School Year-at-a-Glance
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2008 – 2009 School Year
August
18: 5:00 PM-Middle School Orientation
19: 5:00 PM-High School Orientation
TBA K-5 Orientation
21: First Day of School 7:50-2:55 grades 6-12; 8:10-2:30 grades K-5
21-22: Diagnostic testing
September
1: Labor Day Holiday
2: MS Student Council Reps/HS Student Council Speeches
4: Forum Leadership Meeting
9: SAT Registration deadline for Oct. 4 test
16: Parent Open House 4:30 – 6:45 PM
17: Constitution Day Assembly
18: Jackie Schwab Concert
22: Senior Photos
24: Mid-quarter reports, Fall Sports Photos
25: 10th Grade ICC
October
1: Picture Day,
1-2: Book Fair
2: Forum Leadership Meeting 3:30 – 4:30 PM
3: 8th Grade Schiele Museum
4: SAT at TJCA, Class of 1958 50th Reunion – 4:30 PM
9: Fall Dance Program 5:30 – 6:30 & 7:00 – 8:00 PM
10: HS US History & AP Art to Mint Museum 7:45 AM
15: PSAT Required Testing Date for grades 8-11
100% Attendance!
16: 10th Grade Renaissance Festival
17: Noon release Q1 Ends
22: Report Cards go home
24: 6th Grade Character Dress Day
25: ACT at other Locations
30: Homecoming
31: 6th & 7th Grade Social, 8th – 12th Homecoming Dance
November
4: Picture Retakes
5: SAT Registration Deadline for Dec. 6 test
6: Parent Conferences 3:30 – 5:45 PM,
Forum Meeting 6:00 PM, Drama Production 7:00 PM
7: ACT Registration Deadline for Dec. 13 test, Drama Prodution 7:00 PM
8: Drama Production 7:00 PM
10: Pep Rally
11: Veteran’s Day Holiday
19: Mid-quarter reports
24: Fall Sports Banquet
25: 7th Grade Raptor Center
26-28: Thanksgiving Break
December
4: Forum Leadership Meeting 3:30 – 4:30 PM
6: SAT at TJCA
9: Christmas Concert
10: Winter Sports Photos
11 – 13: 10th – 12th Grade to Charleston and Savannah
12: MS Winter Wonderland Dance
13: ACT at TJCA
16: 8th Grade: A Christmas Carol
17: Second Quarter Ends
19: Noon Release Christmas Break Begins
22-Jan. 3: Christmas Break
January
4: School Resumes
19: Martin Luther King Holiday
30: Noon Release for Mid-quarter
February
2: Required Teacher Workday (snow day #1)
4: Mid-quarter Reports
16: President’s Day- No School
March
6: Open House [Application Deadline March 16, 2009]
13: Third Quarter Ends
16: Required Teacher Work Day (snow day #2)
April
6: REQUIRED ITBS testing for grades 2-7
8: REQUIRED ITBS testing for grades 2-7
100% attendance required- full battery
10 – 19: Easter Break
20: School Resumes
22: Mid-quarter report
May
4-15: Advanced Placement exams
18-22: EOG AND EOC TESTS
21 – 22: Noon releases after Exams
25: No School- Memorial Day
26-29: EOG and EOC RETESTS AND FINAL EXAMS
June
2: Olympic Day – Noon Release
3: HS Awards Assembly – Noon Release
4: Last Day of School- MS Awards Assembly – Noon Release
4: TJCG-CFA Report Cards Go Home
5: HS Graduation – 7:00PM
8-11 Required Teacher Work Days
16-17: TJCA Report Card Pickup – 9AM-4PM
TJCGS