September 08 TAWOM Theme - Respect Planning Calendar LABOUR DAY Sept 0- Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) Gr. 9 Home Form Visits Camp Pine Crest Training Day Per. Gr. 9 Assembly :0 pm Dismissal 5 Sept 6- Paryushana Parva 6 7 :00 pm Staff Mtg. 0 Coptic New Year (Christianity Al-Hijra New Year (Islam) Samvatsari Parva (Jainism) Gr. 9 Freshie Follies Egyptian Orthodox), Ethiopian New Year (Rastafarian) Per. Gr. Assembly Gr. 9 Home Form Visits Per. Gr. 0 & Assembly 7:00 pm Gr. 9 Curriculum Night 7 8 :0 pm Dismissal 9 WE Day Toronto 0 Ashura (Islam) Photo Retake Day 5 SAC Gr. 9 Elections Assembly 6 7 Ontario Universities Fair 8 7:00 pm School Council Mtg. Camp Pine Crest (Jainism) Last day for course changes. Camp Pine Crest (Sept 9 & 0-0:00 am-5:00 pm) Metro Toronto Convention Centre Sept - Ganesh Chauturthi (Hinduism) Sept - Daslakshan Parval (Jainism) Sept 9 Powley Day (First Nation, Métis), Yom Kippur (Judaism) Sept Mabon Autumn Equinox (Wicca/Pagan), Kshamvaani, Anant Chaturdashi (Jainism), Fall Equinox Ohigan (Japanese) Sept -0 Sukkot (Judaism) Sept 5-9 GLSEN Ally Week Sept 7 Asalha Puja Day (Theravada Buddhism) Sept 0 Orange Shirt Day (First Nation, Métis, Inuit)
October 08 TAWOM Theme - Responsibility Planning Calendar Shemini Atzeret (& Judaism) Bus tours to universities & colleges this month (Guidance) Karva Chauth (Hinduism) THANKSGIVING Simchat Torah (Judaism) 8:0 am Staff Mtg. World Teachers Day 5 Birth of Baha hu llah 8 9 0 5 6 :0 pm Dismissal 7 Progress Reports 8 9 Ontario College Information Ontario College Information :00 pm Dismissal Scholarship Presentation @ 5 6 Fair 5:00-9:00 pm (Enercare Centre) 0:00 am Late Start (Baha i) International Walk to School Day World Mental Health Day Brock University Bus Tour all day Fair 9:00 am-:00 pm (Enercare Centre) 0:0 am Gr. Drama Trip Parent-Teacher Interviews -5:0 pm & 7-8:0 pm OCAS Transmission (a) Lunch 0:00 am Late Start SAC Spirit Week Mowat s University/College Fair 6:0-8:0 pm SAC Spirit Week SAC Spirit Week 9 0 Oct 0-8 Navratri (Autumn) (Hinduism) Oct 9 - Durga Puja Festival (Hinduism) Oct 0 Installation of Guru Granth Sahib Ji as Guru (Sikhism) Oct Kathina Ceremony/Paváraná Day (Buddhism) Hispanic Heritage Month Islamic Heritage Month Somali Heritage Month Women s History Month
November 08 TAWOM Theme - Courage Planning Calendar Aboriginal/Indigenous Education Month Hindu Heritage Month SAC Spirit Week 0:0 am Honour Roll Assembly :00 pm Awards Assembly SAC Spirit Week :0 pm Dismissal 7:00 pm Commencement Sem., Term Begins College application tutorials in Gr. 9 Take Our Kids to Work College application tutorial in Birth of the Bá b (Baha i) 5 6 7 8 9 class Ryerson Engineering @ lunch Day 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 0:00 am Late Start Library OUAC Transmission () Remembrance Day Assembly Gyana Panchami (Jainism) Trent University @ lunch 7:00 pm Performing Arts Mid-Term Report Cards Louis Riel Day (Toronto 5 6 Honours Program Information Night Gr. 8 s Distributed First Nations, Métis) Maun Agiyaras (Ekadashi) (Jainism) 7:00 pm Fall Music Cabaret :0 pm Dismissal Full Disclosure Date OCAS Transmission () 9 0 7:00 pm School Council Mtg. University application tutorial 6 7 8 9 0 @ Lunch Nov Samhain (Wicca/Pagan) Nov Crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie I (Rastafarian) Nov 6 or 7 Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism/Sikhism) Nov 7 Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikhism) Nov Remembrance Day Nov Mawlid-al-Nabi (Islam) Nov Birthday of Guru Nank Gurpurab (Sikhism) Nov 6 Day of the Covenant (Baha i)
December 08 TAWOM Theme Kindness & Caring Planning Calendar 5 7:00 pm Musical Production 6 7:00 pm Musical Production 7 7:00 pm Musical Production CHRISTMAS CHEER 7:00 pm Winter Music 7:00 pm Winter Music 0 Concert Concert CHRISTMAS CHEER 8:0 am Staff Mtg. Yule Winter Solstice 7 8 9 0 0:00 am Late Start (Wicca/Pagan) WINTER BREAK Christmas Day (Christianity) Boxing Day 5 6 7 8 WINTER BREAK Dec -0 Hanukkah (Judaism) Dec Birthday of Imam Aga Khan (Islam) Dec 6-Jan Kwanzaa (African Canadian & American Celebration)
January 09 TAWOM Theme - Honesty Planning Calendar Tamil Heritage Month Gantan-sai New Year (Buddhism/Shinto) WINTER BREAK New Year s Day 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 7 8 9 0 0:00 am Late Start Gr. Class Visits Exit Plan Ontario University 5 6 7 8 Application Deadline 7:00 pm Gr. 8 Student & Parent Information Evening 5 Exam Return Day Semester Change 8 9 0 Semester timetables distributed :0 pm Dismissal Jan 5 Prakash (Sikhism) Jan 6 Feast of the Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes (Christianity Eastern Orthodox & Western) Jan 7 Feast of the Nativity/Orthodox Christmas (Christianity Eastern Orthodox), Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas (Gregorian Calendar) (Rastafarian) Jan Punjabi Lohri (Hinduism (Punjabi)), Makara Sankranti (Hinduism) Jan 7 Pasha Putrada Ekadashi (Hinduism) Jan 7 St. Sava Devine Service (Christianity Serbian Orthodox)
February 09 TAWOM Theme - Citizenship Planning Calendar African Heritage Month Chinese Heritage Month Gr. 9- Course Selection Tutorials Pod 8:0 am Staff Mtg. OCAS Transmission () 5 6 7 8 0:00 am Late Start Imbolc (Wicca/Pagan) Ontario College Application Deadline Final Report Cards Distributed Gr. 9- Course Selection Tutorials Pod FAMILY DAY :00 pm Ski Trip departs Last day for course changes 5 OUAC Transmission () Semi-Formal :00 pm Ski Trip returns Gr. 9- Course Selection :0 pm Dismissal 8 9 0 Tutorials Pod PAHP Music Morning with the TSO Gr. 9- Course Selection Tutorials Pod 7:00 pm NTS Drama Festival 7:00 pm NTS Drama Festival 7:00 pm NTS Drama Festival 7:00 pm NTS Drama Festival 5 6 7 8 7:00 pm School Council Mtg. Feb Setsubun-sai (Buddhism/Shinto) Feb 5 Chinese New Year/Spring Festival (Buddhism), Lunar New Year Feb 5&6 Losar New Year (Buddhism/Tibetan) Feb 0 Vasant Panchami (Hinduism) Feb 5-Mar Intercalary Days (Ayyám-i-Há)
