St. Tammany Parish Public Schools
2009 - 2010 SCHOOL CALENDAR
August 7, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School Opens
September 7, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Labor Day Holiday
October 2, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Fair Day3
October 8, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of First Grading Period
October 9, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One-Half Day for Professional Development, One-half Day for Record Keeping1
November 23 - 27, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Holiday
December 18, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .End of Second Grading Period, End of First Semester, One-half Day for Record Keeping2
December 21, 2009 - January 1, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . Winter/Christmas Break
January 4, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School Re-opens
January 18, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martin Luther King Holiday
February 15 - 19, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mardi Gras Holiday3
March 11, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Third Grading Period
March 12, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One-hay for Professional Development,
One-half Day for Record Keeping1
March 29 - April 5, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spring/Easter Break
April 12-16, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEAP Testing for Grades 4 and 8, iLEAP for Grades 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, GEE for Grades 10, 11, Re-testers, and LAA-2
May 21, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . End of Fourth Grading Period
End of Second Semester, One-half Day for Record Keeping2, End of Session
May 24, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teachers' Day, Teachers' Professional Development Make-up Day4
The School Board recommends an appropriate program for :
September 11, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . .Patriot Day
The School Board requires an appropriate program for :
November 11, 2009. . Veterans Day Observance
School administrators are asked to avoid scheduling activities on the following days whenever possible:
September 18, 2009. . . . Rosh Hashanah
(Begins at sundown)September 28, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yom Kippur
1 No students report to school.
2 Students report to school in the morning for one-half day.
3 In case of emergency, student make-up days will be taken from the Parish Fair Holiday and the Mardi Gras Holiday.
4 All teachers who did not "bank" six (6) hours of workshop time will be required to attend either one-half or
one full day to satisfy the state in-service mandate.
NOTE: The School Calendar is subject to change as a result of unforeseeable or emergency situations.
