Dates for a Yearly Plan
1999 - 2000
Tentative dates for the 1999-2000 school year were obtained from the Cedar Falls Community School District. Use these dates and others to make a yearly plan.
August 18-20 Inservice for new teachers
August 23-25 All teacher workshop
August 26 Classes begin
September 6 Labor Day
September 17 Inservice day for teachers- No school
October 29 End of first 9 weeks
November 4 K-6 conference preparation time in afternoon - No classes for students
November 11-12 Parent-Teacher Conferences - No classes for students
November 25-26 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 23- Jan. 1 Holiday Vacation (Last day - December 22)
January 3 Begin classes
January 13 End of second nine weeks
January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No classes
February 14 Inservice day
February 17 Parent teacher conference preparation time in afternoon for K-6. No classes for students in P.M.
February 24-25 Parent-Teacher Conferences - No classes for students
March 13-17 Spring Break
March 28 End of third nine weeks
May 18 Final report preparation time in the afternoon- K-6 - No classes for students
May 19 Optional parent-teacher conferences in afternoon - No classes for students.
May 29 Memorial Day - No school
May 31 Last day of classes - (If there are no snow days to make up.)
June1 Work day for teachers
Teachers need to be aware of dates which may be important to children in a classroom.
August 20 Mohammed's birthday
September 6 Labor Day
September 11 Rosh Hashanah begins the year 5760
September 20 Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16; 23:26-32)
September 17 Citizenship Day
September 25 First Day Sukkot (Nehemiah 8; Leviticus 23:33-36)
September 12 First Sunday after Labor Day - Grandparents' Day
September 26 Johnny Appleseed's Birthday - 1774
October 3 Simchat Torah
Fourth Friday in Sept. Native American Day
Second Monday in Oct. Columbus Day, Discovery Day or Pioneers' Day
October 24 United Nations Day
October 31 Halloween
November 11 Veterans' Day
November 22 Assassination of John Kennedy - 1963
First Tue. after first Mon. Election day
Fourth Thursday in Nov. Thanksgiving Day - (November 25)
December 4 First day of Hanukkah (Maccabees; John 10:22)
November 28 First Sunday in Advent
December 7 Bombing of Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
December 15 Bill of Rights Day
December 17 Wright Brothers Day
December 21 Forefather's Day - Landing on Plymouth Rock - 1620
December 25 Christmas Day (Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 2)
January 1 New Year's Day
January 17 Benjamin Franklin's birthday - 1706
January 20 Inauguration Day
February 1 National Freedom Day
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 12 Abraham Lincoln's birthday
February 14 Valentine's Day
February 22 George Washington's birthday
Third Mon. In Feb. President's Day
March 8 Ash Wednesday
March 21 Purim (Esther 9)
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
April 16 Palm or Passion Sunday (Matt. 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19)
April 20 Maundy Thursday (Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20; John 6:51-58)
April 21 Good Friday (Matt. 27:33-56; Mark 15:22-41; Luke 23:33-49; John 19:17-27)
April 23 Easter (Matt. 28:1-15; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18)
April 1 April Fools Day
April 20 First day of Passover (Exodus 12; Leviticus 23:4-8; Matt. 26:17-20; Mark 14:12-17; Luke 22:7-14; John 13:1)
Last Friday in Apr. Arbor Day - Bird Day often observed on Arbor Day
May 1 May Day - Loyalty Day
Second Sun. in May Mother's Day
Third Sat. of May Armed Forces Day
June 1 Ascension Day (Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:44-53) Ten days before Pentecost
June 11 Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15-21;Acts 2) (Fiftieth day after Passover)
Last Mon. in May Memorial or Decoration Day
Sabbath - Begins on Friday just before sundown and ends on Saturday.
Chinese - 1999 - Year of the Cat (Rabbit); 2000 - Year of the Dragon; 2001 - Year of the Snake; 2002 - Year of the Horse - (Chinese New Year - First new moon after the sun enters Aquarius.)
Islamic Year - 1419-1420