Prairie Central CUSD #8 Calendar for 2008-2009
Red-Letter Dates:

August 5

 Registration: All Schools, grades Pre-K - 8, 11-12, 11 AM - 6 PM

August 6

 Registration: All Schools, grades Pre-K - 10, 7 AM - 1 PM

August 7

 Registration make-up (High School, any student) 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM)

August 11

 Prairie Central New Teacher Orientation

August 18/19

 Teacher Institutes (full-day)

August 20

 1:00 PM dismissal (hot lunch served), all K-12 classes begin, kindergarten AM (regular schedule), PM (shortened schedule)

August 21

 All ECE, Pre-K classes begin

September 19

 Homecoming - 1:21 - 1:45 PM dismissals

October 24

 End of 1st quarter (46 days)

October 30

 Parent-teacher conferences (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

October 31

 NO SCHOOL - parent-teacher conferences (8:00 AM - 12 noon)

January 9

 End of 2nd quarter (42 days)

February 13

 Teacher institute (full-day)

March 13

 End of 3rd Quarter (42 days)

June 3

 Teacher institute (full-day)

June 4

 Report card day/last day of school (43 days)

One-hour early dismissals on August 23rd - 31st; September 19 - Homecoming; October 30th; November 26st and December 19th; April 9th
 

Grading Periods

 Progress Reports Report Cards Student Days Inst-P/T
Aug 20 - Oct 24 Sept 19 Oct 31 46 2
Oct 27 - Jan 9 Nov 26 Jan 16 42 1
Jan 12 - Mar 13 Feb 12 Mar 20 42 1
Mar 16 - June 4 April 24 June 4 50 (45) 1
   

TOTAL:

 180(175) 5
 

Emergency Days Used

Last Day
None . . . . . . . . . . . . May 28
1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29
2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1
3  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2
4  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3
5  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 4
 
Holiday Date Observed
Labor Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1
Columbus Day  . . . . . . . . . . October 13
Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . November 27-28
Martin Luther King Day . . . . . January 19
Presidents' Day . . . . . . . . . . February 16
Good Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . April 10
Easter Monday . . . . . . . . . . April 13
Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . May 25
Special Events Date
ISAT Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2-13
PSAE Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . April 22-23
Baccalaureate . . . . . . . . . . . May 17
Junior High Promotion. . . . . . May 21
High School Commencement. . May 22

 
Breaks
December 22nd - January 2nd, Winter
March 23rd - 27th, Spring