Observances & Recognition

2024-2025 School Year

The following dates and occasions are observed in a variety of ways as we strive to recognize and welcome staff, students, partners and community members.

Occasions included:

Have a direct tie to schools and/or children or
Are in appreciation of school staff or
Promote cultural competency or
Are Federal holidays or
Are religious observances that may be important to staff or students, especially those that impact the school day - ie. students or staff may be absent, may be fasting, need time to pray, may wear special attire or symbols

December 2024

2 - Special Education Day
3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
25 - Jan. 2 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas
26-Jan 1 - Kwanzaa
31 - New Year's Eve

November 2024

Native American Heritage Month
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month
National Career Development Month

2- Birth of the Báb
3 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
5- Election Day
8 - National STEM/STEAM Day
11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
14 - World Diabetes Day
15 - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab
18-24 - Geography Awareness Week
20 - Education Support Professionals Day
21- National Parental Involvement Day
22- Substitute Educators Day
28 - Thanksgiving Day

October 2024

Czech Heritage Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Principals Month

2 - School Custodian Appreciation Day
2 - Child Health Day
2 - School Count Day in Michigan
2-4 - Rosh Hashanah
6 - National Instructional Coaches Day
6 - German-American Day
8-14 - Fire Prevention Week
11-12 - Yom Kippur
14- Indigenous People’s Day
14-18 - National School Lunch Week
21-25 - National School Bus Safety Week
23-25 - Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
30 - thru Nov. 3 - Diwali
31 - Halloween

September 2024

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)
National Suicide Prevention Month

4 - Labor Day
8 - International Literacy Day
9-13 - Arts in Education Week
17 - National Voter Registration Day
19 - National IT Professional Day
21 - International Day of Peace
23 - First day of Fall/Autumn
26 - Human Resources Professional Day

August 2024

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

July 2024

French American Heritage Month

4 - Independence Day (U.S. Federal Holiday)
21- Asalha Puja Day (Dharma Day)

2023-24 School Year

June 2024

Pride Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Safety Month

11-13 - Shavuot
17 - Eid al-Adha
19 - Juneteenth
21 - Summer Solstice

May 2024

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

1-7 - National Physical Education and Sport Week
3 - School Lunch Hero Day
5 - Cinco de Mayo
6-10 - National Teacher Appreciation Week
7 - National Teacher Day
8 - National School Nurse Day
10 - School Communicators Day
18 - National Speech Pathologist Day
27 - Memorial Day (observed)

April 2024

Arab American Heritage Month
Scottish-American Heritage Month
National Deaf History Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Poetry Month
School Library Month
World Autism Month

1-5 - National Assistant Principal Week
2- International Children’s Book Day
2- World Autism Awareness Day
3 - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
6-12 - Week of the Young Child
10 - Eid-al-Fitr
13 - Vaisakhi
20- First day of Ridva'n
22-30 - Passover
22-26 - Public School Volunteer Week
22 - Earth Day
22-26 - National Student Leadership Week
24 - Administrative Professionals Day

March 2024

Women’s History Month
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Gender Equality Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Nutrition Month
Social Work Month
Youth Art Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month

1 - Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
2 - Read Across America
4-8 - National School Breakfast Week
8 - International Women’s Day
10 - Ramadan begins (thru April 9)
10 - Daylight Saving Time begins
17 - St. Patrick's Day
19 - NowRuz
20 - Spring Equinox
23-24 - Purim
29 - Good Friday
31 - Easter
31 - Cesar Chavez Day
31 - Trans Day of Visibility

February 2024

Black History Month
Career and Technical Education Month
Children's Dental Health Month

5-9 - National School Counseling Week
10 - Lunar New Year
14 - Valentine’s Day
14 - Ash Wednesday
14 - Lent begins
17-24 - National FFA Week
19 - Presidents’ Day
24 - Magha Puja

January 2024

January 1 - New Year's Day
January 4 - World Braille Day
January 15 - The King Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

School Board Recognition Month

December 2023

December 2 - Special Education Day
December 3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 7 - December 15 - Hanukkah
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 through January 1 - Kwanzaa
December 31 - New Year's Eve

November 2023

Native American Heritage Month
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month
National Career Development Month

November 5 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
November 7 - Election Day
November 8- National STEM/STEAM Day
November 11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
November 12 - Diwali
November 13-17 - Geography Awareness Week
November 14 - World Diabetes Day
November 15 - Education Support Professionals Day
November 16 - National Parental Involvement Day
November 18 - Substitute Educators Day
November 23 - Thanksgiving Day
November 27 - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab