2021-22 Key Dates for School Calendars

Here are some special days you may want to note on your 2021-22 school year calendar or take into consideration as you establish programs for next year. They are from Resources for Planning the School Calendar, published and distributed by the National School Public Relations Association, 15948 Derwood Road, Rockville, MD 20855. Order online at nspra.org/products or call (301) 519-0496. The price is $40 per copy plus shipping and handling.

2021
Date Observance/Holiday
Sept. 1-30	Library Card Sign-Up Month
Sept. 6	Labor Day
Sept. 6-8	Rosh Hashanah*
Sept. 8 	International Literacy Day
Sept. 11	Patriot Day
Sept. 12	Grandparents’ Day
Sept. 12-18	National Arts in Education Week
Sept. 15-	Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct. 15
Sept. 15-16 	Mexican Independence Days
Sept. 15-16*	Yom Kippur
Sept. 16	Mayflower Day
Sept. 17	Citizenship/Constitution Day
Sept. 17-23	Constitution Week
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace
Sept. 22	First Day of Autumn
Sept. 28	National Good Neighbor Day
Oct. 1	Child Health Day
Oct. 1-31	Crime Prevention Month
Oct. 1-31	Czech Heritage Month
Oct. 1-31	Italian Heritage Month
Oct. 1-31	National Bullying Prevention Month
Oct. 1-31	National Principals Month
Oct. 1-31	Polish American Heritage Month Sept. 15-16*	Yom Kippur
Oct. 1-31	Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Month 
Oct. 3-9	Fire Prevention Week
Oct. 4	Child Health Day 
Oct. 6	German American Day 
Oct. 6	International Walk to School Day 
Oct. 6-12	National Educational Office Professionals Week
Oct. 10-16	National Metric Week
Oct. 11	Canadian Thanksgiving
Oct. 11	Columbus Day
Oct. 11-15	National School Lunch Week 
Oct. 16	World Food Day
Oct. 17-23	National Character Counts Week 
Oct. 18-22	National School Bus Safety Week 
Oct. 23	Make a Difference Day
Oct. 23-31	Red Ribbon Week (Drug-Free America)
Oct. 24	United Nations Day
Oct. 31	Halloween
Nov. 1-30	Native American Heritage Month
Nov. 2	Election Day
Nov. 4	Diwali 
Nov. 7	Standard Time
Nov. 11	Veterans Day
Nov. 15-19	American Education Week
Nov. 17	Education Support Professionals Day 
Nov. 18	National Parental Involvement Day 
Nov. 19	Gettysburg Address Anniversary 
Nov. 19	Substitute Educators Day
Nov. 21-27	National Family Week
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 1	World AIDS Day
Dec. 7	Pearl Harbor Day
Dec. 10	Human Rights Day
Nov. 28-	Hanukkah*
Dec. 6
Dec. 15	Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 21	First Day of Winter
Dec. 25	Christmas
Dec. 26-	Kwanzaa
Jan. 1 

2022
Date Observance/Holiday
Jan. 1	New Year’s Day
Jan. 1	Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
Jan. 1-31	School Board Recognition Month 
Jan. 16	World Religion Day
Jan. 17	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 1	National Freedom Day
Feb. 1-28	African American History Month
Feb. 1-28	National Children’s Dental Health Month
Feb. 1-28	Career and Technical Education Month
Feb. 2	Groundhog Day
Feb. 7-11	National School Counseling Week
Feb. 12	Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb. 12	Chinese New Year
Feb. 14	Valentine’s Day
Feb. 17	National PTA Founders Day 
Feb. 19-26	National FFA Week 
Feb. 21	Presidents’ Day 
Feb. 22	George Washington’s Birthday
March 1	Mardi Gras
March 1-31	American Red Cross Month
March 1-31	Irish American Heritage Month
March 1-31	Music in Our Schools Month
March 1-31	National Middle Level Education Month
March 1-31	National Nutrition Month®
March 1-31	Social Work Month
March 1-31	Women’s History Month
March 1-31	Youth Art Month
March 2	Ash Wednesday 
March 2	NEA’s Read Across America (Dr. Seuss’s Birthday)
March 2-	Lent
April 16 
March 6-12	National Foreign Language Week
March 7-11	National School Breakfast Week 
March 8	International Women’s Day
March 11	Johnny Appleseed Day
March 13	Daylight Saving Time
March 14-18	Classified School Employees Week* 
*Dates differ by state. Usually scheduled for a full week in March. 
March 17	St. Patrick’s Day
March 17	Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® 
March 20	First Day of Spring
March 21	Bahá’í New Year’s Day
March 21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 20-26	National Poison Prevention Week 
April 1	April Fools’ Day 
April 1-30	National Poetry Month
April 1-30	National Autism Awareness Month
April 1-30	National Occupational Therapy Month
April 1-30	School Library Month
April 2	International Children’s Book Day
April 3	First Day of Ramadan
April 3-9	National Library Week
April 7	World Health Day 
April 15	Good Friday 
April 15-16	Passover* (First Days) 
April 17	Easter 
April 17-23	National Volunteer Week
April 17-23	National Coin Week
April 17-23	National Student Leadership Week 
April 18	Patriot’s Day
April 18-22	Public School Volunteer Week
April 22	Earth Day
April 22-23	Passover (Concluding Days)
April 24-30	Administrative Professionals Week and Day 
April 27-28	Holocaust Remembrance Day*
April 28	Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day™
April 29	National Arbor Day
May 1	Law Day 
May 1	School Lunch Hero Day 
May 1-7	Be Kind to Animals Week
May 1-7	National Physical Education and Sports Week 
May 1-8	National Music Week 
May 1-31	Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1-31	Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 1-31	National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May 1-31	Preservation Month
May 2-6	Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3	National Teacher Day 
May 3	World Press Freedom Day
May 4	Horace Mann’s Birthday
May 4	National Bike to School Day
May 5	Cinco de Mayo
May 6	School Lunch Hero Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day
May 8	Mother’s Day
May 8-14	Food Allergy Action Week 
May 11	National School Nurse Day
May 21	Armed Forces Day
May 23	Victoria Day (Canada)
May 30	Memorial Day
May 31	World No Tobacco Day
June – July	Fireworks Safety Month
June 1-30	Caribbean-American Heritage Month
June 1-30	Great Outdoors Month
June 1-30	LGBTQ+ Pride Week
June 5	World Environment Day
June 12	Race Unity Day
June 14	Flag Day
June 16	International Day of the African Child
June 19	Juneteenth
June 19	Father’s Day
June 21	First Day of Summer

*Begins at sunset on the preceding day