Observances & Recognition

Native American Heritage Month
National Career Development Month

1 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
3 - Election Day - Votes are due in by this date!
8 - International STEM Day
8 - Diwali
11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
14 - World Diabetes Day
15-21 - Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week
16-20 - Geography Awareness Week
16-20 - American Education Week

• 18 - Education Support Professionals Day
• 19 - National Parental Involvement Day
• 20 - Substitute Educators Day

26 - Thanksgiving Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month (continues thru Oct. 15)
Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Principals Month

2 - School Custodian Appreciation Day
2-4 - Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
4-10 - Fire Prevention Week
5 - Child Health Day
6 - National Instructional Coaches Day 
12 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day
12-16 - National School Lunch Week
19-23 - National School Bus Safety Week
31 - Halloween

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)
National Suicide Prevention Month  

7 - Labor Day
8 - International Literacy Day
11-13 - Rosh Hashanah
13-19 - Arts in Education Week
15 - National Voter Registration Day
15 - IT Professionals Day
20-21 - Yom Kippur
21 - International Day of Peace
22 - Autumnal Equinox (1st day of Fall)
25-Oct. 2 - Sukkot
26 - Human Resources Professional Day

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

French American Heritage Month

4 - Independence Day (U.S. Federal Holiday)
29 - Asalha Puja Day (Dharma Day)

June Observances and Notable Dates

June has a handful of occasions to celebrate and honor:

Pride Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Safety Month

19 - Juneteenth
21 - Summer Solstice

• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Haitian Heritage Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

1-7 - National Physical Education and Sport Week
1 - School Lunch Hero Day
4 - 8 - National Teacher Appreciation Week (All Staff Appreciation Week at Kent ISD)
5 - Cinco de Mayo
5 - National Teacher Day
6 - National School Nurse Day
7 - National Black Teachers Day
8 - Childcare Provider Appreciation Day
8 - School Communicators Day
21 - Vesak
25 - Memorial Day 

Arab American Heritage Month
Scottish-American Heritage Month
National Deaf History Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Poetry Month
School Library Month
World Autism Month

1-9 - Passover
2- International Children’s Book Day
2- World Autism Awareness Day
3 - Good Friday
3 - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
5 - Easter
6-10 - National Assistant Principal Week
11-17 - Week of the Young Child
14 - Vaisakhi
20-24 - Public School Volunteer Week
20-24 - National Student Leadership Week
21- First day of Ridva'n
22 - Earth Day
22 - Administrative Professionals Day
30- May 1 - Vesak

Women’s History Month
National Reading Month
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Gender Equality Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Nutrition Month
Social Work Month
Youth Art Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month

2-3 Purim
2-6 - National School Breakfast Week
4 - Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
8 - International Women’s Day 
8 - Daylight Saving Time begins
17 - St. Patrick's Day
20 - Spring Equinox
20 - Eid-al-Fitr
21- NowRuz
31 - Cesar Chavez Day

Black History Month
Career and Technical Education Month
Children's Dental Health Month

2-6 - National School Counseling Week
14 - Valentine’s Day
16 - Presidents' Day
17 - Lunar New Year
18 - Ash Wednesday/Lent begins
18 - Ramadan begins (thru March 19)
21-28 - National FFA Week 

1 - New Year's Day
4 - World Braille Day
19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

School Board Recognition Month

2 - Special Education Day
3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
14 - 22 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas
26 -Jan 1 - Kwanzaa
31 - New Year's Eve

Native American Heritage Month
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month
National Career Development Month

2 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
4 - Election Day
8 - National STEM/STEAM Day
11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
14 - World Diabetes Day
17-21 - Geography Awareness Week
17-21 - American Education Week

• 18 - National Parental Involvement Day
• 19 - Education Support Professionals Day
• 21 - Substitute Educators Day

27 - Thanksgiving Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month (continues thru Oct. 15)
Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Principals Month

1 - School Count Day in Michigan
1-2 - Yom Kippur
2 - School Custodian Appreciation Day
5-11 - Fire Prevention Week
6 - Child Health Day
6 - National Instructional Coaches Day 
13- Indigenous Peoples’ Day 
13-15 - Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
13-17 - National School Lunch Week
20 - Diwali
20-24 - National School Bus Safety Week
31 - Halloween

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)
National Suicide Prevention Month  

4 - Labor Day
8 - International Literacy Day
14-20 - Arts in Education Week
16 - National Voter Registration Day
16 - IT Professionals Day
21 - International Day of Peace
22 - Autumnal Equinox (1st day of Fall)
22-24 - Rosh Hashanah
26 - Human Resources Professional Day

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

French American Heritage Month

4 - Independence Day (U.S. Federal Holiday)
10- Asalha Puja Day (Dharma Day)