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Key Dates for 2019-20 School Calendars Provided below are special days to note on your school calendar or take into consideration as you plan programs and events for the upcoming school year.

September 2019

Sept. 1-30 Library Card Sign-Up Month Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Richard Wright’s Birthday Sept. 5 First Continental Congress Assembly Sept. 6 Marie Zakrzewska’s Birthday Sept. 8 International Literacy Day Sept. 8 Day Sept. 8-14 National Arts in Education Week Sept. 10 World Suicide Prevention Day Sept. 11 Sept. 11 First Responders Day Sept. 15 Texian Navy Day Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 16 Mayflower Day Sept. 16 Mexican Independence Day Sept. 17 Citizenship Day Sept. 17 Constitution Day Sept. 17-23 Sept. 18 Dr. Hector P. Garcia Day Sept. 21 International Day of Peace Sept. 23 First Day of Autumn Sept. 23 School Desegregation Order Enforced Sept. 28 American Indian Heritage Day Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Rosh Hashana (Begins evening of the 29th) Sept. 30 Racial Integration of American Universities Enforced

October 2019

Oct. 1-31 Bully Prevention Month Oct. 1-31 Computer Learning Month Oct. 1-31 Crime Prevention Month Oct. 1-31 Czech Heritage Month Oct. 1-31 Italian American Heritage and Culture Month Oct. 1-31 Persons with Disabilities History & Awareness Month Oct. 1-31 Polish American Heritage Month Oct. 1-31 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Month Oct. 1-6 Monarch Butterfly Week Oct. 2 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday/International Day of Nonviolence Oct. 2 National Custodial Workers Day Oct. 2 International Walk to School Day Oct. 6 German American Heritage Day Oct. 6-12 Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-12 National Metric Week Oct. 7 Health Day Oct. 9 Anniversary of Benjamin Banneker’s Death Oct. 9 (Day of Atonement) (Begins evening of the 8th) Oct. 11 General Casimir Pulaski Oct. 14-20 (Feast of Tabernacles) (Begins evening of the 13th) Oct. 14 /Discoverers’ Day Oct. 14-18 National School Lunch Week Oct. 16 National Boss' Day Oct. 16 World Food Day Oct. 20 John Dewey’s Birthday Oct. 20 Birth of the Báb Oct. 20-26 National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 21-25 National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23-31 Red Ribbon Week Oct. 24 United Nations Day Oct. 26 Make a Difference Day Oct. 31 Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Dia de los Muertos

November 2019

Nov. 1-30 National Native American Heritage Month Nov. 1-30 Military Month Nov. 1 All Saints Day Nov. 1 Texas Arbor Day Nov. 2 All Souls' Day Nov. 3 of Texas Day Nov. 3 Daylight Savings Time Ends Nov. 5 Election Day Nov. 7 Marie Curie’s Birthday Nov. 11 (Armistice Day) Nov. 11-15 American Education Week Nov. 12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Birthday Nov. 15 Substitute Educators Day Nov. 19 Gettysburg Address Anniversary Nov. 20 Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution Nov. 20 Education Support Professionals Day Nov. 21 National Involvement Day Nov. 25-Dec. 1 National Family Week Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day Nov. 30 Mark Twain’s Birthday

December 2019

Dec. 1 World AIDS Day Dec. 5 Beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 8 Feast of the Dec. 10 Human Rights Day Dec. 16 Boston Tea Party Anniversary Dec. 17 Anniversary of the Wright ’ Flight Dec. 22 First Day of Winter Dec. 23-30 (Festival of Lights) (Begins evening of the 22nd) Dec. 25 Dec. 25 Clara Barton’s Birthday Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Dec. 29 Wounded Knee Massacre Anniversary Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve

January 2020

Jan. 1-31 Prevention Month Jan. 1-31 Texas School Board Recognition Month Jan. 1 Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Jan. 1 New Year’s Day Jan. 1 Solemnity of Mary, of God Jan. 6 Jan. 6 Sam Rayburn Day Jan. 7 Christmas Day (Orthodox) Jan. 19 Confederate Heroes Day Jan. 20 World Religion Day Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Observance Jan. 23 First Native American U.S. Senator Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Christa McAuliffe Day

February 2020

Feb. 1-28 Career & Technology Education Month Feb. 1-28 National African American History Month Feb. 1-28 National Children’s Dental Health Month Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 4-8 National School Counseling Week Feb. 5 Anniversary of Mexican Constitution Feb. 5 Chinese New Year Feb. 11 Thomas Edison’s Birthday Feb. 12 ’s Birthday Feb. 14 Day Feb. 14 St. Valentine’s Day Feb. 15 Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday Feb. 16-23 National Future Farmers of America Week Feb. 17 National PTA Founders Day Feb. 17 Presidents’ Day Feb. 19 Iwo Jima Day Feb. 19 State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance (STAR) Day Feb. 22 George Washington’s Birthday Feb. 23 W.E.B. DuBois’s Birthday Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 26- 11 Lent

