2013-14 Parent Group Planning Calendar

August November Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Bullying Prevention Month Adoption Month Learn a Foreign Language Month Family Fun Month Cybersecurity Awareness Month Aviation History Month Safe Toys and Gifts Month Immunization Awareness Month Dental Hygiene Month Family Literacy Month Write to a Friend Month 1 NFL Super School Contest Down Syndrome Awareness Month Native American Heritage Month 1 World AIDS Day registration opens Dyslexia Awareness Month Picture Book Month 1-7 Handwashing Awareness Week Safety Month 3 Watermelon Day 1 All Saints’ Day 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Manners Month 4 Friendship Day 1 Family Literacy Day 10 Human Rights Day Positive Attitude Month 12 International Youth Day 1 Post teachers’ wish lists on Principals Month 15 Bill of Rights Day 13 Left-Handers’ Day TeacherLists.com Reading Group Month 17 Day 3 Daylight Saving Time Ends 15 Order School Family Night kits UNICEF Month 21 First Day of Winter for fall 5 Election Day 5 World Teachers Day 25 Day 19 Aviation Day 8 Parents as Teachers Day 6-12 Fire Prevention Week 26 First Day of 26 Women’s Equality Day 11 7 31 New Year’s Eve 13 World Kindness Day 9 International Walk to School Day 15 America Recycles day September 13-19 Food Bank Week 15 Happy Healthy School Kids signup opens January Childhood Obesity Awareness Month 13-19 Teen Read Week 15 I Love To Write Day 100th Day of School (varies by district) Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15) 14 16 International Games Day @ Figure Skating Month Library Card Sign-up Month 15 Global Handwashing Day your library Get Organized Month Whole Grains Month 16 World Food Day 17 Substitute Educators Day Mentoring Month 2 20-26 America’s Safe Schools Week 17-23 Hunger and Homelessness Poverty In America Awareness Month 5-6 21-25 School Bus Safety Week Awareness Week 1 New Year’s Day 8 Grandparents Day 23-31 Red Ribbon Week 23 Parent Involvement Day 6 Registration opens for 2014 Parent 8 International Literacy Day 26 Make a Difference Day 23 Family Volunteer Day Group Expos 11 31 Halloween 24-30 Family Week 11 Amelia Earhart Day 14 27 First Night of 15 Back2School 2014 signup opens 17 Constitution Day 28 Thanksgiving Day 17 Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday 18 School Backpack 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Awareness Day 20-24 No Name-Calling Week 21 International Day of Peace 21 Hugging Day 21-27 Keep Kids Creative Week 23 Handwriting Day 22 First Day of Autumn 26-2/1 Catholic Schools Week 22-28 Banned Books Week 26-2/1 Lutheran Schools Week 28 Good Neighbor Day 28 Christa McAuliffe Day 28 Family Health and Fitness Day 31

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February March April May 100th Day of School (varies by district) 100th Day of School (varies by district) Autism Awareness Month Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month African-American History Month American Red Cross Month Financial Literacy Month Family Wellness Month Great American Cleanup Garden Month Healthy Vision Month Children’s Dental Health Month Music in Our Schools Month Kite Month Inventors Month 1 Freedom Day Nutrition Month Month of the Military Child Mental Health Month 1 Refresh teachers’ wish lists on Women’s History Month Poetry Month Physical Fitness and Sports Month TeacherLists.com 2 Dr. Seuss’ Birthday School Library Month 1 2 3 Read Across America Day Youth Sports Safety Month 1 Mother Goose Day 2 9 Daylight Saving Time Begins 1 April Fool’s Day 1 School Principal’s Day 3-7 School Counseling Week 11 Johnny Appleseed Day 10 4 Horace Mann’s Birthday 4 14 Pi Day 12 Drop Everything and Read Day 5 5 Digital Learning Day 15 Ides of March 13-19 Library Week 5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week 12 Lincoln’s Birthday 17 St. Patrick’s Day 14 First Day of 6 Teacher Appreciation Day 10-16 Random Acts of Kindness Week 20 First Day of Spring 15 Post back-to-school supply lists 7 School Nurse Day on TeacherLists.com 14 Valentine’s Day 20 8-14 Food Allergy Awareness Week 20 Astronomy Day 15 Susan B. Anthony Day 10 Astronomy Day 20-26 Administrative Professionals 15 Order School Family Night kits 11 Mother’s Day Week for spring 12-18 Children’s Book Week 21-25 Public School Volunteer Week 20 Presidents’ Day 17 Armed Forces Day 22 20 Washington’s Birthday 26 23 Administrative Professionals Day 24 Pay It Forward Day 24 Take Our Daughters and Sons June to Work Day Dairy Month 25 Arbor Day Great Outdoors Month 28-5/4 Screen-Free Week Internet Safety Month 30 Children’s Day/Book Day (El día Rose Month de los niños/El día de los libros) Student Safety Month 5 World Environment Day 8 World Oceans Day 8 Preorder School Family Night kits for fall 8-14 Flag Week 14 15 Father’s Day 21 First Day of Summer 27 Helen Keller’s Birthday

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