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1 Notes: Starred (*) holy days begin at sunset of the date listed and go to sunset of the following day. Due to regional and cultural differences, the holidays listed may be celebrated on different dates by individuals of the same faith. Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary. September 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month 11 Enkutatash (New Year) Ethiopian 16 Mexican Independence Day mexico.com/featureindep.htm Mexican 16 18* Rosh Hashanah (New Year) Jewish 17 Oct 20 Hajj Islamic 19 Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu 20 Paryushana Parva Jain 23 Mabon Neo Pagan 25* Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Jewish 30 Tet Trung Thu (Vietnam) Moon Festival (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Chu Sok (Korea) * Oct. 7 Sukkot Jewish October 2012 Cultural Diversity Month/Coming Out Month/Filipino American History Month 7* Shemini Atzeret Jewish Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea 8* Simchat Torah Jewish 8 Indigenous People s columbus.html European American Day/Columbus Day 11 National Coming Out Day LGBTQ and allies 12 Día de la Raza Latin America, Mexican 20* Birth of the Báb bin/articles.pl?article=16 Bahá'i 25* Eid ul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) Islamic 31 Halloween USA Keep in mind that not all families view Halloween positively. 31 Samhain Neo Pagan

2 November 2012 Native American Heritage Month 1 All Saint s Day Anglican & Roman Catholic 1 & 2 Día de los Muertos Mexican 11 Veterans Day USA 11* Birth of Bahá'u'lláh Bahá'i 13 Diwali Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist 15 Al Hijra (Muharram) Islamic 22 Thanksgiving European American Keep in mind that not all families view Thanksgiving positively. 23* Ashura Islamic December Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) Buddhist 8 Feast of the Immaculate Catholic Conception ion.shtml 8 16* Hanukkah Jewish 12 Day of Our Lady of mexico.com/guadalupe.htm Mexican Catholic Guadalupe 15 Simbang Gabi (Christmas) Filipino Catholic Las Posadas las posadas Mexican 21 Winter Solstice/Yule Neo Pagan 25 Christmas Christian 26 Jan 1 Kwanzaa history African American January New Years Day years day.com/new years history.htm 6 Día le los Reyes (Three Kings mexico.com/reyesmagos.htm Mexican Christian Day/Epiphany) 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day USA

3 February 2013 African American History Month 1 Imbolc(g) Neo Pagan 10 Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Korea 14 Valentine s Day Be mindful that not all of our students celebrate Valentine s Day 18 President s Day Holiday USA 19 Day of Remembrance USA March 2013 Women s History Month 8 Internatn l Women s Day 13 Ash Wednesday Christian 13 Mar 30 Lenten Season Christian Many Filipino families return to the Philippines during this time. 17 St. Patrick s Day Irish 18 Orthodox Lent Orthodox Christian 20 Persian New Year Iranian 20 Ostara Neo Pagan 21 Nowruz ruz.html Bahá'i 21 Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination 24 Palm Sunday Christian/Orthodox Holy Week Christian 25* Apr 2 Pesach/Passover Jewish 29 Good Friday Christian/Orthodox 31 Easter Sunday sunday Christian 31 César Chávez Day USA

4 April 2013 Holocaust Remembrance Month 6 National Tartan Day Scottish American 7* Holocaust Remembrance Day 13 Bun Pi Mai (New Year) Begins on the first full moon in April Laotian 14 Vaisakhi Sikh 20 National Day of Silence LGBTQ and Allies 20* First Day of Ridván library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html Bahá'i 29* Ninth Day of Ridván library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html Bahá'i 30* Beltane Neo Pagan May 2013 Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month 1 May Day (Internatn'l Worker s Day) 2* Twelfth Day of Ridván library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html Bahá'i 5 Orthodox Easter Eastern Orthodox 5 Cinco de Mayo USA/Mexican 10 Mother s Day life/holidays/mothersdaymexico.html Mother s Day (always May 10 th in Mexico) is very important for Mexican families. Mexican 23* Declaration of the Báb bin/articles.pl?article=37 Bahá'i 14* Shavuot Jewish 19 Pentecost Christian 17 Vesak Buddhist 27 Memorial Day Holiday USA 29* Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh Bahá'i June 2013 Gay & Lesbian Pride Month 12 Philippine Independence Filipino Day 12 Loving Day USA

5 19 Juneteenth African American 21 Summer Solstice/Litha spirituality.com/summer solstice.html Neo Pagan 25 17th of Tammuz Jewish July Ramadan Islamic 15* Tisha B Av Jewish Obon Japanese Buddhist 22 Dharma Day Buddhist 23 Birthday of Haile Selassie Rastafarian August Lughnasadh (Lammas) Neo Pagan 9 Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) Islamic 12 Youth Day 28 Krishna Jayanti Hindu and Sikh Note: Starred (*) holy days begin at sunset of the date listed and go to sunset of the following day. Due to regional and cultural differences, the holidays listed may be celebrated on different dates by individuals of the same faith. Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary.

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