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| 2008-2009 School
Year - Important Dates |
| The Seattle School
Board has approved the 2008-2009 school calendar. The calendar was
developed and negotiated in cooperation with all of the bargaining
groups representing Seattle Public Schools employees. The calendar
is structured to provide a full week of instruction following
Spring break and before the beginning of the spring WASL testing
period. The calendar also provides specific dates that will be used
as make-up days in the event that inclement weather necessitates
school closures. |
| Date |
Event |
| September 3,
2008 |
First Day of
School |
| September 24,
2008 |
Professional
Development Block Time
(2 hour early dismissal)
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| October 10,
2008 * |
Professional
Development Day
(no school for students) |
| October 29,
2008 |
Professional
Development Block Time
(2 hour early dismissal)
|
| November 4,
2008 |
End of First
Quarter |
| November 11
* |
Veterans Day
Holiday
(no school) |
| November
17-25 |
Elementary
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Dates/times vary according to school |
| November 26,
2008 |
(one hour early
dismissal for Thanksgiving
Holiday.) |
| November 27-28,
2008 * |
Thanksgiving
Holiday
(no school) |
| December 19,
2008 |
(one hour early
dismissal Winter Break.) |
| December 22, 2008 -
January 2, 2009 * |
Winter Break
(no school) |
| January 19,
2009 * |
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day Holiday
(no school) |
| January 23,
2009 |
Last Day of
Semester |
| January 26,
2009 * |
Day between semesters
(see note below) |
| February 4,
2009 |
Professional
Development Block Time
(2 hour early dismissal)
|
| February 16,
2009 * |
Presidents Day
Holiday
(no school) |
| February 17-20,
2009 * |
Mid-Winter Break
(no school) |
| March 4,
2009 |
Professional
Development Block Time
(2 hour early dismissal)
|
| March 16 -
17 |
WASL Testing - High
School Reading |
| March 18 -
19 |
WASL Testing - High
School Writing |
| March 20, 2009
* |
Professional
Development Day
(see note below) |
| March 30, 2009 - April
3, 2009 * |
Spring
Break
(no school) |
| April 10
|
End of Third
Quarter |
| April 13 - May
1 |
WASL Testing - Grades
3-8 |
| April 13 -
14 |
WASL Testing - High
School Math |
| April 20 -
21 |
WASL Testing - High
School Science |
| May 20,
2009 |
Professional
Development Block Time
(2 hour early dismissal)
|
| May 25, 2009
* |
Memorial Day Holiday
(no school) |
| June 19,
2009 |
Last Student Day
(1 hour early
dismissal) |
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* No
classes on these dates
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NOTE: The snow days on
December 17, 18 and 19 will be made up at year end. Unless
additional snow makeup days are needed, the last day of school for
students will be Friday, June 19. If a fourth makeup day is needed,
it will be scheduled for January 26, 2009 (the day between
semesters); and a fifth makeup day would be scheduled for March 20,
2009 (a professional development day).
January 8, 2009
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