March 2020

March 1-31 American Red Cross Month March 1-31 Irish American Heritage Month March 1-31 Music in Our Schools Month March 1-31 National Middle Level Education Month March 1-31 National Nutrition Month March 1-31 Social Work Month March 1-31 Texas History Month March 1-31 Women’s History Month March 1-31 Youth Art Month March 1-7 National Foreign Language Week March 1 Korean Independence Movement Day March 1 Peace Corps Anniversary March 2 NEA’s Read Across America/Dr. Seuss' Birthday March 2 March 2-6 National School Breakfast Week March 4 First Woman to Serve in Congress March 8 International Women’s Day March 8 Daylight Saving Time Begins March 10-16 Scout Week March 10 Anniversary of ’s Death March 10 (Begins evening of the 9th) March 14 Albert Einstein’s Birthday March 15-21 National Agriculture Week March 15-21 National Poison Prevention Week March 16 First Black Newspaper in U.S. Published March 17 Camp Fire USA Birthday March 17 St. Patrick’s Day March 19 National Agriculture Day March 19 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® March 20 First Day of Spring March 21 Bahá’í New Year’s Day (Naw-Rúz) March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Water Day March 23 Anniversary of Patrick Henry’s Speech March 29 Vietnam Veterans Day March 31

April 2020

April 1-30 Child Safety Month April 1-30 National Autism Awareness Month April 1-30 National Poetry Month April 1 April Fools’ Day April 6 International Children’s Book Day April 6 Founding of the Mormon Church April 7 World Health Day April 9–16 (Pesach) (Begins evening of the 8th) April 12 Anniversary of the First Man in Space April 12 April 15 National Library Workers Day April 19 April 19-25 National Library Week April 20-24 Public School Volunteer Week April 21 April 22 April 22 Administrative Professionals' Day April 24 Arbor Day April 24 First Day of April 27- 3 National Children’s Book Week

May 2020

May 1-31 Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month -31 Better Hearing and Speech Month May 1-31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month May 1-31 National Sight-Saving Month May 1-31 Preservation Month May 1 May 1 May 1 School Lunch Hero Day May 1-7 National Physical Education and Sports Week May 1 School Lunch Hero Day May 3 World Press Freedom Day May 3-9 Be Kind to Animals Week May 3-9 National Music Week May 3-9 Teacher Appreciation Week May 4 Horace Mann’s Birthday May 5 Anniversary of the First American Man in Space May 5 May 5 National Teacher Appreciation Day May 7 National School Nurse Day May 8 VE Day May 8 World Red Cross Day May 9 Willie Velasquez Day May 10 Anniversary of the Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad May 10 Mother’s Day May 10-16 Food Allergy Awareness Week May 13 Public School Paraprofessional Day May 16 Armed Forces Day May 17 Anniversary of School Desegregation Ruling May 18 Victoria Day May 18-22 National Educational Bosses’ Week May 20-21 Lindbergh Flight Anniversary May 21 Ascension May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity May 24 Eid al-Fitr (Begins evening of the 23rd) May 25 Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Birthday May 25 Memorial Day May 29-30 (Festival of Weeks) (Begins evening of the 28th) May 31 World No Tobacco Day May 31

June 2020

June 1-30 American Heritage Month June 1-30 Fireworks Safety Month June 1-30 Great Outdoors Month June 1-30 Internet Safety Month June 5 World Environment Day June 6 Anniversary of first Little League baseball game ever played June 12 Anne Frank’s Birthday June 14 Race Unity Day June 14 June 15 Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s Kite Experiment June 15 Magna Carta Day June 16 Anniversary of the First Woman in Space June 16 International Day of the African Child June 18 Anniversary of the First American Woman in Space June 19 – June 20 First Day of Summer June 21 Father’s Day June 27 Helen Keller’s Birthday

July 2020

July 1-31 Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Month Canada Day July 2 Disappearance of Amelia Earhart July 4 Independence Day July 11 E.B. White’s Birthday July 14 Bastille Day July 15 Apollo-Soyuz Joint Space Project Anniversary July 18 Nelson Mandela Day July 19 Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention July 20 First Humans on the Moon July 25 of the Cowboy July 27 José Celso Barbosa’s Birthday July 30 International Day of Friendship July 31 Eid al-Adha (Begins evening of the 30th)

August 2020

Aug. 1-31 Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Aug. 6 Bombing of Hiroshima Anniversary Aug. 9 Texas Day Aug. 14 VJ Day Aug. 15 Assumption Aug. 26 Women's Equality Day Aug. 27 Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday