2020-2021 Educational Celebration Dates

2020-2021 Educational Celebration Dates

OCTOBER 1-31 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 1-31 National Dropout Prevention Month 1-31 National Physical Therapy Month 1-31 National Principals Month 1-31 National Bullying Prevention Month 1-31 Crime Prevention Month 2 National Custodial Workers Recognition Day 4-10 Fire Prevention Week 6-12 National Educational Office Professionals Career Awareness Week 12 Columbus Day/Discoverers’ Day 12-16 National School Lunch Week 18-24 National Character Counts Week 19-23 National School Bus Safety Week 18-24 National Teen Driver Safety Week 23-31 Red Ribbon Week NOVEMBER 1 Standard Time 3 Election Day 11 Veterans Day (Armistice Day) 16-20 International Education Week 16-20 American Education Week 19 National Parental Involvement Day 22-28 National Week 26 Thanksgiving Day DECEMBER 7 Pearl Harbor Day 6-12 Winter Weather Awareness Week 15 Bill of Rights Day 21 First Day of Winter 25 Christmas JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day 18 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Observance 28 Christa McAuliffe Day FEBRUARY 1-28 National African American History Month 1-28 National Children’s Dental Health Month 2 Groundhog Day 1-5 National School Counseling Week 8-12 National Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Week 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday 14 Valentine’s Day 15 Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday 17 National PTA Founders Day 20-27 National Future Farmers of America Week 15 Presidents’ Day 22 George Washington’s Birthday MARCH 1-31 American Red Cross Month 1-31 National Middle Level Education Month 1-31 National Nutrition Month 1-31 Music in Our Schools Month 1-31 National Reading Awareness Month 1-31 Social Work Month 1-31 Women’s History Month 1-31 Youth Art Month 2 National Education Association’s Read Across America 1-6 National Foreign Language Week 8-12 National School Breakfast Week 14 Daylight Saving Time 17 St. Patrick’s Day 20 First Day of Spring APRIL 1-30 National Occupational Therapy Month 1-30 National Autism Awareness Month 1-30 National Poetry Month 1-30 School Library Month 2 International Children’s Book Day 5-9 National Library Week 6 National Library Workers Day 2 Good Friday 4 Easter 20-25 Public School Volunteer Week 18-24 Administrative Professionals Week 22 Earth Day 21 Administrative Professionals Day 22 Take Our and to Work Day 30 National Arbor Day MAY 1-31 Better Hearing and Speech Month 1-31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month 7 School Lunch Hero Day 3-7 National Teacher Appreciation Week and National Teacher Day, JCPS Employee Appreciation, School Nutrition Employee Week and Exceptional Children’s Week 3-8 Be Kind to Animals Week 3-9 National Children’s Book Week 4 National Teacher Day 5 National Bike to School Day 6 National School Nurse Day 9 ’s Day 15 Armed Forces Day 31 Memorial Day JUNE 14 Flag Day 20 ’s Day 20 First Day of Summer JULY 4 Independence Day Notes