YANTACAW SCHOOL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2008/2009

SEPTEMBER

3                      School opens
11                    PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
20                    CAT begins
22                    National Family Day
23                    Open House – 7:30PM
26                    Back to School Dance
29                    Board of Education Meeting – 8:00PM
30                    Rosh Hashanah

OCTOBER

3                      Picture Day
4                      CAT
6                      Staff Articulation Day – 12:30PM dismissal
8                      PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
9                      Yom Kippur
11                    CAT
13                    Columbus Day – school closed
17                    PTO Pumpkin Patch
18                    CAT
20                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
20-24              Hearing Screening
23                    PTO Tricky Tray
25                    CAT
31                    Halloween – 11:30AM – dismissal
                                                2:00PM – return to school in costume
                                                2:45PM – Halloween Parade

NOVEMBER

1                      CAT
4                      Presidential Election Day – school closed
6-7                  NJEA Convention – school closed
10-14              American Education Week
11                    Parent/Teacher Conferences – 12:30 dismissal
13                    Parent/Teacher Conferences – 12:30 dismissal
14                    Report Cards
17                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
22                    CAT
26                    Thanksgiving recess – 12:30 dismissal
27-28              Thanksgiving recess – school closed
DECEMBER

5                      PTO Holiday Boutique
7                      Township Tree Lighting – 7:00PM
10                    Holiday Musicale – 7:30PM
15                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
22                    Hanukkah
23                    Holiday Recess – 12:30 dismissal
24 – Jan. 2    Holiday Recess – school closed

JANUARY - 2009

1                      New Year’s Day
2                      School closed
5                      School Reopens
8                      PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
10                    CAT
19                    Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday observed – school closed
24                    CAT
26                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
30                    Report Cards
31                    CAT

FEBRUARY

7                      CAT
11                    PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
14                    Valentine’s Day
16-20              Mid-Winter Recess – school closed
23                    School reopens
23                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
25                    Ash Wednesday

MARCH        

2                      Read Across America – Dr. Suess Day
3                      Book Fair Family Night
4                      Book Fair
5,6                   Curiosity Shop
9-13                Kindergarten Registration
10                    PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
12,13              Curiosity Shop
19-20              Curiosity Shop
23                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
24                    All Elementary Concert-NHS-7:30PM
26,27              Curiosity Shop
APRIL

4                      CAT
7                      PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
8                      Spring Musicale – 7:30PM
9                      Report Cards
9                      Passover
10                    Good Friday – school closed
12                    Easter
13-17              Spring Recess – school closed
20                    Board of Ed Meeting – 8:00PM
21                    School Board Elections 2:30-9:00PM – 12:30 dismissal

MAY

4-8                  NJASK – Grades 3 & 4
8                      PTO Plant Sale
10                    Mother’s Day
11-14              NJASK – Grades 5 & 6
13                    Musicale – 7:30 PM
20                    PTO Meeting – 8:00PM
25                    Memorial Day – school closed
28                    Jr. Olympics/Patrol Picnic

JUNE

6                      PTO Family Picnic
11                    Awards Assembly
15                    Father’s Day
22                    Kindergarten Graduation – 9:30AM
23                    Sixth Grade Promotion – 2:00PM