FCPS Celebrates!

Fall

Days Weeks Months

September

7: Labor Day

8: International Literacy Day

11: Patriot Day

11-13: Rosh Hashanah

13: National Grandparents Day

15-16: Central American Independence Days

17: Citizenship/Constitution Day

20-21: Yom Kippur

Sep. 25 - Oct. 2: Sukkot

 

13-19: National Arts in Education Week

 

Library Card Sign-up Month

National Deaf Awareness Month

Sep. 15 - Oct. 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

October

Sep. 25 - Oct. 2: Sukkot

3-4: Simchat Torah

5: Child Health Day

5: World Day of Bullying Prevention

7: International Walk and Roll to School Day

8: Ombuds Day

11-20: Navaratri

12: Indigenous Peoples' Day

12: Columbus Day

24: Make a Difference Day

31: Halloween

 

4-10: Fire Prevention Week

4-10: National Metric Week

11-17: National School Lunch Week

19-23: National Character Counts! Week

19-23: National School Bus Safety Week

23-31: Red Ribbon Week

 

Sep. 15 - Oct. 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Polish-American Heritage Month

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month

Czech Hertiage Month

Filipino American History Month

Crime Prevention Month

National Bullying Prevention Month

National Principals Month

National Farm to School Month

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

November

1: All Saints Day

3: Election Day

7-8: Diwali

11: Veterans Day

13: World Kindness Day

18: Education Support Professionals Day

19: National Parental Involvement Day

20: Substitute Educators Day

23: Repudiation Day

26: Thanksgiving Day

 

1-7: National School Psychology Awareness Week

16-20: Geography Awareness Week

16-20: American Education Week

22-28: National Family Week

 

National Native American Heritage Month

Winter

Days Weeks Months

December

7: Pearl Harbor Day

10: Human Rights Day

4-12: Hanukkah

15: Bill of Rights Day

25: Christmas Day

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Kwanzaa

31: New Year's Eve

 

 

 

 

January

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Kwanzaa

1: New Year's Day

6: Epiphany

7: Orthodox Christmas

14: FCPS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

17: World Religion Day

18: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Observance

 

24-30: National School Choice Week

25-29: The Great Kindness Challenge

 

 

February

1: National Freedom Day

2: Groundhog Day

6: Lunar New Year

8: Ramadan

9: Mardi Gras

10: Ash Wednesday

12: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

14: Frederick Douglass Day

14: Saint Valentine's Day

15: President's Day

22: George Washington's Birthday

 

1-5: National School Counseling Week

Feb. 10 - Mar. 25: Lent

15-19: Take Your Family to School Week

20-27: National FFA Week

 

National Black/African American History Month

National Career and Technical Education Month

National Children's Dental Health Month

Spring

Days Weeks Months

March

2: Read Across America Day

8: International Women's Day

10: Eid al-Fitr

14: Pi Day

17: St. Patrick's Day

20: Nowruz

21: Palm Sunday

22: Purim

22: Holi

22: World Water Day

26: Good Friday

28: Easter Sunday

29: Easter Monday

 

1-5: National School Breakfast Week

7-13: National School Social Work Week

7-13: National Foreign Language Week

15-19: National Poison Prevention Week

 

Irish-American Heritage Month

American Red Cross Month

Middle Level Education Month

Music in our Schools Month

National Nutrition Month

Women's History Month

Youth Art Month

April

7: World Health Day

8: Celebration of Buddha's Birthday

13: National Library Worker's Day

14: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi

21: Administrative Professionals Day

22: Earth Day

22-29: Passover

29: International Dance Day

30: National Arbor Day

 

4-10: National Assistant Principals Week

4-10: Week of the Young Child

11-17: National Library Week

18-24: National Student Leadership Week

18-24: Public School Volunteer Week

 

National Arab American Heritage Month

Deaf History Month

National Poetry Month

World Autism Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

School Library Month

May

1: Law Day

2: Orthodox Easter

4: National Teacher Day

5: Cinco de Mayo

5: National Interpreter Appreciation Day

6: National Bike and Roll to School Day

6: Ascension

7: School Lunch Hero Day

8: World Red Cross Day

9: Mother's Day

12: National School Nurse Day

15: Armed Forces Day

16-17: Eid al Adha

16: Pentecost

31: Memorial Day

 

2-8: National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week

3-7: National Teacher Appreciation Week

3-7: National Physical Education and Sport Week

3-7: National Music Week

3-7: Be Kind to Animals Week

3-7: National Children's Book Week

 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Jewish American Heritage Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

Summer

Days Weeks Months

June

5: World Environment Day

10-12: Shavuot

14: Flag Day

19: Juneteenth

20: Father's Day

 

 

 

Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Great Outdoors Month

LGBTQI+ Pride Month

July

4: Independence Day

 

 

 

 

August

13-15: Obon

 

 

 

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month