Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

SCHOOL CALENDAR for 2008-2009

(The academic school year is from August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009)

SEPTEMBER (2008)	1 2 3 19 22 26	Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday   Monday               Friday	- Labour Day - First day for Teachers (day 1) - First day for Students - all West Hants schools site based day - all King County schools site based day - all Annapolis County schools site based day	21
	29, 30	Mon, Tue	- Early Language Literacy Assessment (ELLA) Gr. 3  (a.m. only)
OCTOBER	1, 2	Wed, Thu		22
	13 7-10 21, 22 24	Monday Tue to Fri Tue to Wed Friday	- Thanksgiving Day - Conference Day (Provincial/Regional) (day 38) - Elementary Literacy Assessment (ELA) Gr. 6 (a.m. only) - Regional Marking Day for the ELLA Gr. 3
NOVEMBER	11 21 or 24	Tuesday Fri or Mon	- Remembrance Day - Regional High School Inservice Day (by groups)	19
DECEMBER	19	Friday	- Last teaching day before Christmas break (day 77)	15
JANUARY (2009)	5 26 " 27 28 30	Monday Monday “ Tuesday Wednesday Friday	- First teaching day after Christmas break - First possible exam day (gr. 10-12) in 1st semester (day 93) - NSE Math 12 and Advance Math 12 (a.m. only) - NSE English and English Communications Gr. 12 - NSE Chemistry Gr. 12 - Last teaching day of 1st Semester (day 97)	20
FEBRUARY	2 23-26	Monday Mon to Thu	- First teaching day of 2nd Semester (day 98) - Junior High Literacy Assessment Gr. 9 (a.m. only)	20
MARCH	13 23	Friday Monday	- Last teaching day before March Break (day 127) - First teaching day after March Break	17
APRIL	10 13	Friday Monday	- Good Friday - Easter Monday	20
MAY	TBA 18	TBA Monday	- PISA (International Student Assessment (sampling of 15 yr olds) - Victoria Day	20
JUNE	2, 3, 4 12 17 19 24 25 26 29	Tue to Thu Friday Wednesday Friday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday	- Early Elementary Math Literacy Assessment (EEMLA) Gr. 3 (a.m. only) - NSE Math 12 and Advanced Math 12 (not part of NS exam schedule) - First possible exam day (Gr. 10-12 in 2nd semester) (day 187) - NSE English & English Communications Gr. 12 - NSE Chemistry Gr. 12 - Marking Day - Marking Day - Earliest possible evening for official closing exercises for highest grade level in your school. (See special notes attached)  (day 193) - *Earliest date for all other ML school closings; however no report cards here - *Earliest morning for all other high school closings (day 195) - Last day of school	21
			TOTAL DAYS:	195

Special Notes accompanying Revised 2008-09 School Calendar:

 

 

-     A full assessment schedule is also available on the Department website:  http://plans.ednet.ns.ca

 

-     No more than 9 school days may be allocated for exams (inclusive of Nova Scotia exams)

 

-          Of the 195 teacher days, the following days may be used:

      -     no more than 8 days for organizational and administrative purposes or for in-service training

         programs;

      - 1 organizational day (September 2, 2008);

      - 2 common marking days (June 24 and 25, 2009) + 1 other marking day by school;

      - CANCELLED - 1 regional inservice day;

      - 4 school-based days (either 4 inservice days, or 5 inservice days (in place of the 3^rd marking day)

       

     

-     All teachers are required to be present on the days used for organizational and administrative

      purposes or inservice training programs and parent-teacher meetings. Pupils are not required to be

      present.

 

-     In addition, 2 half-days for purposes of parent-teacher meetings.

 

-     In addition, one October conference day (Oct 24).

 

-          In addition, a maximum of 8 Early Dismissals from banked time. (Early Dismissals require that

      students be in school for a minimum of 3 hours of instructional time. You cannot combine 2

      half-day early dismissals to form a full day.  You may combine 1 half-day school-based inservice

      with 1 half-day parent teacher to form 1 full day.

 

 

*Special Notes Regarding Closing Ceremonies and Report Card Distribution dates for June 2009:

 

-     The earliest date you may have for an official closing ceremony/graduation with distribution of

      report cards for the highest grade level in your school is the evening of June 25, 2009 (day 193).

 

-     Special year end ceremonies held prior to June 25 shall not be referred to as “closings” or

      “graduations” (please use: ceremony, celebration, etc).  As well, report cards cannot be handed

      out at these events.

 

-     In situations where there is a school within a school (example, both a middle school and high school

      exists within your school), the highest grade level of the second school (example, grade 9) may also

      have a closing ceremony/graduation and receive report cards on the evening of June 25^th.

 

-     The earliest date for all other middle level school closings is the afternoon of June 26, 2009 (day

      194); however, report cards cannot be handed out until the following Monday June 29^th (day 195). 

 

-           The earliest date for all other high school closings is the morning of June 29^th (day 195).