SANDOVAL COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 501

2008-2009 SCHOOL CALENDAR

August 7 (Thurs.)                               1:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Registration of kindergarten, grades

                                                              1-6 and grades 7-9

August 8 (Fri.)                                    9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Registration

                                                              for kindergarten, grades 1-6 and grades 10-12

August 18 (Mon.)                               Teachers' Workshop (No student attendance)

August 19 (Tue.)                                First Student Attendance Day (10:00 a.m. dismissal at Elementary and 10:15 a.m. at Junior-Senior High School)

August 20 (Wed.)                               First Full Day of School

September 1 (Mon.)                           Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)

October 8 (Wed.)                      Early Student Dismissal (Half Day School Improvement) **

October 13 (Mon.)                             Columbus Day (NO SCHOOL)

October 17 (Fri.)                                End of First Quarter

November 3 (Mon.)                           Full-Day Parent-Teacher Conference Day

(No Student Attendance)

November 11 (Tue.)                           Veteran’s Day (NO SCHOOL)        

November 26 (Wed.)                         Early Student Dismissal *

November 27 (Thurs.) - 28 (Fri.)       Thanksgiving Vacation (NO SCHOOL)

December 3 (Wed.)                            Early Student Dismissal (Half Day School Improvement) **

December 18 (Thurs.)                        End of First Semester

December 19 (Fri.)                             Teachers’ Workshop (No Student Attendance)

December 22 (Mon.) -                       Christmas Vacation (NO SCHOOL)

            January 2 (Fri.)

January 5 (Mon.)                               School Resumes

January 19 (Mon.)                             Martin Luther King’s Birthday (NO SCHOOL)

February 13 (Fri.)                               Teachers’ Workshop (No Student Attendance)

February 16 (Mon.)                           President’s Day (NO SCHOOL)

February 25 (Wed.)                            Early Student Dismissal (Half Day School Improvement) **

March 2 (Mon.)                                 Casimir Pulaski Day (NO SCHOOL)          

March 13 (Fri.)                        End of Third Grading Period

April 8 (Wed.)                                   Early Student Dismissal *

April 9 (Thurs.) -                                Spring Break (No Student Attendance)

            April 13 (Mon.)

April 14 (Tue.)                                    School Resumes

April 29 (Wed.)                                   Early Student Dismissal (Half Day School Improvement) **

May 22 (Fri.)                                      Teachers’ Workshop (No Student Attendance)

May 25 (Mon.)                                   Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)

May 26 (Tue.)                                    End of School***

(Report Card Day - 9:15 a.m. dismissal at Elementary and 9:30 a.m. at Junior-Senior

High School)

*   2:05 p.m. at the Elementary School and 2:15 p.m. at the Junior-Senior High School
** 12:40 p.m. at the Elementary School and 12:50 p.m. at the Junior-Senior High    

      School

   ***   Using no snow/emergency days

1^st Quarter ends October 17 (42 days)

2^nd Quarter ends December 18 (40 days)                 First Semester (82 days)

3^rd Quarter ends March 13 (46 days)

4^th Quarter ends May 26 (47 days)                           Second Semester (93 days)

Updated May 27, 2008