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Hours of Operation:  8:25 a.m. -- 2:55 p.m.

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA SCHOOL
SCHOOL CALENDAR – 2009-2010

AUGUST

31 – SCHOOL REOPENS – 12:25 pm Dismissal


SEPTEMBER

  1 – Full Days begin – Grades Pre-K thru 8
  4 – SCHOOL CLOSED
  7 – SCHOOL CLOSED – Labor Day
  8 – Extended Day Program begins
  9 – 9:00 am – Opening School Mass
10 – BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT and PSA MEETING
15 – Individual School Pictures
16 – Group School Pictures – Uniforms worn



OCTOBER – RESPECT LIFE MONTH

   7 – 9:00 am – School Mass
  8 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
  9 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
12 – SCHOOL CLOSED – COLUMBUS DAY
14 – Interim First Trimester
15 – PSA Walk-a-Thon
22 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PARENT CONFERENCES
23 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PARENT CONFERENCES
25 – Open House – Padua and St. Elizabeth
27 – School Pictures – Make-Up Day
30 – 1:30 pm – Halloween Parade



NOVEMBER

   1 – Open House – St. Mark’s and St. Thomas More Prep
  2 – Winter Uniforms
  2 – 9:00 am – All Saints Mass
12 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
24 – 3:00 pm Dismissal – NO EXTENDED CARE
25 – SCHOOL CLOSED – HAPPY THANKSGIVING
26 – SCHOOL CLOSED
27 – SCHOOL CLOSED
30 – 9:00 am – School Mass
30 – End of First Trimester



DECEMBER

  3 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
  5 – Diocesan High School Placement Test
  7 – 8:40 am – Advent Prayer – Gathering Space
  8 – 10:30 am School Mass – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
14 – 8:40 am – Advent Prayer – Gathering Space
21 – 8:40 am – Advent Prayer – Gathering Space
22 – 3:00 pm Dismissal – Christmas Break begins
              – NO EXTENDED CARE
23 – SCHOOL CLOSED – CHRISTMAS
             (Christmas recess until January 4, 2010)



JANUARY

  4 – SCHOOL REOPENS
  7 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
18 – SCHOOL CLOSED – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
20 – 9:00 am – School Mass
22 – Interim Second Trimester
29 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PARENT CONFERENCES



FEBRUARY

1-5 – CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
   3 – 9:00 am – School Mass
  4 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
12 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
15 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PRESIDENT’S DAY
17 – 10:30 am – School Mass – Ash Wednesday
19 – 1:45 pm – Stations of the Cross (Grades 5-8)
26 – 9:00 am – Lenten Mass (Grades 5-8)
26 – 1:45 pm – Stations of the Cross (Grades 1-4)


MARCH

  4 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
  5 – 9:00 am – Lenten Mass (Grades 1-4)
  5 – 1:45 pm – Stations of the Cross (Grades 5-8)
  8 – End of Second Trimester
12 – 9:00 am – Lenten Mass (Grades 5-8)
12 – 1:45 pm – Stations of the Cross (Grades 1-4)
15-19 – Terra Nova Testing
19 – 9:00 am – Lenten Mass (Grades 1-4)
19 – 1:45 pm – Stations of the Cross (Grades 5-8)
22 – SCHOOL CLOSED – FACULTY RETREAT
26 – 1:30 & 7:00 pm – Living Stations
31 – 9:00 am – School Mass
31 – 3:00 pm Dismissal – Easter Break Begins - NO EXTENDED CARE



APRIL

  1 – SCHOOL CLOSED – EASTER BREAK
12 – SCHOOL REOPENS
12 – Warm Weather Uniforms
15 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
29 – 9:00 am – School Mass
30 – Interim Third Trimester



MAY

  1 – 9:30 & 11:30 am – First Eucharist
  3 – Grandparents’ Day
  6 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
  7 – SCHOOL CLOSED – PLANNING DAY
13 – 9:00 am – School Mass
14 – PSA Field Day
31 – SCHOOL CLOSED – MEMORIAL DAY



JUNE

  3 – 7:00 pm – PSA Board Meeting
  5 – 10:00 am – Grade 8 -  Closing Ceremony
11 – 9:00 am – Closing School Mass 
              
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

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