PALMER CATHOLIC ACADEMY
School
Calendar
2007-2008
August 13 Teachers
report to school 8:00 am/Liturgy-All faculties @1:30
15 Orientation
for students
9:00 am 2nd
grade
11:00 am 5th
grade
1:00 pm 6th grade
16 Orientation
for students
9:00 am 1st grade
11:00 am 3rd
grade
1:00 pm 7th grade
17 Orientation
for students
9:00 am Kindergarten
11:00 am 4th
grade
1:00 pm 8th grade
20 Classes begin
September 3 Labor
Day-No school for teachers and students
14 School
Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
(Angels After Hours 1:00-4:00 pm)
18 Interims issued
October 1 Open House for Kindergarten 6:00 pm
and 3rd grade 7:00 pm
2 Open
House for 1st grade 6:00 pm and 4th grade 7:00 pm
3 Open
House for 2nd grade 6:00 pm and 5th grade 7:00 pm
4 Open
House for 6th grade 6:45 pm and 7th & 8th
grade 7:45 pm
8-11 Elementary
testing – ITBS (Grades 3-8)
11 School
Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
(Angels After Hours 1:00-4:00 pm)
12 End of 1st Quarter—No school
for teachers and students
14-20 Teen Read Week
15 Professional Day—No school for students
22-26 Red Ribbon Week
23 Report cards issued (all fees and
tuition current)
November 1 All
Saints Day-Holy Day of Obligation (Children’s Mass 8:30 am)
8 Fall
Musical
9 School
Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
(Angels
After Hours 1:00-4:00 pm)
12 Diocesan
In-Service Day—No school for students
13 Interims issued
20 Early staggered holiday release begins
at 1:00 pm
(No Angels After
Hours)
21-23 Thanksgiving
Break—No school for teachers and students
26-30 Scholastic
Book Fair
December 4 Honor
Society Induction
14 Christmas
Formal
17-19 Mid-terms
for Middle School
20 End
of 2nd quarter/Teacher planning day—No school for students
Christmas
break begins (school closed for students Dec. 20, 2007-
Jan. 2, 2008) (No Angels After Hours)
January 2 No school for teachers and students
3
School reopens for teachers and students
8
Report cards issued (all fees and tuition
current)
10 Reconciliation/Confirmation Parent
meeting
21 Martin Luther King Holiday—No school for
teachers and students
28-Feb.
1 Catholic Schools Week
February 5 Interims
issued
7-8 Drama
Production
15 School
Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
(Angels After
Hours 1:00-4:00 pm)
18 President’s
Day – No school for teachers and students
23 First
Reconciliation, 10:00 am
March 3-7 Second
Grade ITBS Testing
6 End of 3rd Quarter
School Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00
7 Diocesan Institute/Teacher
Recognition Day—No school for student
13 Spring Music Program
15 Confirmation Retreat
18 Report
cards issued (all fees and tuition current)
19 Early
staggered holiday release begins at 1:00 pm
(No Angels After
Hours)
20-28 Easter
Holidays
31 Classes
Resume
April 4 Middle School Spring Dance
9 Confirmation,
7:00 pm
11 School
Improvement – Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
14 Planning
day—No school for students
15 Interims
issued
24-25 Talent
Show
May 1 Final Rehearsal for First Holy
Communion
2 8th
grade class trip
3 First
Holy Communion, 2:00 pm
8 School
Improvement—Early staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
9 No school
for students. Planning day for teachers.
15 Choir
Ensemble
19-21 8th
grade finals (Used Book Sale 19th – 23rd)
22 8th
grade T-shirt day/Awards dinner 6:30 pm
Field Day
23 Graduation
school Mass – 8:30 am/Rehearsal – after Mass
8th grade Graduation
at 6:00 pm
Last day for Kindergarten
26 Memorial
Day holiday—No school for teachers and students
27-29 6th
and 7th grade finals
27-30 Rising
Kindergarten assessments
30 Last day for students—Early
holiday staggered release begins at 1:00 pm
(No
Angels After Hours)
June 5 Last
day for teachers
Updated 01/10/08