2019-20 Academic Year Calendar
NEW: 2020-21 Academic Year Calendar
An easy to print Academic Year Calendar is available here: CA-Academic-Year-Calendar-2019-20.pdf
| August | Fri | 30 | New student registration - orientation programming begins for all new students |
| Sat | 31 | Orientation for all new students | |
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September |
Sun |
1 |
Boarding Orientation (extended orientation for new boarding students) |
| Mon | 2 | Labor Day | |
| Returning student registration | |||
| Athletic preseason begins | |||
| Tues | 3 | Convocation | |
| First day of classes | |||
| Sun | 29 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown | |
| Mon | 30 | Rosh Hashanah; school in session | |
| October | Tues | 1 | Rosh Hashanah; school in session |
| Wed | 9 | Yom Kippur; no classes; houses open | |
| Thurs-Sat | 10-12 | Family Weekend | |
| Mon-Tues | 14-15 | Fall Break; no classes; houses open | |
| Wed | 16 | Classes resume | |
| Sat | 26 | Admissions Open House | |
| Sun | 27 | Diwali | |
| Tues | 29 | Birth of the Báb; school in session | |
| Wed | 30 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh; school in session | |
| November | Mon | 11 | Veterans Day; school in session |
| Fri | 22 | Thanksgiving vacation begins at 6 p.m. or after last commitment; houses open until Sat. 11/23 at 12 p.m. | |
| Sat | 23 | Students depart by 12 p.m.; houses close and school is closed. | |
| December | Sun | 1 | Houses open at 4:00 p.m. (Sunday), boarders return by 8:00 p.m. |
| Mon | 2 | Classes resume | |
| Thurs | 19 | Boarding community dinner followed by senior holiday chapel; mandatory for all seniors and all boarders | |
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Fri |
20 |
Winter break begins; shuttle for boarders departs at 9:00 a.m.; houses close at 12 noon |
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| January | Mon | 6 | Houses open at 4:00 p.m. (Monday), boarders return by 8:00 p.m. |
| Tues | 7 | Second semester begins | |
| Mon | 20 | MLK Day; school in session; special programming | |
| Sat | 25 | Lunar New Year | |
| February | Mon | 17 | Presidents' Day; no classes; houses open |
| March | Fri | 6 | Spring break begins at noon; students depart between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.; houses close and school is closed. |
| Sun | 22 | Houses open at 4:00 p.m. (Sunday), boarders return by 8:00 p.m. | |
| Mon | 23 | Classes resume | |
| Fri | 27 | Senior Transition Seminar | |
| Fri-Sat | 27-28 | Junior Leadership Retreat; | |
| April | Wed | 1 | Admissions Revisit Day |
| Fri | 3 | Admissions Revisit Day | |
| Mon | 6 | Admissions Revisit Day | |
| Wed | 8 | Passover begins at sundown; ends April 16 | |
| Fri | 10 | Good Friday; school in session | |
| Sun | 12 | Easter | |
| Mon | 20 | Patriots' Day; First Day of Ridván; no classes; houses open | |
| Tues | 28 | Ninth Day of Ridván; school in session | |
| May | Fri | 1 | Twelfth Day of Ridván; school in session |
| Sat | 23 | Declaration of the Báb; school in session | |
| Sun | 24 | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Mon | 25 | Memorial Day; no classes; houses open | |
| Thurs | 28 | Baccalaureate; Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh; school in session | |
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Fri |
29
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Commencement 10:00 a.m. Students depart between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.; houses close and school is closed. |