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FLORIDA INTERCULTURAL ACADEMY
2008-2009 SCHOOL CALENDAR

FIRST QUARTER
August 11-15, 2008	Staff Training and Planning (Employee Planning 1-5)
August 14, 2008	Kindergarten & New Student Orientation (1:00pm-3:00pm)
August 15, 2008	Grades 1-6 Returning Student Orientation ( 10:00am-Noon & 1:00-3:00pm)
August 18, 2008	Start 1st Quarter (45 days) First Day of School
August 26, 2008	Teacher Planning (Employee Planning 6)
August 29, 2008	School Fire Drill #1
September 01, 2008	Labor Day (Holiday) – No School
September 15-18, 2008(Revised date)	District BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT (September BAT)
September 18, 2008	Interim Reports
September 25, 2008	Early Release / OPEN HOUSE from 6:00pm-7:00pm
September 26, 2008	School Fire Drill #2
September 30, 2008	No School
October 9, 2008	No School
October 15, 2008	Bosses’ Day
October 17, 2008	Tornado Drill #1
October 23, 2008	Early Release / End Term 1
October 24, 2008	Teacher Planning Day (Employee Planning 7)
SECOND QUARTER
October 27, 2008	Start 2nd Quarter (45 days)
October 28, 2008	School Fire Drill #3
October 30, 2008	PTRG EVENT/MEETING Multi-Cultural Celebration (Caribbean, Hispanic Latino Heritage, America, and Canada)- Food Tasting Fair
November 04, 2008	Schools Closed
November 11, 2008	Veteran’s Day (Holiday) – No School
November 13, 2008	Issue REPORT CARDS
November 17-18 2008	District BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT (November BAT)
November 18, 2008	School Fire Drill #4
November 26, 2008	Ice Cream Day
November 27, 2008	Thanksgiving Holiday – No School
November 28, 2008	Thanksgiving Holiday – No School
December 01, 2008	Interim Reports
December 17, 2008	School Fire Drill # 5
December 18, 2008	PTRG EVENT/MEETING Multi-Cultural Celebration (Movie Party for Kids)
December 19, 2008	Classroom Holiday Party
Dec.22-Jan 2, 2009	Christmas/Winter Break (students report to school January 5, 2009)
January 5, 2009	Classes Resume
January 15, 2009	Early Release / End of Term 2
January 16, 2009	Teacher Planning Day – No School (Employee Planning 8)
THIRD QUARTER
Jan 13-Feb 27, 2009	ESE Alternate Assessment Administration
January 19, 2009	Holiday (Schools &Administrative Offices Closed) -No School
January 20, 2009	Start 3rd Quarter (47 days)
Janauary 23, 2009	School Fire Drill #6
January 30, 2009	PTRG EVENT/MEETING Multi-Cultural Celebration (Native American, World Holidays, Europe and Russia)-Art Gallery
February 04, 2009	Issue REPORT CARDS
February 10-13, 2009	FCAT WRITING+ ASSESSMENT GRADES 4, 8, and 10
Febraruy 16, 2009	Schools & Administrative Offices Closed
February 19, 2009	Interim Reports
February 27, 2009	School Fire Drill #7
March 10-23, 2009	FCAT Reading and Mathematics Grades 3-10, FCAT Science Grades 5, 8 & 11
March 25, 2009	School Fire Drill #8
March 26, 2009	Early Release/ End of Term 3
March 27, 2009	Teacher Planning Day – No School (Employee Planning 9)
FOURTH QUARTER
March 30, 2009	Start 4th Quarter (43 days)
March 31-April 3, 2009	Stanford Achievement Test -10th Edition (SAT-10) Reading Comprehension (Grades 1 & 2) & NAGLIERI Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)-Grade 2
April 06, 2009	Spring Break (Students Report Back on April 13, 2009)
April 13, 2009	Students return from Spring Break
April 15, 2009	Tornado Drill #2
April 16, 2009	Issue of Report Cards
April 22, 2009	Administration and Professional Day
April 23, 2009	Early Release
April 29, 2009	School Fire Drill # 9
April 30, 2009	PTRG EVENT/MEETING Multi-Cultural Celebration (Africa, Women’s History, and Cultures of India, Middle East and the Philippines)- Science Fair
May 4, 2009	Interim Reports
May 25, 2009	Memorial Day-No School
May 27, 2009	School Fire Drill #10
May 29, 2009	PTRG EVENT/MEETING- Field Day – Multi-Cultural Celebration (“P.E around the World”)
June 3, 2009	Spring Showcase of Talents /School Play
June 4, 2009	Early Release and Last Day of School for Students – (End of 4th Quarter) 4th Issue of Report Cards
June 5, 2009	Teacher Planning Day – (Teachers’ Last Day) (Employee Planning 10)