September 20111-30 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 20116 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 20115 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 20117 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 20121 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 20121-29 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 20121-31 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 20121 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 20121-31 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 20125 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 20123 Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day (Buddhist)` 4 Independence Day* 20 Ramadan begins (Islam) 22 Parents Day 28 Tisha B'Av (Jewish) August 20124 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 20121-30 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 20125 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 20124 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 |