Eastside Middle School Calendar 23-24
August 2023
 3rd: EMS Meet and Greet
 4th: Elementary Open House
 6th: Friendship Day
 7th: First ½ day of school
 10th: First full day of school
 13th: Left-Handers Day
 16th: Custodian Appreciation Day
 17th: Middle School Open House
 24th: High School Open House
 26th: Women’s Equality Day
 Date TBA: 1st quarter Parent Newsletter sent
electronically
October-Communicate with your Kids Month
 5th: Middle School Parent/Teacher Conference
 5th: World Teacher Day
 6th: End of the 9-week grading period
 9th -13th FALL BREAK
 10th: World Mental Health Day
 18th: Onsite, Volunteer Recognition
 23rd-31st: Red Ribbon Week
 Date TBA: 2nd quarter Parent Newsletter sent
electronically
 25th: Electronic access to report cards
December
 11th Coordination of student support programs
(Holiday assistance-needs based)
 11th-15th Holiday Spirit Week
 15th: ½ day of school and End of 9 weeks grading
period
 18th-31st: Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)
February- African American History Month
 Black History Month
 5th -9th: Black Lives Matter at School Week
September-Self-Improvement Month
 4th: NO SCHOOL
 National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month
(September 15-October 15)
 10th -16th: Suicide Prevention Week
 10th-16th: National Black Historical Colleges &
University Week
 11TH: Grandparents Day
 18th: Students do not report (Staff
Development)
 18th -22nd Hello Week
 20th: Mechanics, Bus Drivers, Bus Aides
Appreciation Day
 23rd: International Day of Sign Language
November-Military Appreciation Month
 Native American Indian Heritage Month
 1st: NO SCHOOL
 1st: Coordination of student support
programs (Holiday assistance-needs based)
 5th: Day Light Savings ends
 9th: tentatively Veterans Day Program
 10th: NO SCHOOL
 9th-11th: TCA Conference
 11th: Veterans Day
 13th-17th: American Education Week
 15th: Technology Appreciation Day
 16th: Great American Smoke-out
 18th: Family Volunteer Day
 21st: School Board Formal Meeting
 22nd-24th: Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)
January 2023-National Mentoring Month
 1st-3rd: NO SCHOOL
 New Student Registration (Click here for
requirements)
4th: Classes resume
 10th: Electronically available Report cards
 12th: At-Risk letters mailed
 15th: NO SCHOOL- Martin Luther King Day
 17th: SRO, Substitutes Appreciate Day
 25th: Parent/Teacher conferences
 Date TBA: 3rd quarter Parent Newsletter sent
electronically
 29th-Feb. 2nd: 8th grade High School Bootcamp
 TBA: Distribute Career Academies
information Academy Information
March- Self-Injury Awareness Month
 National Women’s History Month
 Developmental Disability Awareness Month
 5th-9th: National School Counseling Week
 7th: NO SCHOOL
 12th -16th Random Acts of Kindness
 19th: NO SCHOOL President’s Day
 21st: Maintenance Appreciation Day
 TBA: High school registration starts (8th-grade
parents) Contact Eastside High School
April- Month of the Military Child
 Month of the Military Child
 4th -Librarian Appreciation Day
 8th-12th: Administrator Appreciation Week
 7th-13th: National Library Week
 17th: Administrative, Bookkeepers, Office Assistant
Appreciation Day
 Dates TBA: TCAP assessment
June
 The Counseling Center is closed for the Summer
 1st: End of the 9-week grading period
4th-8th: SPRING BREAK
 10th: Daylight savings begins
 20th: Educational/Media Assistants
Appreciation Day
 20th: Electronic access Report Cards
 29th: NO SCHOOL
 Date TBA: 4th quarter Parent Newsletter sent
electronically
May
 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
6th-10th: Teacher Appreciation Week
9th: National Children’s Mental Health
Awareness Day
 15th-School Nurse, Food Services, Cafeteria
monitor Appreciation Day
 Date TBA: 5th-grade orientation
 Date TBA: 8th grade High School Tours
 Date TBA: 8th grade Dance
 Date TBA: Counseling Department data
collection and end-of-the-year report; send
8th-grade records and receive 5th-grade
records
 22nd: Last ½ Day of School/Report
cards/Retention Report
July
 New Student Registration (check the EMS
website for dates and times)
 The Counseling Center is closed for the
Summer