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CALENDAR OF EVENTS for DUMBARTON MIDDLE
SCHOOL
2008-09
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August September
October November December
January February March
April May June
AUGUST
18 Teachers return
20 County wide Professional Development Day
22 Grade 6 Orientation: 10:00 am—Noon
Newsletter articles due
25 First day of school
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SEPTEMBER
1 Labor Day: school closed
2 Beginning of Ramadan
3 Back to School Night: 7:00—9:30 PM
8 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
12 Newsletter articles due
15 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
17 Volunteer Orientation: 7:00 PM
22 SIT Meeting: 3:15 PM
29 Countywide Professional Development Day; core teachers at training
30 Rosh Hashanah – Schools closed
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OCTOBER
1 Lifetouch Picture Day
Interims Due
6 Interims distributed
7 Parent conference registration: 7:30—8:30 AM walk-in; 9:00
AM—4:00 PM call-in
Parent Conference Night: 6:30—8:30 PM
9 Yom Kippur – Schools Closed
13 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
16 Newsletter articles due
17 MSTA Convention; school closed for students
20 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
27 SIT Meeting: 3:15 PM
31 First Quarter Ends
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NOVEMBER
3 Assessment Day; school closed for students
4 National Election Day – Schools Closed
5 Make-up Picture Day
10 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
17-21 American Education Week
17 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
Report cards distributed
18 Grade 6 Visitation Day
19 Grade 7 Visitation Day
20 Grade 8 Visitation Day
F.E.A. Induction 3:30 – 4:30 PM
21 Newsletter articles due
24 S.I.T. Meeting
27-28 Thanksgiving Vacation; school closed
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DECEMBER
2-6 Book Fair
8 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
9 Rodgers Forge Grade 5 Orientation
10 Stoneleigh Grade 5 Orientation
Interims Due
11 Hampton, Riderwood, Cromwell Valley, Lutherville, Pleasant Plains
Grade 5 Orientation
15 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
Interims distributed
16 Parent conference registration: 7:30—8:30 AM walk-in; 9:00
AM—4:00 PM call-in
17 Parent Conference Day: 3:30—5:30 PM
19 Newsletter articles due
22 S.I.T. Meeting
23 Winter Vacation begins at the end of the day
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JANUARY
5 School reopens
Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board: 7:00 PM
12 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
Grade 8 Winter Concert: 7:00 PM
14 Grade 7 Winter Concert: 7:00 PM
16 Newsletter articles due
19 Dr. Martin Luther King Day: school closed
21 Grade 6 Winter Concert: 7:00 PM
22 National Art Honor Society Inductions: 6:00 PM
23 Second Quarter ends
26 Assessment Day: School closed for students
28 Grade 5 Parent Orientation: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
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FEBRUARY
9 Report cards distributed
Rodgers Forge view school play: 9:30 AM
Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
12 - 13 School Play: 7:00 PM
13 Newsletter articles due
16 President’s Day: Schools closed
18 Science Fair: 6:00 PM (Snow Date: 2/26)
19 Interims Due
23 SIT Meeting: 3:15 PM
25 Parent conference registration: 7:30—8:30 AM walk-in; 9:00
AM—4:00 PM call-in
26 Parent Conference Day: 3:30—5:30 PM
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MARCH
9 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
13 Newsletter articles due
16 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
19 Spring Picture Day
20 SGA Dance: 7:00—9:30 PM
23 MSA Testing Begins
S.I.T. Meeting: 3:15 PM
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APRIL
2 Shakespeare Festival
3 Third Quarter ends
Assessment Day: Schools close 3 hours early
Jump Rope for Life
Spring Vacation begins at the end of the day
9 Passover Begins
14 School reopens
17 Newsletter articles due
20 Department Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
24 TECH NIGHT: 6:30 PM
27 S.I.T. Meeting: 3:15 PM
Report Cards Distributed
29 Grade 5 Q & A for parents, students
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MAY
4 PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
Faculty meeting: 3:15 PM
6 Grade 6 Spring Concert: 7:00 PM
11 Department Meetings: 3:15 PM
Grade 8 Spring Concert: 7:00 PM
13 Grade 7 Spring Concert: 7:00 PM
Interims Due
15 BOGO Book Fair
18 S.I.T. Meeting; 3:15 PM
Spring Honors Concert: 7:00 PM
Interims distributed
21 HSA Testing Begins
22 Newsletter articles due
Grade 8 Farewell Activity
25 Memorial Day: school closed
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JUNE
7 Grade 8 Banquet: 1:00—4:00 PM
8 Faculty Meeting: 3:15 PM
PTSA Executive Board Meeting: 7:00 PM
10* National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony 7:00 PM
11* Grade 8 Awards Assembly 7:00 – 8:30 PM
15 Department Meetings
17* Grade 8 Farewell Assembly: 9:00—10:30 AM; dismissal at
11:45 AM for grades 6-7
18* Last Day of School; dismissal at 11:45 AM for grades 6-7
*Dates may change if calendar is changed by the Board of Education.
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