March 09 TAWOM Theme Co-operation Planning Calendar Greek Heritage Month Maha Shivaratri (Hinduism) Gr. 9- Course Selection Tutorials Pod 7:00 pm NTS Drama Festival Ash Wednesday (Christianity) Saka New Year (Nyepi) 5 6 7 8 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 0:00 am Late Start (Hinduism) Progress Reports MARCH BREAK Sikh New Year (Sikhism) 5 Ostara/Lady s Day (Spring :00 pm Dismissal 0:00 am Late Start 8 9 0 Equinox)(Wicca/Pagan) Parent-Teacher Interviews -5:0 pm & 7-8:0 pm Course Request Verifications Distributed Gr. 0 EQAO Literacy Test Course Request Verification 5 6 7 8 9 Mar - Holi (Hinduism), Magha Puja Day/Latern Festival (Buddhism), Persian New Year (Eid-e-Navroz) (Baha i/zoroastrian), Purim (Judaism), Spring Ohigan (Equinox) (Buddhism) Mar - Holla Mohalla (Sikhism), Mar 5 Kuan Yin Birthday (Guan Yin) (Buddhism/Taiwanese) Mar 6 Prophet Asho Zartosht s Birthday (Zoroastrian) Due
April 09 TAWOM Theme - Compassion Planning Calendar Bus tours to universities & colleges this month (Guidance) OSAP Presentation this month - TBA E-Learning Summer School registration opens 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 5 0:00 am Late Start 8 7:00 pm Spring Cabaret 9 International Day of Pink 0 :0 pm Dismissal EASTER MONDAY 5 Sem., Term 6 9:00 am Gr. Drama Trip 7 8 9 GOOD FRIDAY 7:00 pm School Council Mtg. Mid-Term Report Cards Holy Friday (Christianity 5 6 Distributed 6:0 pm Music Banquet Eastern Orthodox) 9 0 Latin American History Month Sikh Heritage Month Apr Isra a Wal Miraj (Islam) Apr 9 Hinduism New Year (Ugandi) (Hinduism) Apr Vaisakhi (Sikhism), Puthandu (Tamil New Year) (Buddhism/Taoism) Apr Solar New Year (Mesha Sankranta), Sri Rama Navami (Hinduism) Apr 0-7 Pesach/Passover (Judaism) Apr Easter Sunday (Christianity), Nisfu Shaban (Islam), First Day of Ridván (Baha i),grounation Day (Rastafarian) Apr 8 Easter (Pascha) (Julian Calendar) (Christianity Eastern Orthodox) Apr 9 Ninth Day of Ridván (Baha i)
May 09 TAWOM Theme - Perseverance Planning Calendar Asian Heritage Month Jewish Heritage Month In-school Summer School registration opens 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 0:00 am Late Start Community Service Hours due To Guidance (Gr. s) Yom HaShoah (Judaism) Twelfth Day of Ridván (Baha i) Full Disclosure Date Akshaya Tritya (Hinduism) :0 pm Dismissal Jr. Band/Strings to Canada s 6 7 8 9 0 Wonderland Music Festival 5 SAC Executive Elections 6 7 VICTORIA DAY 0 Declaration of the Bá b (Baha i) 7 7:00 pm Spring Music Concert 8 Last day to receive an offer 9 0 Jumu ah-tul Wida (Islam) from Ontario universities 7:00 pm Spring Music Concert May Beltane (Wicca/Pagan) May 6 June Ramadan (Islam) May Sukyamuni: (Buddha s Enlightenment), Vaisakhi Puja (Buddha s Birthday) (Buddhism) May 9-June Jashan-e-Sadeh (Zoroastrian)
June 09 TAWOM Theme - Perseverance Planning Calendar Deadline to respond to Offers of Admission for all Ontario universities 8:0 am Staff Mtg. 5 5:00 pm Athletic Banquet 6 7 0:00 am Late Start Music by the Lake 0 6:0 pm Drama Banquet Litha/Summer Solstice (Wicca/Pagan) 7 8 9 0 National Indigenous People s Day 09 (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) 5 Exam Return Day 6 Last day to sign up for 7 8 Summer School Italian Heritage Month National Aboriginal Month Portuguese Speaking Heritage Month PRIDE Month (Toronto) June Laylat al-qadr (Islam) June 5 Eid al Fitr (Islam) June 8-6 Saga Dawa Festival (Buddhism/Tibetan) June 9 Pentecost (Judaism, Christianity Eastern Orthodox & Western) June 9&0 Shvuot (Judaism) June 6 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)