JERUSALEM AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2019-2020 nuS noS suuT duW suuT iTF naS Date Event Instruct. Days 1 2 3 Total A 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12-20 Orientation/All Faculty Meetings U 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12-13 Eid al-Adha (Muslim Holiday) G 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 New family orientation, 10am 15 teacher days 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 21 First Day of School 8 8 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur irF Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Muharram (Muslim Holiday) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 US Labor Day n 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 E 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30-1 Oct. Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year, no school) 20 teacher days P 29 30 20 28 nuS noS suuT duW suur irF naS 8/9 Eve of Yom Kippur Yom Kippur (no school) 1 2 3 4 5 14 Columbus Day (US Holiday) O 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 Sukkot (Jewish Holiday, no school) C 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 Faculty In-service Day ( no school) s 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 Simchat Torah (Jewish Holiday, no school) 18 teacher days 27 28 29 30 31 31 Halloween/ End of 1st Quarter 17 45 nun noS suuT duW suur irF naS 1 2 N 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 Student-led Conferences/Early Release 12:00 O 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 Student-led Conference Day (scheduled times only) V 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28-29 Thanksgiving (US Holiday, no school) 19 teacher days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 Faculty In-service Day, Early Release 12:00 19 64 nun Mon Tues duW suur irF Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 D 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 20-31 Winter Break (no school) E 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23-30 Hanukkah (Jewish Festival) 14 teacher days C 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 Christmas (Christian Holiday) 14 78 29 30 31 nun noS Tues duW suur irF Sat 1 New Year’s Day 1 2 3 4 1-3 Winter Break (no school) J 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 School Resumes after Winter Break A 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Martin Luther King Day (US Holiday) N 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 End of 2nd Quarter 20 teacher days 26 27 28 29 30 31 20 98 nun Mon suuT duW suur Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 President’s Day (US Holiday, no school) E 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 teacher days B 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 18 116 nun Mon Tues Wed suur irF naS 11 Shushan Purim (No school, Jewish Festival) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 Faculty In-service Day ( no school) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 Jerusalem Marathon (Roads closed - no school) n 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19 Early Release, 12:00 for Student-led Conferences 20 teacher days A 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 Student-led Conf. Day (scheduled times only) 19 135 rd R 29 30 31 31 End of 3 Quarter nun Mon Tues Wed suur irF naS 6-17 Spring Break (no school) 1 2 3 4 9-15 Passover (Jewish Holiday, no school) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/13 Easter Sunday (Christian Hol.)/Easter Monday A 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) P 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) 11 teacher days R 26 27 28 29 30 29 Israeli Independence Day (Israeli Hol.,no school) 11 146 nun Mon suuT duW suur irF naS 1 2 n 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 21 Jerusalem Day (no school) A 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 23-24 Eid al-Fitr (Muslim Holiday), Ramadan ends Y 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 US Memorial Day (US Holiday) 19 teacher days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 Shavuot (Jewish Holiday, no school) 19 165 nun noS uTsu duW suur irF naS 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 Last Day of School early release,12:00 J 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 End of 4th Quarter U 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 Faculty Workday (no school for students) N 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 teacher days E 28 29 30 15 180 180 student days 190 teacher days Boldface & Blue Shading = Holiday, no school, Pink Shading = Early Release Days/Faculty In-Service/SLCs 12:00 – Maroon – Faculty Workdays, no school for students .