Archdiocese of Newark
Vicariate for Education
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School Calendar  2008 - 2009
 

June
25-26 New Principals Orientation
   
August
26 New Principals Orientation
27-28 New Teachers Orientation
   
September
21 Days
2 Schools Open
9 Preliminary Census
18 PAC
   
October
23 Days
1 Census Reporting Begins
5 Opening of School Mass, 12:00 Noon at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, for all Principals and Teachers
13 Colombus Day (Optional Closing)
14-17 Deanery Week  
14 Finst Progress Report (Elementary)
17 Final Census Report Due
30 Principals Seminar
   
November
18 Days

4
7
7
11
11
12
12
13
13
15
18
19
20
21
26

Presidential Election Day (optional closing)
COOP Admissions Examination
End of First Quarter (Secondary)
Bergen HS Principals Meeting
Cluster I
HS Presidents Meeting
Cluster II
Essex HS Principals Meeting
Cluster III
COOP Exam Make-up
Hudson HS Principals Meting
Principals Council
Union HS Principals Meeting
First Trimester Ends (Elementary)
Thanksgiving Recess Begins After a 4-Hour Session
   
December
17 Days

2-3-4
5
8

18
23

Cluster/Deanery Christmas Meetings
9th Grade Application Records Due to H S
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (closing encouraged)
Principals Seminar
Christmas Recess Begins After a 4-Hour Session
   
January
20 Days

5
19
22
22
23
23
25-31

Schools Reopen
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (optional closing)
Right to Life March
HS Admission Decisions Mailed Today
End of Second Quarter (Secondary)
Second Progress Report (Elementary)
Catholic Schools Week
   
February
20 Days

7
9-13
10
11
12
16
17
19
19
25

High School Registration
Deanery Week
Bergen HS Principals Meeting
HS Principals Meeting
Essex HS Principals Meeting
Presidents Day (optional closing)
Hudson HS Principals Meeting
Union HS Principals Meeting
Principals Seminar
Ash Wednesday
   
March
22 Days

2-6
3
3
10
12
13
27

TerraNova Testing Week
Principals Contracts Signed
HS Presidents Meeting
Principals Council
Principals Seminar
Second Trimester Ends (Elementary)
End of Third Quarter (Secondary)
Catholic Challenge TBA
   
April
15 Days

8
14-17
19
20
28
30

Easter Recess Begins After a Four Hour Session
NCEA Convention, Anaheim, California
Benefit Concert for Catholic Education
Teachers Contracts Signed
Bergen HS Principals Meeting
Essex HS Principals Meeting
   
May
21 Days

1
5
5
6
7
7
19
21
25

Third Progress Report (Elementary)
Cluster I Meeting
Hudson HS Principals Meeting
Cluster II Meeting
Union HS Principals Meeting
Cluster III Meeting
Principals Council
Ascension Thursday (optional closing)
Memorial Day (optional closing)
   
June
11 Days
15 School closes for students if 180 Instructional Days have been provided
   

This calendar reflects 188 days. Eight (8) days must be chosen by the local school and should include three (3) snow/holidays, and any professional days that exceed the two (2) already factored in as instructional days. Please adjust the closing date if necessary. Half days should be four (4) instructional hours.

Summary: 180 instructional days include two (2) professional days-faculty attends, but students do not attend. In-service dates and programs will be published at a later date.

Revised:08/13/08

 
Vicariate for Education
Archdiocese of Newark