Special Days & Weeks 2020-2021 SEPTEMBER 2020 JANUARY 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15-Oct 15) 1 ............... New Year’s Day Suicide Prevention Month 18 ............. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 11 ............ Patriot Day 13-19 ....... National Arts in Education Week FEBRUARY 17-23 ....... Constitution Week National African American History Month 18-20 ....... Rosh Hashanah (begins sunset September 18) 1-5 ............ National School Counseling Week 22 ............ First Day of Autumn 14 ............. Valentine’s Day 27-28 ....... Yom Kippur (begins sunset September 27) 15 ............. Presidents’ Day 17 ............. Ash Wednesday OCTOBER 17 ............. Lent (ends April 3) ADHD, Dyslexia & Learning Disability Awareness Month 17 ............. National PTA Founders Day Czech, Italian & Polish Heritage Month National Bullying Prevention Month MARCH National Principals Month Irish American Heritage Month 2 .............. National Custodial Worker Day Music in Our Schools Month 2-9 ........... Sukkot (begins sunset October 2) Women’s History Month 4-10 ......... Fire Prevention Week Youth Art Month 9-10 ......... Shemini Atzeret (begins sunset October 9) 2 ............... NEA’s Read Across America 10-11 ....... Simchat Torah (begins sunset October 10) 2-6 ............ National Foreign Language Week 12 ............ Columbus Day 7-13 .......... National School Social Work Week 12-16 ....... National School Lunch Week 8-12 .......... National School Breakfast Week 16 ............ National Boss’s Day 14 ............. Daylight Saving Time 19-23 ....... National School Bus Safety Week 17 ............. St. Patrick’s Day 31 ............ Halloween 20 ............. First Day of Spring 27-28 ........ Passover, First Days (begins sunset March 27) NOVEMBER National Native American Heritage Month APRIL 1 .............. Standard Time School Library Month 3 .............. Election Day World Autism Month 9-13 ......... National School Psychology Week 2 ............... Good Friday 11 ............ Veterans Day 3-4 ............ Passover, Concluding Days (ends sunset Apr 4) 14 ............ Diwali 4 ............... Easter 16-20 ....... American Education Week 4-10 .......... National Library Week 26 ............ Thanksgiving Day 6 ............... National Library Workers Day 13 ............. First Day of Ramadan DECEMBER 18-24 ........ National Student Leadership Week 2 .............. National Special Education Day 19-23 ........ Public School Volunteer Week 7-11 ......... Inclusive Schools Week 21 ............. Administrative Professionals Day 10-18 ....... Hanukkah (begins sunset December 10) 22 ............. Earth Day 21 ............ First Day of Winter 30 ............. National Arbor Day 25 ............ Christmas 26-Jan 1 .. Kwanzaa (continued on back) Source: National School Public Relations Association Communications & Community Engagement December 2020 Special Days & Weeks 2020-2021 MAY Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month Mental Health Awareness Month National Physical Fitness & Sports Month 3-7 ......... Teacher Appreciation Week 4 ............ National Teacher Day 7 ............ School Lunch Hero Day 9 ............ Mother’s Day 12 .......... National School Nurse Day 13 .......... Eid-al-Fitr 15 .......... Armed Forces Day 16-18 ..... Shavuot (begins sunset May 16) 31 .......... Memorial Day Source: National School Public Relations Association Communications & Community Engagement December 2020 .