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Academic Calendar.Docx ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD Academic Calendar JUNE 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Tue School Reopens after Summer Vacation All Departments 2 Wed 3 Thu World Bicycle day 4 Fri International Day of Innocent Children 5 Sat World Environment Day Dep. of Science 6 Sun Holiday 7 Mon World Food Safety Day 8 Tue World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat Second Saturday, World Day against Child All Labour 13 Sun Holiday 14 Mon World Blood Donor Day 15 Tue World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day 19 Sat 20 Sun Holiday. World Refugee Day, Father's Day 21 Mon Dep. of Malayalam 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat Forth Saturday. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 27 Sun Holiday 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD JULY 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Thu Doctor’s Day All 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun Holiday 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat Second Saturday 11 Sun Holiday, World Population Day Dep. of S S 12 Mon Malala Day Dep. of Malayalam 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat World Day for International Justice 18 Sun Holiday. Nelson Mandela Day Dep. of S S 19 Mon 20 Tue Bakrid 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat Forth Saturday 25 Sun Holiday 26 Mon Kargil Vijay Diwas, Periodic Test I. LKG to Class X All 27 Tue 28 Wed World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Dep. of Science Day 29 Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD AUGUST 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Sun Holiday, Friendship Day All 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri Hiroshima Day Dep. of S S 7 Sat 8 Sun Holiday 9 Mon Nagasaki day & Quit India Day Dep. of S S 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu International Youth Day All 13 Fri 14 Sat Second Saturday 15 Sun Independence Day All 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu Muharam, World Photography Day All 20 Fri Onam Holiday 21 Sat Onam Holiday 22 Sun Holiday. Loka Nattarivu Dhinam Dep. of Malayalam 23 Mon Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu Women’s Equality Day All 27 Fri 28 Sat Forth Saturday, Ayyan Kali Jayanthi 29 Sun Holiday, National Sports Day All 30 Mon 31 Tue ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD SEPTEMBER 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Wed 2 Thu World Coconut Day All 3 Fri 4 Sat 5 Sun Holiday, Teachers’ Day All 6 Mon 7 Tue Forgiveness Day 8 Wed International Literacy Day 9 Thu 10 Fri 11 Sat Second Saturday 12 Sun Holiday 13 Mon 14 Tue Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day Dep. of Hindi 15 Wed International Day of Democracy 16 Thu World Ozone Day Dep. of S S & Science 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun Holiday 20 Mon 21 Tue Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Dhinam, World Alzheimer’s Day 22 Wed Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients) All 23 Thu International Day of Sign Languages 24 Fri 25 Sat Forth Saturday 26 Sun Holiday. World Rivers Day All 27 Mon World Tourism Day All 28 Tue Arts Day All 29 Wed Arts Day All 30 Thu International Translation Day Dep. of English, Hindi & Malayalam ORPHANAGE ENGLSH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD OCTOBER 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Fri International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day All 2 Sat Gandhi Jayanthi 3 Sun Holiday, World Nature Day All 4 Mon Periodic Test II. L K G to X 5 Tue World Teachers day All 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri Indian Air Force Day 9 Sat Second Saturday, World Postal Day 10 Sun Holiday. World Mental Health Day Dep. of Hindi 11 Mon International Girl Child Day All 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu Maha Navami 15 Fri Vijaya Dasami 16 Sat World Food Day 17 Sun Holiday, International Poverty Eradication Day Dep. of S S 18 Mon 19 Tue Nabhi Dhinam 20 Wed National Solidarity Day 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat Forth Saturday 24 Sun Holiday 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri Sports Day All 30 Sat Sports Day All 31 Sun Holiday ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD NOVEMBER 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Mon Birthday of Kerala All 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu Deepavali 5 Fri World Tsunami Day 6 Sat 7 Sun Holiday, C V Raman’s Day Dep. of Science 8 Mon 9 Tue International Science day Dep. of Science 10 Wed Transport Day 11 Thu Cyber Day Dep. of English 12 Fri 13 Sat Second Saturday 14 Sun Holiday, Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day All 15 Mon Term Examination L K G to X 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri International Men’s Day, World Toilet Day All 20 Sat 21 Sun Holiday, World Television Day 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat Forth Saturday 28 Sun Holiday 29 Mon 30 Tue ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD DECEMBER 2021 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Wed World AIDS Day All 2 Thu National Pollution Control 3 Fri World Day of the Handicapped 4 Sat Indian Navy Day 5 Sun Holiday, World Soil Day Dep. of Science 6 Mon 7 Tue International Civil Aviation Day 8 Wed 9 Thu International Anti-Corruption Day All 10 Fri Human Rights Day Dep. of S S 11 Sat Second Saturday, UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day 12 Sun Holiday 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed International Tea Day 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat Minorities Rights Day All 19 Sun Holiday 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed National Mathematics Day Dep. of Maths 23 Thu Christmas Holiday Begins, Farmer’s Day in India 24 Fri National Consumer Rights Day 25 Sat Forth Saturday, Christmas 26 Sun Holiday 27 Mon 28 Tue School Reopens after holidays 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 Fri New Year’s Eve ORPHANAGE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL- PALAD JANUARY 2022 Date Day Activity Organised by 1 Sat 2 Sun Holiday 3 Mon 4 Tue World Braille Day 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat Second Saturday 9 Sun Holiday 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun Holiday, World Religion Day All 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat Forth Saturday 23 Sun Holiday 24 Mon Periodic Test III. 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