Day
1
Friday
Mother Goose Day
1
Friday
May 1-7 National PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
4
Monday
National Day of Prayer
4
Monday
5/04-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week
5
Tuesday
Cinco de Mayo
5
Tuesday
Leo Lionni's Birthday
6
Wednesday
National Teacher Day
7
Thursday
School Nurse Day
10
Sunday
Mother's Day
12
Tuesday
5/12-5/18 Reading is Fun Week
12
Tuesday
5/12-5/18 Children's Book Week
16
Saturday
Biographers' Day
23
Saturday
Margaret Wise Brown's Birthday
25
Monday
Arthur's Birthday
25
Monday
Memorial Day
June 2009
1
Monday
Safety Month
1
Monday
Summer Reading Programs Begin
4
Thursday
Last Day of School