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1. August 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Calendar is subject to change.
Please visit www.hcpss.org for
the most recent version.
Countywide
Professional
Learning Day
School Staff Returns
Fall HS sports practices begin
Countywide
Professional
Learning Day
September 2019
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
August holidays and other dates of interest
11 Eid Al-Adha – Islam (subject to moon) begins sunset of previous day
August Testing Dates
24 SAT
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Hearing for Public Input &
Pre-development Public
Work Session on FY21
Capital Budget & FY22–26
Cap. Improvement Program;
Presentation of Attendance
Area Adjustment Plan 7 pm

2. September 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
School Begins for
Students
Schools and offices closed
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
October 2019
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
September holidays and other dates of interest
National Hispanic-American Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
10 Ashura – Islam
29 Navratri (10 days) – Hindu
30 Rosh Hashanah (2 days) – Jewish (begins sunset of previous day)
Labor Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
First day of school
for Pre-K/RECC
First game date of HS fall
sports (MPSSAA)
September Testing Dates
3 KRA begins
14 ACT
23-27 MAP (Gr. 1 only)
B
A
B B
A
B
A
B A
B
A
B A
A B
A B A A
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
CAC New Member
Orientation 6:30 pm
Regular Meeting 7 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Public Hearing I,
7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Public Hearing, Work
Session & Approval of FY21
Capital Budget & FY22–26
Capital Improve. Prog. 7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Presentation of FY21
Capital Budget & FY22–26
Capital Improve. Prog. 7 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Public
Hearing II, 7 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Public
Hearing III, 7 pm

3. October 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Schools and offices closed
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
November 2019
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October holidays and other dates of interest
9 Yom Kippur – Jewish*
14 Sukkot (2 days) – Jewish*
14 Columbus Day
18 MSEA Convention
20 Installation of Guru
Granth Sahib – Sikh
21 Shemini Atzeret – Jewish*
22 Simchat Torah – Jewish*
27 Diwali (5 days) – Hindu
29 Birth of the Báb – Bahá’i
30 Birth of Baha’u’llah –
Baha’i
31 Halloween
* begins sunset of previous day
Professional Work Day
Schools closed for students
Last day to withdraw from high
school course without penalty
CAC Meeting 7 pm
Elementary interim progress
reports issued
October Testing Dates
1-29 Fall MAP
5 SAT
10 KRA ends
16 PSAT/NMSQT
26 ACT
B A
A
A
A
A
B
A
B
AB
B B
B
B
B
B A B A
A
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE meets with PTA
Presidents & CAC 7:30 pm BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session II
6:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session I
6:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session III
6:30 pm

4. November 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Schools close 3 hours
early for parent/teacher
conferences. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC.
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
ES/MS parent/teacher
conferences and countywide
HS Professional Learning.
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
Professional Work Day
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
End of 1st marking period.
December 2019
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November holidays and other dates of interest
National Native American Heritage Month
1 All Saints Day – Christian
3 Daylight Saving Time ends
10 Mawlid-al-Nabi – Islam (subject to moon sightings)
11 Veterans Day
12 Guru Nanak Devji’s Gurpurab – Sikh
13 Education Support Professionals Day
–––––– THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ––––––
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools closed for students.
Parent/teacher conferences
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Report cards issued CAC Meeting 7 pm
November Testing Dates
2 SAT
BB
B
B B
A
A
A
A A
A
A
B
A
B A
B
B
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session IV
6:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session VII
6:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session V
6:30 pm
BOE Attendance Area
Adjustment Work Session VI
6:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Attendance Area Adjustment
Plan Approval 7 pm

5. December 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
January 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
December holidays and other dates of interest
23 Hanukkah (8 days) – Jewish (begins sunset of previous day)
24 Christmas Eve – Christian
25 Christmas Day – Christian
26 Kwanzaa (7 days) – African American/Interfaith
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WINTER BREAK – Schools Closed ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
WINTER BREAK – Schools Closed
CAC Meeting 7 pm
Elementary interim progress
reports issued
December Testing Dates
2-13 CogAT
7 SAT
14 ACT
16 HS MCAP ELA/Math begins
A A
A A A
B B B
B B
B BA A A
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE meets with student
leaders 12:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Presentation of the Supt’s
Proposed FY21 Operating
Budget 7 pm

6. HSHS HS
January 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
February 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
January holidays and other dates of interest
2 Bodhi Day – Buddhist
2 Guru Gobind Singh’s Gurpurab – Sikh
6 Epiphany – Christian
7 Feast of Nativity – Orthodox Christian
14 Makar Sankranti – Hindu
25 Lunar New Year – Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese
New Year’s Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
CAC Meeting 7 pm
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half-day
Pre-K/RECC
High schools (only) close
3 hours early. No half day
Pre-K/RECC
Professional Work Day
Schools closed for students
High schools (only)
close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
End of 2nd marking period.
January Testing Dates
6-31 Govt. HSA/HS-MISA testing
8 ACCESS begins
22-24 HS semester exams
B B B
B
A A
A
BA
A B
B
A
B A
AB
A
BA
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Coffee and
Conversation 9:30–11 am
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Public Hearing I
on Supt’s Proposed FY21
Operating Budget 7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Public Work Session I
on Supt’s Proposed FY21
Operating Budget 1 pm
BOE Public Work Session II
on Supt’s Proposed FY21
Operating Budget 1 pm
BOE Public Work Session III
on Supt’s Proposed FY21
Operating Budget 1 pm
Public Hearing II, 7 pm
BOE Public Work
Session IV on Supt’s
Proposed FY21 Operating
Budget 1 pm

