Academic Calendar 2012-2013
Please note that new events are planned and added during the course of the school year. Athletics dates have not yet been confirmed. Please look for updates in weekly issues of The Wave and other school communications.
August
29- 31 Elementary & Middle School class parties
29 9th Grade Orientation at High School; 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
September
4 First day of school- After School Camp (ASC) available
8 ACT Test+
11 ES Picture Day (individual portraits; Staff/Faculty IDs)
11 Middle School Back to School Night- 7:00 p.m. (parents/guardians only)
12 MS/HS Picture Day (individual portraits; Staff/Faculty IDs)
19 High School Back to School Night- 7:00 p.m. (parents/guardians only)
24 12th Grade College Night- 7:00 p.m.
26 Yom Kippur – no school
October
2 Elementary School Back to School Night- 7:00 p.m. (parents/guardians only)
5 Parent Community Meeting -8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
6 SAT & SAT II/Subject Tests+
8 Faculty Work Day; no school; YK day care * available; ASC available*
10 State of the School Meeting – 7:00 p.m. Middle School Community Room
12 8th Grade Parent Coffee – 8:45 am
13 PSAT testing: 10th and 11th grades
16 Make-Up Picture Day (ES, MS, HS individual portraits)
23-25 Book Fair
26 6th Grade Parent Coffee – 8:45 a.m.
27 ACT Test+
28 Elementary Halloween Party
November
1-2 ES/MS/HS Parent/Teacher Conferences- no school; YK day care * and ASC available *
5 SAT & SAT II/Subject Tests+
9 Parent Community Meeting -8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
12 Faculty Work Day; no school; YK day care * available; ASC available*
13 College Q&A Night for 10th and 11th- 7:00 p.m.
16 6th Grade Parent Coffee – 8:45 a.m.
16 Faculty/Staff Appreciation Luncheon (YK & HS- 11:45 a.m. dismissal)
20 HS Friendship Feast
21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday; No YK day care; ASC available 11/23*
28 6th Grade Parent Night – 7:00 p.m.
30 8th Grade Parent Coffee – 8:45 a.m.
December
5 6th Grade Student Visitation Day
7-8 Waverly World Market
8 ACT Test+
19 Holiday Program Rehearsal
20 School dismissed- 12:00 p.m.; Holiday Program- 7:00 p.m.
21-Jan. 6 Winter Break; ASC available */**
January
7 School resumes
11 Parent Community Meeting -8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
15 11th Grade College Night- 7:00 p.m
16 High School Open House for current 8th grade families and prospective families- 7:00 p.m.
18 No School for ES only (ES faculty work day) YK day care * and ASC available *
21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday- no school; No YK day care or ASC
23 Middle School Open House for prospective families – 7:00 p.m.
25 End of first semester
26 SAT & SAT II/Subject Tests+
February
1 MS/HS Faculty Work Day; no school for MS/HS only
1 Applications due for new students
1 Financial aid applications due from new and returning families
8 Parent Community Meeting -8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
9 ACT Test+
18 President’s Day- no school; no YK day care; ASC available*
28 Contracts due from current families
March
1 MS/HS Admissions Notification
1 Parent Community Meeting-8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
5 All School and Class Pictures
8 ES Admissions notification
9 SAT 1 only+
12 10th Grade College Night- 7:00 p.m.
21 ES Parent/Teacher Conferences; no school for ES only (Students in grades 1-6 are included in conferences) YK day care * and ASC available *
22 ES/MS/HS Parent/Teacher Conferences; no school (Students in grades 1-6 are included in conferences) YK day care * and ASC available *
24 Jogathon
April
3-10 High School Costa Rica Trip – 11th & 12th grades
3-5 Other High School Trips
5 Parent Community Meeting-8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
8-15 Spring Break
13 ACT Test+
16 School Resumes (please note that April 16 is a TUESDAY)
May
3 Parent Community Meeting-8:45 a.m., ES Community Room
4 SAT & SAT II/Subject Tests+
4 Silent Auction
17 Last Day of Classes for 12th Grade Students
18 High School Prom
24 Faculty Work Day; no school; YK day care * and ASC available *
27 Memorial Day- no school; no YK day care or ASC
30 Elementary Open House- 7:00 p.m.
31 Rock Festival
June
1 SAT & SAT II/Subject Tests+
3-5 High School Finals
5 Elementary Last Day of School
5 6th Grade Celebration- 10:00 a.m.; all students must be picked up by 12:00 p.m.; no YK day care or ASC available
5 High School Senior Projects- 6:00 p.m.; High School
6 Middle/High School Last Day of School
6 8th Grade Celebration- 10:00 a.m.
6 12th Grade Graduation- 6:00 p.m.
7 School Campuses and Business Office Closed
8 ACT Test+
+ ACT, SAT and SAT II/Subject Tests: students should work with registrar and college counselor to determine when to take the exams.
* Given sufficient enrollment.
** May be at a different location.