2011 2012 

* - denotes Federal holiday

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September 2011

1-30 National Library Card Sign-up Month
5 Labor Day*
11 Grandparents Day
15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
17 Constitution Day/Citizenship Day
23 Fall Equinox
29 Rosh Hashana (Jewish)

October 2011

6 Dasera (Hindu)
8 National Children's Day
8 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
10-14 National Metric Week
9-15 Fire Prevention Week
10 Columbus Day*
10-14 National School Lunch Week
13 Navy Day
15 Sweetest Day
17 Boss' Day
17-21 National School Bus Safety Week
23 Mother-In-Law Day
24 United Nations Day
31 All Hallows Eve

November 2011

5 Diwali Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain) does not occur in 2011
6 Daylight Savings Time Ends
7 Eid al Adha (Islam)
10 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
10 Marine Corps Day
11 Veterans Day*
14-18 American Education Week
18 Education Support Professionals Day
24 Thanksgiving Day*

December 2011

7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
21 Hanukkah
22 Winter Solstice
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day (Christian)*
26 Kwanzaa (thru January 1) (African-American)
31 New Year's Eve

January 2012

1 New Year's Day*
1 Gantan-sai (New Years) (Shinto)
7 Orthodox Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
14 Orthodox New Year (Orthodox Christian)
14 Sankranti/Pongal (Hindu)
16 Martin Luther King Day
23 Chinese New Year

February 2012

1-29 Black History Month
1-29 National Children's Dental Health Month
2 Groundhog Day
7 Magha Puja (Buddhist)
8 Tu B'shevat (Arbor Day) (Jewish)
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
14 Valentine's Day
20 President's Day (Washington's Birthday) *
21 Mardi Gras
21 Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
22 Ash Wednesday (Christian)

March 2012

1-31 American Red Cross Month
1-31 Irish American Heritage Month
1-31 Music In Our Schools Month
1-31 National Mental Retardation Awareness Month
1-31 National Nutrition Month
1-31 Women's History Month
1-31 Youth Art Month
2 NEA's Read Across America
3 Adoption of U.S. National Anthem
5-9 National Foreign Language Week
5-9 National School Breakfast Week
8 International Women's Day
8 Purim (Jewish)
11 Daylight Savings Time starts
11 Johnny Appleseed Day
15 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
17 St. Patrick's Day
18-24 National Poison Prevention Week
20 Spring Equinox
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

April 2012

1 April Fool's Day
1-30 Keep America Beautiful Month
1 Palm Sunday (Christian)
1 Rama Navami (Hindu)
2 International Children's Book Day
6 Good Friday (Christian)
7-14 Pesach (Passover) (Jewish)
7 World Health Day
8 Easter (Christian)
8-14 National Library Week
13 Baisakhi (Sikh)
13 Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian)
15 Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
15-21 Public School Volunteer Week
16-20 Young People's Poetry Week
22 Earth Day
25 Administrative Professionals' Day
26 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
26 Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish)
27 National Arbor Day

May 2012

1-31 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
1-31 Better Hearing and Speech Month
1 Law Day
1-31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
1-31 National Sight Saving Month
1 National Teacher Day
3 National Day of Prayer
3 World Press Freedom Day
5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
6-12 Be Kind to Animals Week
6-13 National Music Week
6 Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Buddhist)
7-11 Teacher Appreciation Week
7-13 Children's Book Week
8 VE Day
8 World Red Cross Day
10 Lag B'Omer (Jewish)
13 Mother's Day
14-18 National Educational Bosses' Week
19 Armed Forces Day
19 Yom HaSho'ah (Jewish)
22 International Day for Biological Diversity
23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
26-28 Shavuot (Jewish)
28 Memorial Day*
29 Ascension of Baha‘u'llah (Baha'i)

June 2012

5 World Environment Day
11 Race Unity Day
10 Children's Day
10-14 National History Day Contest
14 Flag Day/Army Day
15 Magna Carta Day
19 Juneteenth (Liberation of Slaves)
17 Father's Day
20 Summer Solstice

July 2012

3 Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day (Buddhist)`
4 Independence Day*
20 Ramadan begins (Islam)
22 Parents Day
28 Tisha B'Av (Jewish)

August 2012

4 Air Force Day
4 Coast Guard Day
5 Friendship Day
10 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
14 Laylat al Qadr (Islam)
19 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends (Islam)

September 2012

1-30 National Library Card Sign-up Month
3 Labor Day*
9 Grandparents Day
15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
17 Constitution Day/Citizenship Day
17 Rosh Hashana (Jewish)
22 Fall Equinox
26 Yom Kippur (Jewish)

October 2012

5 World Teachers' Day
7-13 Fire Prevention Week
8 Columbus Day*
8-12 National Metric Week
10-14 National School Lunch Week
13 Navy Day
16 Boss' Day
20 Sweetest Day
15-19 National School Bus Safety Week
24 Dasera (Hindu)
24 United Nations Day
28 Mother-In-Law Day
31 All Hallows Eve

November 2012

4 Daylight Savings Time Ends
10 Marine Corps Day
11 Veteran's Day*
13 Diwali - Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain) (does not occur in 2011)
11-17 American Education Week
14 Education Support Professionals Day
20 Universal Children's Day
22 Thanksgiving Day*
26 Eid al Adha (Islam)
28 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)

December 2012

7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
9 Hanukkah
21 Winter Solstice
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day* (Christian)
26 Kwanzaa (thru January 1) (African-American)
31 New Year's Eve