Academic Calendar 2008 - 2009

August

3 Teachers Report 9:00 am

10 New Parent Orientation ACA Auditorium 7:00 pm

11 Returning Parent Orientation ACA Auditorium 7:00 pm

12 First Day of School ACA 8:00 am

20 - 21 Charger Round Table at New Life Ranch, grades 6-12

28 Family Game Night ACA Auditorium 7:00 pm

29 Workshop for The Nutcracker ACA 9:00 am

September

7 Labor Day - No School

11 Wizard of Oz Sing-A-Long ACA Auditorium 6:30 pm

18 Five Week Progress Reports

October

14 PSAT for Juniors / End of First Quarter 8:00 am

15 - 16 Fall Break - No School

23 Report Cards

23 Wizard of Oz Family Fun Night ACA Auditorium 6:30 pm

November

6 Annual Fundraising Event 7:00 pm

10 PLAN Test for Sophomores 8:00 am

12 Yearbook Picture Retakes ACA 10:00 am

14 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Workshop ACA 9:00 am

17 EXPLORE Test for 8th Graders 8:00 am

20 Five Week Progress Reports

25 Grandparents Day / Early dismissal

26 - 27 Thanksgiving Break - No School

December

4 Christmas Celebration 7:00 pm

11 - 12 The Nut Cracker 7:00 pm

13 The Nut Cracker ACA Auditorium 2:00 pm

16 - 18 First Semester Final Exams - Early Dismissal

21 - 29 Christmas Break - No School

January

1 Christmas Break - No School

4 Teacher Work Day - No School

5 Second Semester Begins 8:00 am

8 Second Quarter Report Cards

18 Martin Luther King Day - No School

February

4 Winter Court 2010 7:00 pm

5 Five Week Progress Reports

15 Presidents Day - No School

March

1 Open House 6:00 pm

5 End of Third Quarter

9 Open House 6:00 pm

10 Open House 1:00 pm

12 Report Cards

15 - 19 Spring Break - No School

24 Open House 1:00 pm

April

2 Good Friday - No School

16 Five Week Progress Reports

16 - 21 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

26 - 30 Iowa Basic Testing for K5 - 6th graders

30 Dialectic Trips Begin 8:00 am

May

1 - 3 Dialectic Trips

17 - 19 Second Semester Final Exams - Early Dismissal

18 Kindergarten Graduation 10:00 am

19 Fifth Grade Graduation 10:00 am

20 Dialectic Graduation 7:00 pm

21 Rhetoric Graduation 7:00 pm

June

4 Final Report Cards Available for Pick Up 9:00 am