2021-22 School Year Calendar Dates
August 17 – 18 Jump Start for new kindergarten students Read more about Jump Start
September 1 First day of school for 1st – 12th grade students
September 1 – 3 Family Connections Before starting school, each new kindergartner’s family is offered the chance to meet with their student’s teacher. Read more about Family Connections
September 6 Labor Day (no school)
September 9 First day of school for kindergarten, all preschool students Read more about this change.
October 8 State In-service Day (no school)
November 11 Veterans Day (no school)
November 22 – 24 Elementary conference days (no school for elementary and K-8 students; varies by school)
November 25 – 26 Thanksgiving break (no school) Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day
December 17 1-hour early dismissal (winter break)
December 20, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Winter break (no school)
January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)
January 27 Day Between Semesters (no school)
February 21 – 25 Mid-winter break including Presidents Day (no school)
April 11 – 15 Spring break (no school)
May 30 Memorial Day (no school)
June 17, 2022 Last day of school (1-hour early dismissal)
2021-22 Calendar Dates for Annual Recognitions and Observances
September
- Sept. 6 Rosh Hoshanah
- Sept. 15 Yom Kippur
- Sept. 15–Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month
- Sept. 6 Labor Day
October
- Disability History Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- Principal Appreciation Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Oct. 2 National Custodial Worker’s Day
- Oct. 11 Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- Oct. 21 The Great Washington Shake Out
- Oct. 23-24 Annual WA PTA Legislative Assembly
November
- Native American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
- Nov. 2 Election Day
- Nov. 4 Diwali
- Nov. 7 Daylight Savings Time Ends
- Nov. 11 (observed) Veterans Day
- Nov. 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Nov. 25 Thanksgiving
- Nov. 29-Dec. 6 Hannukah
December
- Dec. 3 International Peoples with Disabilities Day
- Dec. 10 Human Rights Day
- Dec. 25 Christmas
- Dec. 26 Kwanzaa
January
- School Board Recognition Month
- Jan. 1 New Year’s Day
- Jan. 17 (observed) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February
- Black History Month
- Feb. 1 Lunar New Year
- Feb. 21 Presidents Day
March
- Women’s History Month
- National Music in our Schools Month
- March 8 International Women’s Day
- March 13 Daylight Savings Time Begins
- March 18 Holi
April
- Arab American Heritage Month
- School Library Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- April 2-May 2 Ramadan
- April 15 Good Friday
- April 17 Easter Sunday
- April 22 Earth Day
May
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- National Bike Month
- May 2-3 Eid al-Fitr
- May 2-6 Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 8 Mother’s Day
- May 30 Memorial Day
June
- LGBTQ Pride Month
- June 19 Juneteenth
- June 19 Father’s Day
July
- July 4 Independence Day
PTA Membership Meeting Dates:
Oct. 20, 2021
Dec. 2, 2021
- Now through end of September: School Supply Drive
- Sept 19 – 6:30pm Grades K-2 Curriculum Night – Meet Jay Bitseff PTA President
- Sept 27 – Global Passport Testing Grades 1-5
- Oct 3 – 6:30pm PTA Meeting
- Oct 10 – 6:30pm Math Night
- Oct 11 – State In-Service Day – No School for students
- Oct 18 – Global Passport Testing
- Oct. 25 – Global Ambassador Day
- Oct 25 – Monster Mash
- November – DIRECT GIVE CAMPAIGN
- Nov. 7 Family Charter Night
- Nov 14 – 6:00pm Unity Night
- Nov 15 – Global Passport Testing
- Nov 26-27 – Parent Teacher Conferences
- Nov 28-29 – Thanksgiving Break – No School
Fall Weeding Events with the Dandelion Initiative
(all 9:00 am – 11:00 am):
- Sunday, September 15
- Saturday, September 21
- Sunday, September 29
- Saturday, October 5
- Saturday, October 12
