Special Days & Weeks
2020-2021 SEPTEMBER 2020 JANUARY 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15-Oct 15) 1 ...... New Year’s Day Suicide Prevention Month 18 ...... Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 11 ...... Patriot Day 13-19 ...... National Arts in Education Week FEBRUARY 17-23 ...... Constitution Week National African American History Month 18-20 ...... Rosh Hashanah (begins sunset September 18) 1-5 ...... National School Counseling Week 22 ...... First Day of Autumn 14 ...... Valentine’s Day 27-28 ...... Yom Kippur (begins sunset September 27) 15 ...... Presidents’ Day 17 ...... Ash Wednesday OCTOBER 17 ...... Lent (ends April 3) ADHD, Dyslexia & Learning Disability Awareness Month 17 ...... National PTA Founders Day Czech, Italian & Polish Heritage Month National Bullying Prevention Month MARCH National Principals Month Irish American Heritage Month 2 ...... National Custodial Worker Day Music in Our Schools Month 2-9 ...... Sukkot (begins sunset October 2) Women’s History Month 4-10 ...... Fire Prevention Week Youth Art Month 9-10 ...... Shemini Atzeret (begins sunset October 9) 2 ...... NEA’s Read Across America 10-11 ...... Simchat Torah (begins sunset October 10) 2-6 ...... National Foreign Language Week 12 ...... Columbus Day 7-13 ...... National School Social Work Week 12-16 ...... National School Lunch Week 8-12 ...... National School Breakfast Week 16 ...... National Boss’s Day 14 ...... Daylight Saving Time 19-23 ...... National School Bus Safety Week 17 ...... St. Patrick’s Day 31 ...... Halloween 20 ...... First Day of Spring 27-28 ...... Passover, First Days (begins sunset March 27) NOVEMBER National Native American Heritage Month APRIL 1 ...... Standard Time School Library Month 3 ...... Election Day World Autism Month 9-13 ...... National School Psychology Week 2 ...... Good Friday 11 ...... Veterans Day 3-4 ...... Passover, Concluding Days (ends sunset Apr 4) 14 ...... Diwali 4 ...... Easter 16-20 ...... American Education Week 4-10 ...... National Library Week 26 ...... Thanksgiving Day 6 ...... National Library Workers Day 13 ...... First Day of Ramadan DECEMBER 18-24 ...... National Student Leadership Week 2 ...... National Special Education Day 19-23 ...... Public School Volunteer Week 7-11 ...... Inclusive Schools Week 21 ...... Administrative Professionals Day 10-18 ...... Hanukkah (begins sunset December 10) 22 ...... Earth Day 21 ...... First Day of Winter 30 ...... National Arbor Day 25 ...... Christmas 26-Jan 1 .. Kwanzaa
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Source: National School Public Relations Association Communications & Community Engagement December 2020
Special Days & Weeks
2020-2021 MAY Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month Mental Health Awareness Month National Physical Fitness & Sports Month 3-7 ...... Teacher Appreciation Week 4 ...... National Teacher Day 7 ...... School Lunch Hero Day 9 ...... Mother’s Day 12 ...... National School Nurse Day 13 ...... Eid-al-Fitr 15 ...... Armed Forces Day 16-18 ..... Shavuot (begins sunset May 16) 31 ...... Memorial Day
Source: National School Public Relations Association Communications & Community Engagement December 2020