rds calendar

2009-2010 Calendar

Complimentary X-Care provided 2:00-3:30 on early dismissal dates
This calendar is intended to assist you in planning; dates are subject to change. Please be sure to check our dynamic calendar and the weekly Friday Folder calendar for updates.

August
24	Mini-Conferences for Grades 1-5 (arranged with teacher)
25	New Student Orientation 9:00-10:00 a.m. Lower School MPR 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Middle School MPR (including last year’s RDS 5th graders)
26	First Day of Classes Parents’ Association Welcome Coffee 8:00 a.m. in the Gallery Opening Assembly 10:50-11:35 a.m.
31	1st day of Kid Chow lunch program (www.kidchow.com)
September
7	Labor Day: School Closed, No X-Care
8	Grades K-2 Back-to-School Night
10	Grades 6-8 Back-to-School Night
11	Pizza Fridays Begin!
15	Grades 3-5 Back-to-School Night
23	Noon Dismissal – Teacher In-Service
October
6	RDSPA General Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
9	Faculty In-Service, No Classes, X-Care Open
12	School Closed, Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
17	RDSPA Fall Picnic
21	2:00 Dismissal – Faculty In-Service*
29-30	Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences, No Classes, X-Care Open
November
12	Middle School Book Bug Boogie
13	Teacher Report Writing Day, No Classes, X-Care Open
16-19	Book Fair
24	Generations’ Day, 1:00- 3:00 p.m.
25-29	Thanksgiving Recess (NOTE: No School Wed., Nov. 25; X-Care Open 8am-5pm on Wed.)
December
3	Priority (Siblings/ Faculty & Staff Children) Admission Applications Due Returning Financial Aid Applications Due
19-Jan 3	Winter Break, School Closed
January
4	Faculty In-Service, No Classes, X-Care Open
5	Classes Resume
18	School Closed – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
27	2:00 Dismissal – Faculty In-Service*
28	Parents’ Association/Trustees Finance Update, 7:00 p.m.
30	Parent University
February
3	Re-enrollment Contracts Due
11	Winter Concert, Kofman Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
15	School Closed – Presidents’ Day
16-19	Presidents’ Week Recess, No Classes, X-Care Open
March
5	Faculty Report Writing Day, No Classes, X-Care Open
17	2:00 Dismissal – Faculty In-Service*
25	Grades 3-4 Science Fair
April
1-2	Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences, No Classes, X-Care Open
5-9	Spring Break – School Closed (X-Care Closed)
22	K-2 Science Fair
26-30	ERB Testing, Grades 3-8
27	Lower School Art & Music Night
May
4	RDSPA General Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
7	Faculty In-Service, No Classes, X-Care Open (New Date)
10-14	Outdoor Ed, Grades 7-8; 6th Grade May 11-14 (New Date)
20	Middle School Sports Banquet
25	Middle School Art & Music Night
31	School Closed – Memorial Day
June
2-7	Middle School Final Exams
8	Last Day of School, Concert on the Yard, Early Dismissal
Wed, 9	Step-Up Promotion 9:30-11:00 8th Grade Graduation 5:30