2024-25 key dates for school calendars
*Begins at sunset on the preceding day.
2024
Date - Observance/holiday
September - Library Card Sign-Up Month
Sept. 2 - Labor Day
Sept. 8 - Grandparents’ Day
Sept. 8 - International Literacy Day
Sept. 8-14 - National Arts in Education Week
Sept. 9-14 - Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
Sept. 11 - Patriot Day
Sept. 15-16 - Mexican Independence Days
Sept. 15-Oct. 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 16 - Mawlid al- Nabi*
Sept. 17 - Citizenship/Constitution Day
Sept. 17-23 - Constitution Week
Sept. 21 - International Day of Peace
Sept. 21 - Mayflower Day
Sept. 22 - First day of autumn
Sept. 25 - Math Story Telling Day
Sept. 28 - National Good Neighbor Day
October - Crime Prevention Month
October - Czech Heritage Month
October - Disability History and Awareness Month
October - Italian American Heritage Month
October - National Bullying Prevention Month
October - National Principals Month
October - Polish American Heritage Month
Oct. 2 - National Custodial Workers Day
Oct. 3-4 - Rosh Hashanah*
Oct. 4 - World Child Health Day
Oct. 6 - German American Day
Oct. 6 - National Coaches Day
Oct. 6-12 - Fire Prevention Week
Oct. 9 - International Walk and Roll to School Day
Oct. 12 - Yom Kippur*
Oct. 14- Canadian Thanksgiving
Oct. 14 - Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day
Oct. 14-18 - National School Lunch Week
Oct. 20-26 - National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 23-31 - Red Ribbon Week (Drug-Free America)
Oct. 24 - United Nations Day
Oct. 26 - Make a Difference Day
Oct. 31 - Halloween
Oct. 31 - National UNICEF Day
November - Native American Heritage Month
Nov. 1 - Diwali
Nov. 3 - Standard Time
Nov. 5 - Election Day
Nov. 7 - International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, Including Cyber Bullying
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Nov. 17-23 – Ohio Public Education Appreciation Week
Nov. 21 - National Parental Involvement Day
Nov. 22 - Substitute Educators Day
Nov. 24-30 - National Family Week
Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 1 - World AIDS Day
Dec. 7 - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec. 10 - Human Rights Day
Dec. 15 - Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 21 - First day of winter
Dec. 26-Jan. 2 - Hanukkah*
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 - Kwanzaa
2025
Date - Observance/holiday
January - School Board Recognition Month
Jan. 1 - Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
Jan. 1 - New Year’s Day
Jan. 15 - Makar Sankranti
Jan. 19 - World Religion Day
Jan. 20 - Inauguration. Day
Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 27 - Lailat al Miraj*
Jan. 29 - Lunar New Year
Jan. 31 - National Preschool Health and Fitness Day
February - African American History Month
February - Career and Technical Education Month
February - National Children’s Dental Health Month
Feb. 1 - National Freedom Day
Feb. 2 - Groundhog Day
Feb. 2 – Vasant Panchami
Feb. 2-6 - National School Counseling Week
Feb. 12 - Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb. 14 - Laylat al Bara'at*
Feb. 14 - Valentine’s Day
Feb. 15-22 - National FFA Week
Feb. 17 - National PTA Founders Day
Feb. 17 - Presidents’ Day
Feb. 20 - National Student Volunteer Day
Feb. 22 - George Washington’s Birthday
Feb. 25 – Maha Shiva Ratri
March 1-30 - Ramadan*
March - American Red Cross Month
March - Irish American Heritage Month
March - Music in Our Schools Month
March - National Middle Level Education Month
March - National Nutrition Month
March - Social Work Month
March - Women’s History Month
March - Youth Art Month
March 2 - National Read Across America
March 5 - Ash Wednesday
March 5-April 17 – Lent
March 7 - Employee Appreciation Day
March 9 - Daylight saving time starts
March 14 - Holi
March 16-22 - National Poison Prevention Week
March 16-22 - Schools Library Media Center Week
March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day
March 20 - Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
March 20 - Bahá’í New Year’s Day
March 20 - First day of spring
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 29 – Hindi New Year
March 31 - Eid al-Fitr*
April - National Autism Awareness Month
April - National Occupational Therapy Month
April - National Poetry Month
April - School Library Month
April 1 - April Fools’ Day
April 2 - International Children’s Book Day
April 5 – Rama Navami
April 7 - World Health Day
April 6-12 - National Library Week
April 13-20 - Passover*
April 16 - School Librarians' Day
April 18 - Good Friday
April 20 - Easter
April 20-26 - Administrative Professionals Week and Day
April 20-26 - National Coin Week
April 21 - Patriot’s Day
April 21-25 - Public School Volunteer Week
April 22 - Earth Day
April 22-26 - National Student Leadership Week
April 24 - Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
April 25 - National Arbor Day
May - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May - Better Hearing and Speech Month
May - National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May - National Teen Self-Esteem Month
May 1 - Law Day
May 1-7 - National Physical Education and Sports Week
May 2 - School Lunch Hero Day
May 3 - World Press Freedom Day
May 4 - Horace Mann’s Birthday
May 4-10 - National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
May 4-10 - Be Kind to Animals Week
May 4-11 - National Music Week
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
May 5-9- Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6 - National Teacher Day
May 7 - National Bike and Roll to School Day
May 7 - National School Nurse Day
May 8 - World Red Cross Day
May 9 - School Communicators Day
May 11 - Mother’s Day
May 17 - Armed Forces Day
May 19 - Victoria Day (Canada)
May 26 - Memorial Day
June - Caribbean-American Heritage Month
June-July - Fireworks Safety Month
June - Great Outdoors Month
June - LGBTQ+ Pride Month
June 6 - Waqf al Arafa*
June 1-7 - Teacher Thank You Week
June 2-3 - Shavout*
June 5 - World Environment Day
June 6 - Waqf al Arafa*
June 7 - Eid al-Adha*
June 14 - Flag Day
June 15 - Father’s Day
June 16 - International Day of the African Child
June 19 - Juneteenth
June 20 - First day of summer
June 27 - Islamic New Year*