Calendar 2008-2009 School Year

Student hours
Elementary School - 9 am to 3:15 pm
Middle and High Schools - 7:40 am to 2:15 pm

August 18 - 20

New Teacher Orientation

August 21- 22

System-Wide Staff Development

August 25 - 29

Preservice Week

September 1

Labor Day Holiday

September 2

First Day of School

October 6

Interim Reports Issued

November 3
End of 1st grading period
November 4
Staff Development/Teacher Clerical Day; No Students in School
November 11
Veterans' Day Holiday
November 14

Parent-Teacher Conference 10 am - 6 pm (no appointments scheduled from 1 - 2:30 pm for lunch)
Report Cards Distributed (No Students in School)

November 26

Early Dismissal* for all Students

November 27- 28

Thanksgiving Holiday

December 15
Interim Reports Issued
December 19
Winter Break begins at end of day
December 22 -
January 2
Winter Break
January 5
School Reopens after Winter Break
January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 20-23

1st Semester Exams
Early Dismissal* Jan. 21 -  Jan 23 for All Students

January 23
End of 2nd Grading Period & End of First Semester
January 26
Early Dismissal* Teacher Clerical Day
February 6
Parent-Teacher Conference 10 am - 6 pm (no appointments scheduled from 1 - 2:30 pm for lunch)
Report Cards Distributed (No Students in School)

February 16

Presidents' Day Holiday

March 4
Interim Reports Issued
April 1
End of Third Nine Weeks

April 10

Report Cards Distributed

April 13 - 17
Spring Break - Schools Closed
May 13
Interim Reports Issued

May 25

Memorial Day Holiday

June 9 - 12

2nd Semester Exams
Early Dismissal * June 10-12 for All Students

June 12
Last Day of School for Students
June 13
Graduation: King's Fork High - ceremony at 11:30 am
Graduation: Lakeland High - ceremony at 9 am
Graduation: Nansemond River High - ceremony at 2 pm
June 15 -16
Teacher Clerical Days
* = Middle & high students dismiss at 11:45 a.m. and Elementary students dismiss at 12:45 p.m.



 
   
 

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