2009 - 2010

Special Events & Holidays Calendar

* - denotes Federal holiday

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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

8 National Children's Day
5-11 National Metric Week
5-11 Fire Prevention Week
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

January 2010

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)
18 Martin Luther King Day

February 2010

1-28 Black History Month
1-28 National Children's Dental Health Month
2 Groundhog Day
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
14 Chinese New Year
14 Valentine's Day
15 President's Day (Washington's Birthday) *
16 Mardi Gras
16 Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
17 Ash Wednesday (Christian)
29 Tu B'shvat (Arbor Day) (Jewish)

March 2010

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
8 International Women's Day
8-14 National Foreign Language Week
8-12 National School Breakfast Week
9 Purim (Jewish)
14 Daylight Savings Time starts
14-20 National Poison Prevention Week
17 St. Patrick's Day
18 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
18 Johnny Appleseed Day
20 Spring Equinox
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
24 Rama Navami (Hindu)
28 Palm Sunday (Christian)
30 Magha Puja (Buddhist)
30-31 Pesach - first two days (Passover) (Jewish)

April 2010

1-30 Keep America Beautiful Month
1 April Fool's Day
2 Good Friday (Christian)
2 Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian)
2 International Children's Book Day
4 Easter (Christian)
4 Easter/Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
4 World Health Day
5-6 Pesach - last two days (Passover) (Jewish)
11-17 National Library Week
11 Yom HaSho'ah (Jewish)
12-18 Young People's Poetry Week
13 Baisakhi (Sikh)
18-24 Public School Volunteer Week
19 Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish)
22 Earth Day
22 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
28 Administrative Professionals' Day
30 National Arbor Day

May 2010

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
2-8 Be Kind to Animals Week
2 Lag B'Omer (Jewish)
2-9 National Music Week
2-8 Teacher Appreciation Week
3 World Press Freedom Day
4 National Teacher Day
5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
6 National Day of Prayer
8 VE Day
8 World Red Cross Day
9 Mother's Day
15 Armed Forces Day
16-22 National Educational Bosses' Week
19-20 Shavuot (Jewish)
22 International Day for Biological Diversity
23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
27 Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Buddhist)
29 Ascension of Baha‘u'llah (Baha'i)
31 Memorial Day*

June 2010

5 World Environment Day
13 Race Unity Day
13-17 National History Day Contest
14 Flag Day/Army Day
15 Magna Carta Day
19 Juneteenth (Liberation of Slaves)
20 Father's Day
21 Summer Solstice

July 2010

4 Independence Day*
20 Tisha B'Av (Jewish)
25 Parents Day
26 Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day (Buddhist)

August 2010

1 Air Force Day
1 Friendship Day
4 Coast Guard Day
11 Ramadan begins (Islam)

September 2010

1-30 National Library Card Sign-up Month
2 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)|
6 Labor Day*
6 Laylat al Qadr (Islam)
9-10 Rosh Hashana (Jewish)
10 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends (Islam)
12 Grandparents Day
15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
17 Constitution Day/Citizenship Day
18 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
22 Fall Equinox

October 2010

8 National Children's Day
4-10 Fire Prevention Week
4-10 National Metric Week
11 Columbus Day*
15-19 National School Lunch Week
13 Navy Day
16 Boss Day
16 Sweetest Day
17 Dasera (Hindu)
19-24 National School Bus Safety Week
24 United Nations Day
24 Mother-In-Law Day
31 All Hallows Eve

November 2010

5 Diwali - Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain)
7 Daylight Savings Time Ends
10 Marine Corps Day
11 Veteran's Day*
14-20 American Education Week
16 Eid al Adha (Islam)
19 Education Support Professionals Day
21 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (Sikh)
25 Thanksgiving Day*

December 2010

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