Observances & Recognition

2025-2026 School Year

The following dates and occasions are observed in a variety of ways as we strive to recognize and welcome staff, students, partners and community members.

Occasions included:
 

  • Have a direct tie to schools and/or children or
  • Are in appreciation of school staff or
  • Promote cultural competency or
  • Are Federal holidays or
  • Are religious observances that may be important to staff or students, especially those that impact the school day - ie. students or staff may be absent, may be fasting, need time to pray, may wear special attire or symbols

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)


2024-25 School Year

Pride Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Safety Month


1-3 - Shavuot
6-7 - Eid al-Adha
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
2 - School Lunch Hero Day
5 - Cinco de Mayo
5-9 - National Teacher Appreciation Week (All Staff Appreciation Week at Kent ISD)
6 - National Teacher Day
7 - National School Nurse Day
9 - School Communicators Day
12 - Vesak
26 - 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

2- International Children’s Book Day
2- World Autism Awareness Day
3 - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
5-11 - Week of the Young Child
7-11 - National Assistant Principal Week
10 - Eid-al-Fitr
12-20 - Passover
14 - Vaisakhi
18 - Good Friday
20 - Easter
20- First day of Ridva'n
21-25 - Public School Volunteer Week
22 - Earth Day
22-26 - National Student Leadership Week
23 - Administrative Professionals Day

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

3-7 - National School Breakfast Week
5 - Ash Wednesday
5 - Lent Begins
7 - Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
8 - International Women’s Day 
9 - Daylight Saving Time begins
13-14 - Purim
17 - St. Patrick's Day
21- NowRuz
20 - Spring Equinox
30 - Eid-al-Fitr
31 - Cesar Chavez Day

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

3-7 - National School Counseling Week
12- Magha Puja 
14 - Valentine’s Day
15-22 - National FFA Week 
17 - Presidents’ Day 
28 - Ramadan begins (thru March 30)


1 - New Year's Day
4 - World Braille Day
20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
29 - Lunar New Year

School Board Recognition Month


2 - Special Education Day
3 - Day of Persons with Disabilities
25 - Jan. 2 - 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-  Birth of the Báb 
3 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
5- Election Day
8 - National STEM/STEAM Day
11 - Veterans Day/Armistice Day
14 - World Diabetes Day
15 - Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab
18-24 - Geography Awareness Week
20 - Education Support Professionals Day
21- National Parental Involvement Day
22- Substitute Educators Day
28 - Thanksgiving Day

Czech Heritage Month
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 - Child Health Day
2 - School Count Day in Michigan
2-4 - Rosh Hashanah
6 - National Instructional Coaches Day 
6 - German-American Day
8-14 - Fire Prevention Week
11-12 - Yom Kippur
14- Indigenous People’s Day
14-18 - National School Lunch Week
21-25 - National School Bus Safety Week
23-25 - Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
30 - thru Nov. 3 - Diwali
31 - Halloween

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

4 - Labor Day
8 - International Literacy Day
9-13 - Arts in Education Week
17 - National Voter Registration Day
19 - National IT Professional Day
21 - International Day of Peace
23 - First day of Fall/Autumn
26 - Human Resources Professional Day

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

July 2024

French American Heritage Month

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


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