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ENGLISH BOSTON To Families and Students: This publication contains Public Schools important information. Please read it. Arlington Medford Then, remove and sign the Parent and Focus on Children Revere Everett Student Agreement in the center of the Chelsea ! Belmont Bradley book and return the agreement to your Somerville ! Guild school. BOSTON Cambridge Charlestown Thank you. Umana !East Boston HS Edwards ! Academy MS ! Charlestown HS ! Public Schools ! !! PJ Kennedy Warren/ ! O'Donnell Prescott K-8 Harvard/ ! Kent Otis Focus on Children Alighieri ! Montessori ! East Boston EEC Eliot K-8 ! ! McKay K-8 Watertown (5-8) ! Adams! Eliot K-8 E. Boston Gardner K-8 (K1-4) ! Allston-Brighton Lyon Another 2015–2016 (9-12) Course to Jackson/Mann K-8 Quincy ! College ! Snowden Lyon (K-8)! Boston Green!! Horace Mann K-12 ! Upper Academy ! McKinley MS Boston Arts HS (6-12) !BATA ! Academy ! !Quincy Lower (K-5) ! Brighton HS ! Guide to the Edison Winship ! McKinley S. End K-8 McKinley Kennedy !! ! Acad & K-5 Prep HS HCA (11-12) Carter S. Boston Baldwin ELPA ! ! ! Center ! Blackstone Condon K-8 Fenway-Kenmore Hurley! Boston Latin ! ! Boston Public Schools School 7-12 K-8 S. End Tobin !Tynan Perry ! UP Academy Boston ! ! K-8 Madison Park HS ! K-8 Kennedy ! ! ! ! Excel HS HCA (9-10) ! Newton ! O'Bryant ! Orchard Gardens K-8 Perkins Fenway Timilty 7-12 HS MS ! West Zone ELC ! ! BDEA ! Mason for Families and Students Henningan K-8 Hale Higginson/ Dudley St ! Clap JF Kennedy ! ! !Lewis K-8 NCS ! Higginson Boston Latin Russell McCormack MS Brookline Curley K-8!! Mendell (K-2)! Academy ! Winthrop !! ! ! ! N. Dorchester Dever ! 7-12! Ellis Trotter Haynes EEC Greater!! !Everett Egleston HS K-8 Hernández ! King K-8 Jamaica Plain K-8 ! Frederick MS! Muñiz Academy Dearborn MS ! Mather !! Community !! ! Mission Hill K-8 ! Academy Burke HS ! UP Holland Manning English HS UP Academy Roxbury of Dorchester ! CASH ! Dorchester Academy S. Greenwood ! !Holmes Henderson ! BTU Pilot K-8 School K-8 ! Lower ! ! ! Lee School (K0-3) Murphy Kilmer K-8 Roslindale K-8 K-8 (Upper) Haley K-8 TechBoston ! Lee Acad. Sumner! ! Young ! ! Kenny W. Roxbury Academy ! Achievers P.A. (K0 -1) Lyndon K-8 Newcomers Urban Science Academy ! Philbrick K-8 Shaw ! Mozart ! ! Acad. / BIHS S. Dorchester ! ! Irving MS !! ! Mattapan Henderson ! ! Upper (4-12) W. Roxbury !Mildred Bates Conley ! Taylor Ave K-8 ! Mattahunt Kilmer K-8 ! (Lower) ! Ellison/Parks ELC Chittick ! Legend Beethoven (K1-2) ! ! ! BCLA ELC/EEC What’s Inside New Mission HS ! ● School/Family Partnership Ohrenberger (3-8) ! K-5 ● ● ! Promotion Attendance Grew ! K-8 ● ● Channing ! Hyde Park Quincy Testing Transportation ! Milton K-12 ● Roosevelt School Programs & Services K-8 (Upper) ! ! Middle School ● Dedham Code of Conduct ! 6/7-12 ● Roosevelt Report Cards K-8 (Lower) ! ! ● High School Residency Policy ! ● ! SpecialBraintree “No Child Left Behind” ● And much more! 00.25 0.5 1 Boston Public Schools Miles BPS Strategic Planning SY 2015 - 2016 Updated April 22, 2015 µ June 22 is the 180th school day, if no days are lost due to cancellations. DISTRICT CALENDAR June 29 is the 185th day required for calendar 2015–2016 purposes. No graduation program should be scheduled before June 7, 2016. August 19-20 ......................... New Teacher Institute: January 5 .......................Students return from recess First-year teachers report January 18 ................. M. L. King Jr. Day: No school w All BPS offices and Welcome Centers closed. September 3 ...............All teachers and paras report February 15 ....................Presidents’ Day: No school Report Card Schedule September 7 .......................... Labor Day: No school February 16–19 ............ February Recess: No school Major Religious & Cultural Holidays September 8 ...........Students in grades 1-12 report, February 22 ...................Students return from recess Sept. 14-15 ......Rosh Hashanah March 25 ............Good Friday including grade 1 in ELCs and EECs: March 17 ........................Evacuation Day: No school Sept. 23 ...............Yom Kippur March 27 ...................... Easter Full day of school March 25 .............................Good Friday: No school Sept. 24* ..............Eid al-Adha Apr. 23 ..........Passover begins 2015-2016 September 10 ........All kindergarten students report April 18 ............................... Patriots’ Day: No school Nov. 11 .............Diwali begins Apr. 29 .....................Orthodox (including EECs, ELCs, and special ed.) April 19-22........................ Spring Recess: No school Nov. 26 ............. Thanksgiving Holy Friday s October 12 ......................Columbus Day: No school April 25 ..........................Students return from recess Dec. 7-14 .................Hanukkah May 1 .......... Orthodox Easter Kindergarten–Grade 5 Dec. 25 ......................Christmas May 8 ................Mother’s Day November 11 ....................Veterans’ Day: No school May 30.............................. Memorial Day: No school Dec. 26–Jan. 1 ............Kwanzaa June 6* .................... Ramadan Three Marking Terms November 25 .....Early release for students and staff June 7 ......................................... Last day for seniors Jan. 1 ................New Year’s Day begins November 26–27 .. Thanksgiving Recess: No school June 17 ...........................Bunker Hill Day: No school Jan. 6 ..............Three Kings Day June 19 ...............Father’s Day December 24–31 .............Winter Recess: No school June 21 (or day 179) .........Early release for students Feb. 8 .............. Lunar New Year July 5* .....................Eid al-Fitr Fall Winter Spring January 1 ........................ New Year’s Day: No school June 22 (or day 180) ................... Last day of school: January 4 .....................All teachers and paras report Early release for students Observance of Jewish and Islamic holidays begins at sundown Marks Close December 4 March 18 June 22 of the preceding day. * Estimated Distribute Report Cards Week of December 14 Week of March 28 Week of June 20 AUGUST 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 OCTOBER 2015 s Includes kindergarten–grade 5 in K–8 schools. S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S EXCEPTIONS: Boston Teachers Union, King and Young Achievers Math & Science schools grade on 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 three marking terms for all grades, K-8. The Mason and Mission Hill K-8 do not use the BPS grading w 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 system to record term grades. The Lyndon does not use the BPS grading system to record term w grades for grade 5. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 w NOVEMBER 2015 DECEMBER 2015 JANUARY 2016 Grades 6–12 S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S Four Marking Terms w 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 w Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grades 6–11 Grade 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 w w w w 22 23 2425 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Progress Reports October 7 December 14 March 10 May 24 24 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Marks Close November 6 January 29 April 15 June 22 June 7 FEBRUARY 2016 MARCH 2016 APRIL 2016 Distribute Report November 16 February 8 May 2 Last day of Last day of S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S Cards school school 1 2 3 4 5 w 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Includes grades 6-8 in K-8 schools except BTU, King and Young Achievers. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 w EXCEPTIONS: Greater Egleston High School grades on three marking terms. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Boston Arts Academy, Boston Latin School and New Mission High School term start and end dates differ w w 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 slightly from the district schedule. 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Boston Day & Evening Academy, Margarita Muñiz High School and UP Academy do not use the BPS grading system to record term grades. MAY 2016 JUNE 2016 JULY 2016 S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 2 The last marking period will be adjusted in Spring 2016 after the last day of school w is established. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 w 24 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Extenuating circumstances and/or inclement weather may necessitate changes to the calendar during the year.