2018-2019 Advocacy Activities Calendar

2018

JUNE: 1 Hurricane Season Begins 6 Anniversary of D-Day (1944) 13-15 FSBA: Summer Conference & Board of Directors' Meeting 14 17 Father's Day 18-22 Qualifying Period for State and Local Elected Officials 21 Daylight Appreciation Day 21 Summer Begins (Summer Solstice) 30 Meteor Watch Day

JULY: 4 Independence Day 8 Math 2.0 Day 20 Anniversary of Moon Landing (1969) 30 Elections: Deadline to Register to Vote in the August Primary Election

AUGUST: TBD Begin 2018-2019 School Year (Varies by District) 9 Book Lovers Day 28 Elections: Primary Election

SEPTEMBER: 3 6 National Read a Book Day 9 Grandparents Day 9 Rash Hashanah Begins 10 Swap Ideas Day 11 (Remembrance of September 11, 2001) 13 Positive Thinking Day 13 Roald Dahl Day 17 Constitution Day (Signing of U.S. Constitution 1787) 18 Begins 20 Adoption of the FSBA 2019 Legislative and Federal Platforms 21 International Peace Day 22 Fall Begins (Autumnal Equinox) 24 Punctuation Day

OCTOBER: 7-13 Fire Prevention Week 8 9 Elections: Deadline to Register to Vote in the November General Elections 13 Astronomy Day 15-19 National School Lunch Week 16 Dictionary Day 16 National Bosses Day 23 Mole Day (chemistry) 24 United Nations Day 28 International Animation Day 31

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NOVEMBER: 1 Author’s Day 4 Daylight Savings Time Ends6 Elections: General Election 8 Tongue Twister Day 11 11-17 National Geography Awareness Week 12-16 National Education Week 20 School Board Organization Meeting 22 Thanksgiving 23 Fibonacci Day 24 Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day 27-30 FSBA Winter Conference, Tampa 28 Red Planet Day 30 Hurricane Season Ends TBD Legislature: Interim Committee Meetings

DECEMBER: TBD Legislature: Interim Committee Meetings 1 Eat a Red Apple Day 2 Begins 7 Letter Writing Day 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 8 Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day 10 Dewey Decimal System Day 17 Day 21 Winter Begins (Winter Solstice) TBD Congress: 115th Congress, 2nd Session Concludes 25 26 Begins 31 New Year's Eve

2019

JANUARY: 1 New Year's Day 3 Congress: 116th Congress, 1st Session Convenes (tentative) 20-26 National School Choice Week 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21-25 Literacy Week (tentative) 27-29 NSBA Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C. TBD 100th Day of School (varies by district) TBD Legislature: Interim Committee Meetings

FEBRUARY: 1-28 2 4-8 National School Counseling Week 14 Valentine's Day 18 Presidents Day 20 Begins TBD Legislature: Interim Committee Meetings

MARCH: 1 Read Across America Day 1-31 Women's History Month 1-31 Music in Our Schools Month 3 Florida Granted Statehood (1845) 4-8 National School Breakfast Week 5 Legislature: 2019 Legislative Session Convenes

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MARCH: 10 Daylight Savings Time Begins (continued) 14 Pi Day 17 St. Patrick's Day 20 Spring Begins (Vernal Equinox) 24-29 Children's Week 30 NSBA Annual Conference, Philadelphia (through April 1)

APRIL: 1 April Fool's Day 1-30 Florida School Volunteer Appreciation Month 1-30 Math Awareness Month 1-30 Poetry Month 3-5 FSBA: Day in the Legislature & Board of Directors' Meeting 12 Autism Awareness Day 19 Begins 21 22 23 William Shakespeare's Birthday (1564) 24 Administrative Professionals Day 25 Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day 26 Arbor Day 29 Children's Book Week (through May 5)

MAY: 1 1-5 Children's Book Week (continued from April) 1-28 Statewide Assessments (Various grades and subjects) 2 Holocaust Remembrance Day 3 Legislature: 2019 Legislative Session Concludes 5 Anniversary of First American Launched into Space (1961) 5 Begins 5-11 Teacher Appreciation Week 6-10 National Charter School Week (tentative) 8 School Nurse Day 10 Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 12 Mother's Day 12-17 International Science & Engineering Fair 17 Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) 18 Armed Forces Day 27 30 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals (tentative) TBD School End-of-Year Events (graduation ceremonies, award ceremonies, etc.)

(Source for “fun” holidays in 2018: https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/) 3