Joseph A. Campbell
Elementary School
Calendar
2011 - 2012
August
August
26 New Student Tour of Campbell School
September
September 5 Labor Day
September 6 1st Day of School – Grades 1 –
12
School will
officially begin at 8:55 AM.
Dismissal will be at
3:10 PM
September 7 Orientation - Pre-School and
Kindergarten
Summer Book Reports due
September 8 1st Day of School –
PreSchool and Kindergarten
September 11 Patriot Day
National Grandparents’
Day
September 13 PTO – 7:00PM
September 14 Parent Orientation
September 17 Constitution Day (observed
September 16th)
September 19 – 23 School Spirit Week
September 20 - 21 Michelle’s Menagerie - Enrichment
September 21 School Council – 3:30PM
September 23 Autumn begins
September 28 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
October
October 5 Professional Development –
Early Release
October 6 Hannaford Markets – Food Play
- Enrichment
October 7 Yom Kippur begins at
sundown
October 10 Columbus Day – No School
October 11 PTO – 7:00PM
October 14 School Pictures
October 17 -21 Fall Spirit Week
October 19 School Council – 3:30PM
October 20 Laps for Learning (October 21 –
rain date)
October 21 PTO Halloween Party – 6:00 –
8:00PM
October 31 Halloween
November
November 1 – 18 Dracut Food Pantry Thanksgiving
Collection
November 2 Professional Development – Early
Release
November 6 Daylight Saving Time ends
November 7 Curriculum Plus I begins
November 8 PTO – 7:00PM
November 11 Veterans’ Day – No School
November 14 – 18 Scholastic Book Fair
November 16 School Council – 3:30PM
November 17 Parent Conferences – Early Release
November 23 Thanksgiving Holiday begins – ½
day early release
(return to school –
Monday – November 28)
November 30 Community Readers
December
December 7 Professional Development – Early
Release
December 11 PTO Breakfast with Santa – 8:30 –
11:30AM
December 13 PTO – 7:00PM
December 15 School Council – 3:30PM
December 20 Hanukkah begins at
sundown
December 21 Grade 1 Sing-A-Long – tentative
Winter begins
December 22 Chorus Holiday Performance –
tentative
Winter begins
December 23 Christmas Vacation Begins at
Close of School
(return to school –
Monday – January 3, 2011)
December 24 Christmas Eve
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Kwanzaa
December 31 New Year’s Eve
January
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 3 Return to school – End of
Christmas Vacation
January 5 – 6 Sky Dome - Enrichment
January 10 PTO – 7:00PM
January 11 Professional Development –
Early Release
January 13 Father / Daughter Dance – 6:00
– 8:00PM
January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day –
No School
January 18 School Council – 3:30PM
January 23 Chinese New Year
February
February 1 Professional Development –
Early Release
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 14 Valentine’s Day – Friendship
and Red Spirit Day
PTO – 7:00PM
February 15 School Council – 3:30PM
February 17 Mid-Winter Vacation Begins at
the Close of School
(return to school –
Monday – February 27)
February 20 Presidents’ Day
March
March 2 Dr. Seuss B-Day Celebration
- Read Across America
March 7 Professional Development –
Early Release
March 8 MCAS – Parent Informational
Meeting – 6 PM
March 9 PTO Minute To Win It – Boys’
Night – 6:00 – 8:00PM
March 11 Daylight Saving Time begins
March 12 Curriculum Plus II begins
March 13 PTO – 7:00PM
March 16 St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated –
Wearing of the Green
March 20 Spring begins
March 21 School Council – 3:30PM
March 25 PTO Breakfast with the Easter
Bunny
March 30 PTO Minute To Win It – Girls’
Night – 6:00 – 8:00PM
April
April 1 April Fool’s Day
April 4 Professional Development –
Early Release
April 6 Good Friday – No School
Passover begins at
sundown
April 8 Easter Sunday
April 10 PTO – 7:00PM
April 12 School Council – 3:30PM
April 13 Spring Vacation Begins at
the Close of School
(return to school –
Monday – April 23)
April 22 Earth Day
April 25 Administrative Professional
Day (Secretary’s Day)
April 30 – May 4 Scholastic Book Fair
May
May 2 Professional Development –
Early Release
May 4 PTO Family Pizza Party –
6:00 – 8:00PM
May 5 Cinco de Mayo Spirit Day
May 8 National Teachers’ Day
PTO – 7:00PM
May 10 School Nurses’ Day
May 13 Mother’s Day
May 16 School Council –
3:30PM
May 25 Memorial Day Program -
tentative
May 28 Memorial Day – No School
June
June 4 – 8 Summer Spirit Week
June 6 Art Show and Ice Cream
Social
June 7 Field Day – Grades 1 -4
(June 8 – rain date)
School Council – 3:30PM
June 12 Grade 4 Moving On Ceremony -
tenative
PTO – 7:00PM
June 14 180th School Day
– Report Cards Distributed
Flag Day
June 17 Father’s Day
June 21 185th School Day
– Report Cards distributed
June 21 Summer begins