2008 - 2009

Special Events & Holidays Calendar

* - denotes Federal holiday

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September 2008
1 Labor Day*
1-30 National Library Card Sign-up Month
2 Ramadan Begins (Islam)
7 Grandparents Day
15-10/15 Hispanic HeritageMonth
17 Constitution Day/Citizenship Day
22 Fall Equinox
27 Laylat al Qadr (Islam)
30/10-1 Rosh Hashana (Jewish)

October 2008
2 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends (Islam)
5-11 Fire Prevention Week
5-11 National Metric Week
9 Dasera (Hindu)
9 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
12 National Children's Day
13 Columbus Day*
13 Navy Day
13-17 National School Lunch Week
16 Bosses' Day
18 Sweetest Day
20-24 National School Bus Safety Week
24 United Nations Day
26 Mother-In-Law's Day
28 Diwali - Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain)
31 All Hallows Eve

November 2008
1-30 American Indian Heritage Month
2 Daylight Savings Time Ends
4 Election Day
10 Marine Corps Day
11 Veteran's Day*
13 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
16-22 American Education Week
19 Education Support Professionals Day
27 Thanksgiving Day*

December 2008
7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
9 Eid al Adha (Islam)
21 Hanukkah
21 Winter Solstice
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day* (Christian)
26 Kwanzaa (thru January 1) (African-American)
29 Muharramn/New Year (Islam)
31 New Year's Eve

January 2009
1 New Year's Day*
1 Gantan-sai (New Years) (Shinto)
7 Orthodox Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
13 Orthodox New Year (Orthodox Christian)
14 Sankranti/Pongal (Hindu)
19 Martin Luther King Day
26 Chinese New Year

February 2009
1-28 Black History Month
1-28 National Children's Dental Health Month
2 Groundhog Day
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
14 Valentine's Day
16 President's Day (Washington's Birthday) *
24 Mardi Gras
24 Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
25 Ash Wednesday (Christian)
28 Tu B'shvat (Arbor Day) (Jewish)

March 2009
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
2-6 National School Breakfast Week
2-8 National Foreign Language Week
3 Adoption of U.S. National Anthem
3 Magha Puja (Buddhist)
8 Daylight Savings Time starts
8 International Women's Day
10 Purim (Jewish)
11 Johnny Appleseed Day
15-21 National Poison Prevention Week
17 St. Patrick's Day
19 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
20 Spring Equinox
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

April 2009
1-30 Keep America Beautiful Month
1 April Fool's Day
2 International Children's Book Day
3 Raman Navami (Hindu)
5 Palm Sunday (Christian)
7 World Health Day
9-10 Pesach (Passover) first two days (Jewish)
10 Good Friday (Christian)
12 Easter (Christian)
12-18 National Library Week
13-19 Young People's Poetry Week
14 Baisakhi (Sikh)
15-16 Pesach (Passover) final two days (Jewish)
17 Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian)
19 Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
19-25 Public School Volunteer Week
21 Yom HaSho'ah (Jewish)
22 Administrative Professionals' Day
22 Earth Day
23 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
24 National Arbor Day
29 Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish)

May 2009
1-31 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
1-31 Better Hearing and Speech Month
1-31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
1-31 National Sight Saving Month
1 Law Day
3 World Press Freedom Day
3-9 Be Kind to Animals Week
3-9 Teacher Appreciation Week
3-10 National Music Week
5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
5 National Teacher Day
7 National Day of Prayer
8 VE Day
8 World Red Cross Day
9 Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Buddhist)
10 Mother's Day
12 Lag B'Omer (Jewish)
16 Armed Forces Day
17-23 National Educational Bosses' Week
22 International Day for Biological Diversity
23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
25 Memorial Day*
29 Ascension of Baha‘u'llah (Baha'i)
29-30 Shavuot (Jewish)

June 2009
5 World Environment Day
14 Race Unity Day
14 Flag Day/Army Day
14-18 National History Day Contest
15 Magna Carta Day
19 Juneteenth (Liberation of Slaves)
21 Father's Day
21 Summer Solstice

July 2009
4 Independence Day*
7 Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day (Buddhist)
26 Parents Day
30 Tisha B'Av (Jewish)

August 2009
1 Air Force Day
3 Friendship Day
4 Coast Guard Day
14 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
21 Ramadan begins (Islam)

September 2009
1-30 National Library Card Sign-up Month
7 Labor Day*
13 Grandparents Day
15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
17 Constitution Day/Citizenship Day
17 Laylat al Qadr (Islam)
19-20 Rosh Hashana (Jewish)
20 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends (Islam)
22 Fall Equinox
28 Dasera (Hindu)
28 Yom Kippur (Jewish)

October 2009
5-11 Fire Prevention Week
5-11 National Metric Week
8 National Children's Day
11 Navy Day
12 Columbus Day*
13-17 National School Lunch Week
16 Boss Day
17 Diwali - Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain)
17 Sweetest Day
20-24 National School Bus Safety Week
24 United Nations Day
25 Mother-In-Law's Day
31 All Hallows Eve

November 2009
1 Daylight Savings Time Ends
2 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
10 Marine Corps Day
11 Veteran's Day*
15-21 American Education Week
17 Education Support Professionals Day
26 Thanksgiving Day*
28 Eid al Adha (Islam)

December 2009
7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
12 Hanukkah
21 Winter Solstice
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day* (Christian)
26 Kwanzaa (thru January 1) (African-American)
31 New Year's Eve