AHS Key Dates 2021
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Calendar At A Glance
2020
| Tuesday, September 1 | Staff Orientation New & Untenured |
| Wednesday, September 2 | Staff Orientation – All Staff PD Danilack Grade 6 PTC Welcome Wagon Locker set up for Grade 6 |
| Thursday, September 3 | Staff Orientation at campuses
Meet N’ Greet for Nursery, J.K. & S.K. |
| Monday, September 7 | Labour Day – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Tuesday, September 8 | First day of classes |
| Wednesday, September 9 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Kamin & Posluns Staff Meeting Kamin & Posluns New Families PTC Welcome Wagon |
| Friday, September 11 | Tekes Aliyah L’kita Aleph – (Gr. 1 Moving Up Ceremony) Kamin & Posluns |
| Monday, September 14 | Kamin & Posluns Curriculum Night – Bet Hayeled – Grade 5 |
| Wednesday, September 16 | Grade 6 Curriculum Night – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Posluns Open House for prospective families – Morning session |
| Friday, September 18 | Erev Rosh Hashanah – Noon Dismissal |
| Saturday, September 19 | 1st Day Rosh Hashanah – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Sunday, September 20 | 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Monday, September 21 | Tzom Gedalia – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY |
| Wednesday, September 23 | Grades 7 & 8 Curriculum Night – 3:00 DISMISSAL for M.S. ONLY |
| Thursday, September 24 | Kamin Open House for prospective families – Morning session |
| Sunday, September 27 | Erev Yom Kippur |
| Monday, September 28 | Yom Kippur/Yizkor – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Friday, October 2 | Erev Sukkot – 2:00 PM Dismissal |
| Saturday, October 3 | 1st Day Sukkot |
| Sunday, October 4 | 2nd Day Sukkot |
| Wednesday, October 7 | Kamin Grade 5 Sukkah Scavenger Hunt |
| Thursday, October 8 | Posluns Sukkah Event |
| Friday, October 9 | Hoshana Rabba
Erev Shemini Atzeret – 2:00 PM Dismissal |
| Saturday, October 10 | Shemini Atzeret |
| Sunday, October 11 | Simchat Torah |
| Monday, October 12 | Thanksgiving – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Wednesday, October 14 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Posluns & Kamin Staff meeting – REGULAR DISMISSAL |
| Friday, October 16 | All branches 3:00 DISMISSAL begins |
| Sunday, November 1 | Standard Time Move Clock Back 1 hour |
| Wednesday, November 4 | Staff meetings all branches – 3:00 DISMISSAL |
| Friday, November 6 | All branches 2:00 DISMISSAL begins |
| Saturday, November 7 | Grade 6 Sushi Under the Stars |
| Wednesday, November 11 | Remembrance Day |
| Monday, November 16 | P.D. Day – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STUDENTS |
| Wednesday, November 25 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for ALL Branches
3:00 DISMISSAL |
| Thursday, November 26 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for ALL Branches |
| 3:00 DISMISSAL FOR KAMIN & POSLUNS
NO CLASSES FOR DANILACK STUDENTS Day and Evening conferences for Middle School Evening conferences for Elementary |
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| Friday, November 27 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for ALL Branches
SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STUDENTS |
| Wednesday, December 2 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY Posluns & Kamin Staff meeting – REGULAR DISMISSAL Posluns STEAM night – Grades 1-5 |
| Tuesday, December 8 | Grade 5 tours of Middle School |
| Wednesday, December 9 | Discover Danilack – Evening session |
| Thursday, December 10 | Erev Chanukah – 1st Chanukah Candle |
| Friday, December 11 | Discover Danilack – Morning session |
| Fri, December 11 – Fri, December 18 | Chanukah |
| Saturday, December 12 | Grade 4 Havdalah Ceremony – Kamin |
| Motzei Shabbat December 12 | Grade 3 Havdalah Ceremony – Posluns |
| Friday, December 18 | Last day of classes before break |
| Mon, December 21 – Fri, Jan 1, 2021 | Winter Break – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Friday, December 25 | Fast of 10th Tevet |
2021
| Monday, January 4, 2021 | SCHOOL RE-OPENS |
