Prairie Central CUSD #8 Calendar for 2009-2010
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 10

 Prairie Central New Teacher Orientation

August 20/21

 Teacher Institutes (full-day)

August 24

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

August 25

 All ECE, Pre-K classes begin

October 2

 Homecoming - 1:21 - 1:45 PM dismissals

October 23

 End of 1st quarter (43 days)

October 29

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

October 30

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

January 8

 End of 2nd quarter (44 days)

February 19

 Teacher institute (full-day)

March 12

 End of 3rd Quarter (43 days)

June 1

 Teacher institute (full-day)

June 2

 Report card day/last day of school (50 days)

One-hour early dismissals on August 25th - September 4th; October 2nd - Homecoming; October 29th; November 25th; December 22nd; and March 26th
 

Grading Periods

 Progress Reports Report Cards Student Days Inst-P/T
Aug 20 - Oct 23 Sept 25 Oct 30 43 2
Oct 26 - Jan 8 Dec 4 Jan 15 44 1
Jan 11 - Mar 12 Feb 11 Mar 19 43 1
Mar 15 - June 2 April 23 June 2 50 (45) 1
   

TOTAL:

 180(175) 5
 

Emergency Days Used

Last Day
None . . . . . . . . . . . . May 25
1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26
2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 27
3  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 28
4  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1
5  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2
 
Holiday Date Observed
Labor Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 7
Columbus Day  . . . . . . . . . . October 12
Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . November 26-27
Martin Luther King Day . . . . . January 18
Presidents' Day . . . . . . . . . . February 22
Good Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2 (part of Spring Break)
Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . May 31
Special Events Date
ISAT Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1-12
PSAE Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . April 28-29
Baccalaureate . . . . . . . . . . . May 23
Junior High Promotion. . . . . . May 27
High School Commencement. . May 28

 
Breaks
December 23rd - January 1st (Return January 4th), Winter
March 29th - April 2nd (Return April 5th), Spring