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2020-2021 Key Dates and Observances
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Oct. 1-31 National Bullying Prevention Month
Oct. 1-31 National Principals Month
Oct. 11-17 SC Earthquake Preparedness Week
Oct. 12 Columbus Day
Oct. 12-16 National School Lunch Week
Oct. 15 Great Southeast Shake Out
Oct 19-23 National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 23-31 Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 24 United Nations Day
Oct. 24 Make a Difference Day
Oct. 31 Halloween
Nov. 1-30 Native American Heritage Month
Nov. 3 Election Day
Nov. 11 Veterans Day
Nov. 16-20 American Education Week
Nov. 19 National Parent Involvement Day
Nov. 20 Education Support Professionals Day
Nov. 20 Substitute Educators Day
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 1 World AIDS Day
Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Day
Dec. 10 Human Rights Day
Dec. 10-18 Hanukkah
Dec. 15 Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 21 First Day of Winter
Dec. 25 Christmas
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Kwanza
2021
Jan. 1-31 School Board Recognition Month
Jan. 1 New Year's Day
Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 1-28 African American History Month
Feb. 1-28 National Children's Dental Health Month
Feb. 1 National Freedom Day
Feb. 1-5 National School Counseling Week
Feb. 2 Groundhog Day
Feb. 12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Feb. 12 Chinese New Year
Feb. 14 Valentine's Day
Feb. 15 President's Day
Feb. 17 National PTA Founders Day
Feb. 17 Ash Wednesday
Feb. 17- March 29 Lent
Feb. 22 George Washington's Birthday
Mar. 1-31 American Red Cross Month
Mar. 1-31 Irish American Heritage Month
Mar. 1-31 Music in Our Schools Month
Mar. 1-31 National Middle Level Education Month
Mar. 1-31 National Nutrition Month
Mar. 1-31 National Social Work Month
Mar. 1-31 Women's History Month
Mar. 1-31 Youth Art Month
Mar. 2 Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss birthday)
March 2-6 National School Breakfast Week
NO DATE AVAILABLE National Foreign Language Week
Mar. 8 International Women's Day
Mar. 11 Johnny Appleseed Day
NO DATE Classified School Employees Week *Dates differ in some states. Usually scheduled for the first or second week in March
Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day
Mar. 18 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Mar. 20 First Day of Spring
Mar. 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar. 21-27 National Poison Prevention Week
March 27 - Apr. 3 Passover
Apr. 1-30 National Poetry Month
Apr. 1-30 National Autism Awareness Month
Apr. 1 April Fools' Day
Apr. 2 International Children's Book Day
Apr. 2 Good Friday
Apr. 4 Easter
Apr. 5-9 National Library Week
Apr. 7 World Health Day
Apr. 8 Holocaust Remembrance Day
Apr. 12 First Day of Ramadan
Apr. 12 First Day of Ramadan
NO DATE National Student Leadership Week
NO DATE Public School Volunteer Week
Apr. 18-24 National Volunteer Week
Apr. 19 Patriots Day
Apr. 21 Administrative Professionals Day
Apr.22 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Apr. 22 Earth Day
Apr. 22 Earth Day
Apr. 30 National Arbor Day
May 1-31 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1-31 Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 1-31 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
NO DATE National Physical Education and Sports Week
May 1 Law Day
May 2-9 Be Kind to Animals Week
May 2-9 National Music Week
May 2-9 Be Kind to Animals Week
May 2-9 National Music Week
May 3-7 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4 Horace Mann's Birthday (father of public schools)
May 4 National Teacher Day
May 5 Cinco De Mayo
May 5 National Bike to School Day
May 7 School Lunch Hero Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 9 Mother's Day
May 12 National School Nurse Day
May 15 Armed Forces Day
NO DATE National Education Bosses' Week
May 31 Memorial Day
June 1-30. Fireworks Safety Month
June 1-30 Caribbean -American Heritage Month
June 5 World Environment Day
June 8 Race Unity Day
June 14 Flag Day
June 16 International Day of the African Child
June 19 Juneteenth
June 20 Father's Day
June 20 First Day of Summer