7. ESES
February 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
March 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February holidays and other dates of interest
National African-American History Month
15 Nirvana Day – Buddhist
26 Ash Wednesday/Lent begins – Christian
Presidents’ Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
CAC Meeting 7 pm
Elementary schools (only)
close 3 hours early for
parent/teacher conferences.
No half day Pre-K/RECC
Elementary schools
(only) close 3 hours early for
parent/teacher conferences.
No half day Pre-K/RECC
Report cards issued
Last day to withdraw from
2nd semester high school
course without penalty
February Testing Dates
3-28 Winter MAP
7 HS MCAP ELA/Math ends
8 ACT
11 ACCESS ends
12-26 ACCESS makeup
A
B
A
B
A
B
BB
AA
B
B
A
A
BA
A
B
A
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Public Work Session V
on Supt.’s Proposed FY21
Operating Budget 1 pm
BOE Public Work Session
VI on Supt’s Proposed
FY21 Operating Budget
1 pm
Adoption of FY21 Op.
& Cap. Budgets &
FY22‑26 Cap. Improvement
Program 3 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm

8. March 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
April 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
March holidays and other dates of interest
National Women’s History Month
Irish American History Month
8 Daylight Saving Time begins
9 Holi – Hindu
10 Purim – Jewish (begins sunset of previous day)
20 Naw-Ruz (Baha’i and Iranian New Year)
25 Hindu New Year – Hindu
CAC Meeting 7 pm
–––––––––––––––––––––– KINDERGARTEN and NEW FIRST GRADER REGISTRATION ––––––––––––––––––––––
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK
Elementary interim progress
reports issued
March Testing Dates
9 Alt MISA testing begins
9-27 MISA window (Gr. 5-8)
14 SAT
16 MSAA begins (Gr. 3-8,11)
A
A A
B B B
B B
A
B B
A A
A
A
B
A
BAB
A
B
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE meets with PTA
Presidents & CAC 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Coffee and
Conversation 7:30–9 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm

9. April 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
Professional Work Day
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
End of 3rd marking period.
Primary Election Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
April holidays and other dates of interest
5 Palm Sunday – Christian
9 Passover (8 days) - Jewish*
10 Good Friday – Christian
12 Easter – Christian
12 Orthodox Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian
13 Easter Monday
13 Vaisakhi (lunar calendar) – Sikh
19 Orthodox Easter – Orthodox Christian
20 Ridvan (12 days) – Baha’i
21 Yom HaShoah – Jewish*
22 Administrative Professionals Day
23 Ramadan (30 Days) – Islam (subject
to moon sighting)*
23 Take Your Child To Work Day
*begins sunset of previous day
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
May 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SPRING BREAK – Schools Closed ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
SPRING BREAK
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
Report cards issued
CAC Meeting 7 pm
April Testing Dates
4 ACT
20 MCAP ELA/Math begins
27 Spring MAP begins
B
A B A
B A
A B A
A B
B A B
B
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE meets with student
leaders 12:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm

10. Interim progress reports issued
May 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit
www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
June 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
May holidays and other dates of interest
National Asian-American Heritage Month
7 Visakha Puja – Buddhist
10 Mother’s Day
21 Ascension Day – Christian
23 Declaration of the Bab – Baha’i
24 Eid al Fitr – Islam (subject to moon sighting)*
28 Ascension of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i
29 Shavuot – Jewish*
31 Pentecost – Christian
*begins sunset of previous day
Memorial Day
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
CAC Meeting 7 pm
Professional
Learning Day
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
May Testing Dates
1 Alt MISA testing ends
1 MSAA ends (Gr. 3-8,11)
2 SAT
4 Govt. HSA/HS-MISA
spring testing begins
4 Social Studies (Gr. 8)
Assessment begins
A A BB
B BA B A
A ABB
A
B
A
B A
A
B
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Adoption of FY21
Operating & Capital
Budgets & FY22–26 Capital
Improvement Program 3 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm
BOE Public Work Session
FY21 Operating & Capital
Budgets & FY22-26 Capital
Improvement Program (if
needed) 4 pm

11. June 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 *The last two (full-day) Professional Learning/Work days will follow the last day of school.
Calendar is subject to change. Please visit www.hcpss.org for the most recent version.
July 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
June holidays and other
dates of interest
14 Flag Day
21 Father’s Day
Last Student Day
Professional Work Day
and HS Finals Schools
close 3 hours early. No half-
day Pre-K/RECC. (Full day
for students if makeup day
#3 is needed.)
Professional Work Day
and HS Finals
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
(Full day for students if
makeup day #1 is needed.)
Professional Work Day
and HS Finals
Schools close 3 hours early.
No half-day Pre-K/RECC.
(Full day for students if
makeup day #2 is needed.)
Professional Learning/
Work Day*
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day #1
Professional Work
Day*
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day #2
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day #3
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day #4
MAY BE USED AS inclement
weather makeup day #5
June Testing Dates
5 MCAP ELA/Math ends
5 Spring MAP ends
5 Social Studies Assessment ends
5 Govt. HSA/HS-MISA testing ends
6 SAT
13 ACT
Last 4 days of school – HS exams
B
A
A B
A
B
B AB A
A
PTA Council General
Meeting 7:30 pm
BOE Meeting 4 pm
Presentation of
Feasibility Study 7 pm
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm

12. July 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
August 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29
July holidays and other dates of interest
9 Martyrdom of the Bab – Baha’i
24 Pioneer Day – Mormon
Independence Day
Observed
Schools and offices closed
(State mandated holiday)
July Testing Dates
18 ACT
BOE Meeting 4 & 7 pm

13. August 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
September 2020
Sun M T W Th F Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
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