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2020–2021 Calendar

Please note: Dates are subject to change.

2020

August

31 Monday Welcome Back to School Day

September

4 Friday Noon Dismissal
7 Monday Labor Day — No School
28 Monday Yom Kippur — No School

October

8 Thursday David Watkinson Evening
12 Monday Indigenous People’s Day — No School
13 Tuesday PD Day — No Classes
17 Saturday PSAT/NMSQT

November

6 Friday End of Quarter One
12 Thursday Parent/Teacher Conferences PM — Noon Dismissal
13 Friday Parent/Teacher Conferences All Day — No School
24 Tuesday Noon Dismissal for Thanksgiving Break
25-27 Wed–Fri Thanksgiving Break — No School
30 Monday Virtual Schooling begins

December

18 Friday Noon Dismissal for Winter Break
21–Jan 1 Thursday Winter Break — School Closed

2021

January

4 Monday PD Day — No Classes
5 Tuesday Virtual Schooling resumes
18 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — No School
19 Tuesday Virtual Schooling ends ends / Return to campus / MLK Recognition Day
22 Friday End of Semester 1

February

1-12 Mon–Fri Senior Experiential Learning
12 Friday PD Day — No Classes
15 Monday Presidents’ Day — No School
25 Thursday Parent/Student/Advisor Conferences — Classes in session
26 Friday Parent/Student/Advisor Conferences — Classes in session

March

8-19 Monday Spring Break
22 Monday Classes Resume

April

2 Friday Good Friday — No School
5 Monday PD Day — No Classes
9 Friday End of Quarter 3

May

31 Monday Memorial Day — No School

June

9 Wednesday Last Day of School & Senior Service Day
9 Wednesday End of Semester 2
11 Friday Graduation

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