| Wednesday, January 6 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Posluns and Kamin Staff Meeting- REGULAR DISMISSAL |
| Tuesday, January 12 | Grade 8 Exams – 11:45 A.M. DISMISSAL for Grade 8 |
| Wed. & Thur. January 13 & 14 | Grades 7 & 8 Exams – 11:45 A.M. DISMISSAL for Grades 7 & 8
Grade 6 REGULAR DISMISSAL |
| Wednesday, January 20 | Snuggle up and Read BH Kamin |
| Wednesday, January 27 | Snuggle up and Read BH Posluns |
| Thursday, January 28 | Tu B’Shvat |
| Wednesday, February 3 | Staff meetings ALL branches – 3:00 DISMISSAL |
| Friday, February 5 | Grade 2 Chagigat Shabbat – Posluns Grade 2 Shabbat Program – Kamin |
| Wednesday, February 10 | Report cards distributed – All Branches |
| Thursday & Friday February 11 & 12 | Mid-winter break – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Monday, February 15 | Family Day – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Tuesday, February 16 | SCHOOL RE-OPENS |
| Friday, February 19 | All branches 3:00 DISMISSAL begins |
| Tuesday, February 23 | Kamin STEAM Night Carnival
Nursery A Purim Get Together – Posluns |
| Wednesday, February 24 | Nursery B Purim Get Together – Posluns |
| Thursday, February 25 | Fast of Esther – 3:00 DISMISSAL for M.S. ONLY |
| Friday, February 26 | Purim – NOON DISMISSAL for ALL branches |
| Saturday, February 27 | Shushan Purim |
| Wednesday, March 3 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Posluns and Kamin Staff Meeting- REGULAR DISMISSAL |
| Monday, March 8 | P.D. Day – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STUDENTS |
| Wednesday, March 10 | JKA Model Seder |
| Thursday, March 11 | JKB Model Seder |
| Sunday, March 14 | Daylight Saving Time – move clocks forward 1 hour |
| Wednesday, March 17 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for Kamin & Posluns
3:00 DISMISSAL for Kamin & Posluns |
| REGULAR DISMISSAL for Danilack | |
| Thursday, March 18 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for Kamin & Posluns
3:00 DISMISSAL Kamin & Posluns REGULAR DISMISSAL for Danilack |
| Friday, March 19 | Parent/Teacher Conferences for Kamin, Posluns
SCHOOL CLOSED for Kamin & Posluns, OPEN for Danilack REGULAR Friday DISMISSAL begins |
| Monday, March 22 | JK Model Seder – Kamin |
| Tuesday, March 23 | Grade 4 Pesach Program – Posluns
Grade 3 Pesach Interactive Seder – Kamin |
| Thursday, March 25 – Monday, April 5 | Pesach Holiday – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Tuesday, April 6 | SCHOOL RE-OPENS |
| Thursday, April 8 | Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Wednesday, April 14 | Yom Hazikaron Israel Remembrance Day |
| Thursday, April 15 | Yom Ha’atzmaut Israel Independence Day– 2:00 DISMISSAL ALL branches |
| Friday, April 30 | Lag Ba’Omer |
| Wednesday, May 5 | Staff meeting for ALL BRANCHES – 3:00 DISMISSAL |
| Thursday, May 6 – Saturday, May 8 | Grade 7 Shabbaton |
| Monday, May 10 | Yom Yerushalayim
No school for Grade 8 ONLY |
| Friday, May 14 | Grade 1 Siddur Ceremony – Posluns |
| Sunday, May 16 | Erev Shavuot |
| Monday, May 17 | 1st Day Shavuot – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Tuesday, May 18 | 2nd Day Shavuot– SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Wednesday, May 19 | SCHOOL RE-OPENS |
| Monday, May 24 | Victoria Day – SCHOOL CLOSED |
| Friday, May 28 | Grade 1 Siddur Ceremony – Kamin No school for Grade 8 |
| Wednesday, June 2 | Middle School Staff meeting – 3:00 DISMISSAL M.S. ONLY
Posluns & Kamin Staff meeting – REGULAR DISMISSAL |
| Friday, June 11 | Posluns & Kamin Tekes Siyum & Moving Up Ceremony – Grade 5 |
| Monday, June 14 | SKA End of Year Play – Posluns |
| Tuesday, June 15 | SKB End of Year Play – Posluns |
| Wednesday, June 16 | SKC End of Year Play – Posluns |
| Friday, June 18 | SK Graduation – Kamin
No classes for Grade 8 ONLY REGULAR classes for Grades 6 & 7 |
| Tuesday, June 22 | Grade 8 Senior Seminar and GRAD |
| 2:00 DISMISSAL for Grade 6 | |
| Wednesday, June 23 | Last day of classes – NOON DISMISSAL |
| Thursday, June 24 | PD Day/Conference for Staff |
| Friday, June 25 | PD Day/Conference for Staff |
| Thursday, July 1 | Canada Day |
