2009-10 School Calendar    

As an international school, we have many parent requests for longer holidays for families to travel.  Our calendar has fewer isolated holidays and more long weekends (8/29 - 9/1, 1/16 -1/19 & 2/13 – 2/16).  We have 3 week-long holidays (Oct. 13 – 17, Nov. 24 – 28, and March 16 – 20).  Winter break is December 20 – January 4.  We have fewer isolated days with no school and do not take holidays the public schools take on  11/11, 1/5, 1/6, and 4/13 - 4/17.  With our extended school day, students at The Capitol School have the opportunity to be at school 40% more (520 hours) than schools on the 8:00 – 2:30 schedule.  In addition, we offer  8 weeks of Summer Explorations.

Parents may choose which religious holidays for their children to observe.  Please send a note to your child’s teacher to inform him/her of upcoming holidays when your child will not attend school or will have special needs while they are in school such as specific times for prayer or fasting. 

 Fall Term 2009 

  August 13-14           Required Parent Intake Conferences with Teachers

  August 17                School Opens            First Day for Students

  September 4            No School                  Long Holiday Weekend

  September 7            No School                  Labor Day Holiday

  October 8 & 9         Conferences              Required Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences

  October 12-16        No School                  Fall Break

  November 23 – 27  No School                  Thanksgiving Holidays

  December 21           No School                  Winter Break until January 4, 2009

Spring Term 2010

January 4                   School Opens            First Day for Students

January 15                 No School                  Long Holiday Weekend

January 18                 No School                  Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

February 12               No School                  Long Holiday weekend

February 15               No School                  Presidents’ Day Holiday

March 11 & 12           No School                  Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences by appointment

March 15 – 19            No School                  Spring Break

April 23                      No School                  Teacher Inservice

May 20                       Last School Day        Students’ last day of classes

May 21                       Honors Ceremonies       TBA for each cluster