HOLIDAYS/COMMEMORATIONS

SEPTEMBER 2013 DECEMBER 2013 2 1 World AIDS Awareness Day 5-6 7 Pearl Harbor Day 8 Grandparents’ Day 10 Human Rights Day 8 International Literacy Day 15 Bill of Rights Day 11 21 First Day of Winter 14 25 15-16 Mexican Independence Days Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 – 17 Citizenship Day 17-23 Constitution Week 21 International Day of Peace JANUARY 2014 22 First Day of Autumn 1 New Year’s Day Library Card Sign-Up Month 1 Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Sept. 15-Oct 15 – Hispanic Heritage Month 1-3 Japanese New Years Festivities 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day OCTOBER 2013 28 Christa McAuliffe Day 6 German American Day 6-12 Fire Prevention Week 14 FEBRUARY 2014 14-18 National School Lunch Week 1 16 World Food Day 3-7 National School Counseling Week 21-25 National School Bus Safety Week 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday 23-31 Red Ribbon Week 14 Valentines Day 24 United Nations Day 17 National PTA Founders Day 26 Make a Difference Day 17 Presidents’ Day 31 22 George Washington’s Birthday Czech, Italian & Polish American Culture Month National African American History Month UNICEF Month National Children’s Dental Health Month Crime Prevention Month

NOVEMBER 2013 3 Standard Time 5 Election Day 11 17-23 American Education Week 20 Education Support Professionals Day 21 National Parental Involvement Day 24-30 National Family Week 28 Thanksgiving Day Nov. 28 - Dec. 5 – OVER National Native American Heritage Month HOLIDAYS/COMMEMORATIONS, continued

MARCH 2014 MAY 2014 1 Peace Corps Anniversary 4-10 Be Kind to Animals Week 3-7 National School Breakfast Week 4-10 Teacher Appreciation Week 3-9 National Foreign Language Week 4-11 National Music Week 5 5 8 International Women’s Day 6 National Teacher Day 9 Daylight Savings Time 7 National School Nurse Day 9-15 Girl Scout Week 8 World Red Cross Day 16-22 National Poison Prevention Week 8 VE Day 17 Camp Fire USA Birthday 11 Mother’s Day 17 St. Patrick’s Day 14 California Day of the Teacher 20 First Day of Spring 17 Armed Forces Day 20 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day 18-24 National Education Bosses’ Week 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial 19-24 Classified School Employee Week Discrimination 26 Mar. 5 - April 19 – Lent 31 World No-Tobacco Day American Red Cross Month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Great American Clean Up Better Hearing & Speech Month Irish American Heritage Month National Physical Fitness & Sports Month Music in Our Schools Month National Middle Level Education Month JJUNE 2014 National Nutrition Month 5 World Environment Day Social Work Month 8 Race Unity Day Women’s History Month 9-15 National Little League Baseball Week Youth Art Month 14 15 Fathers Day APRIL 2014 15-19 National History Day Contest 2 International Children’s Book Day 18 First American Woman in Space Anniversary 7 World Health Day (Sally Ride) 13-19 National Library Week 21 First Day of Summer 15-16 , First Days Fireworks Safety Month 18 20 JULY 2014 20 Orthodox Easter 4 Independence Day 20-26 Administrative Professionals’ Week 21 Patriots’ Day 21-22 Passover, Concluding Days AUGUST 2014 21-25 Public School Volunteer Week 6 Bombing of Hiroshima 22 14 VJ Day 23 Administrative Professionals’ Day 24 Commemoration of Armenian Genocide 25 National Arbor Day 28 Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day