Frederick County Public Schools

September

1: Labor Day

7: National Grandparents Day

11: Patriot Day

15-16: Central American Independence Days

17: Citizenship/Constitution Day

23: Rosh Hashanah

8-12: National Arts in Education Week

Library Card Sign-up Month

National Deaf Awareness Month

Sep. 15 - Oct. 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

October

1: Yom Kippur

6: Child Health Day

6: World Day of Bullying Prevention

6-13: Sukkot

9: Ombuds Day

13: Indigenous Peoples' Day

13: Columbus Day

20: Diwali

25: Make a Difference Day

31: Halloween

5-11: Fire Prevention Week

13-17: National School Lunch Week

20-24: National Character Counts! Week

20-24: National School Bus Safety Week

23-31: Red Ribbon Week

Sep. 15 - Oct. 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Polish-American Heritage Month

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month

Crime Prevention Month

National Bullying Prevention Month

National Principals Month

National Farm to School Month

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

November

1: All Saints Day

4: Election Day

11: Veterans Day

13: World Kindness Day

21: Substitute Educators Day

27: Thanksgiving Day

3-7: National School Psychology Awareness Week

17-21: Geography Awareness Week

17-21: American Education Week

23-29: National Family Week

National Native American Heritage Month

December

7: Pearl Harbor Day

10: Human Rights Day

15: Bill of Rights Day

24: Christmas Eve

25: Christmas Day

31: New Year's Eve

14-22: Hanukkah

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Kwanzaa

January

1: New Year's Day

6: Epiphany

15: FCPS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

18: World Religion Day

19: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Observance

25-31: National School Choice Week

February

1: National Freedom Day

12: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

13: Frederick Douglass Day

14: Saint Valentine's Day

16: President's Day

17: Mardi Gras

17: Ramadan

18: Ash Wednesday

22: George Washington's Birthday

2-6: National School Counseling Week

16-20: Take Your Family to School Week

Feb. 18-Apr. 4: Lent

21-28: National FFA Week

National Black/African American History Month

National Career and Technical Education Month

National Children's Dental Health Month

March

2: Purim

4: Holi

7: Youth Art Month Opening, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center (exhibit ends March 29)

8: International Women's Day

14: Pi Day

17: St. Patrick's Day

19: Eid al-Fitr

20: Nowruz

29: Palm Sunday

1-7: National School Social Work Week

1-7: National Foreign Language Week

2-6: National School Breakfast Week

15-21: National Poison Prevention Week

American Red Cross Month

Irish-American Heritage Month

Middle Level Education Month

Music in our Schools Month

National Nutrition Month

Women's History Month

Youth Art Month

April

3: Good Friday

5: Easter Sunday

6: Easter Monday

7: World Health Day

12: Orthodox Easter

22: Earth Day

24: National Arbor Day

1-9: Passover

6-10: National Assistant Principals Week

19-25: Administrative Professionals Week

19-25: National Library Week

19-25: National Volunteer Week

20-24: Public School Volunteer Week

24-30: National Student Leadership Week

Deaf History Month

National Poetry Month

School Library Month

National Child Abuse

Prevention Month

World Autism Month

May

1: Law Day

1: School Lunch Hero Day

5: Cinco de Mayo

5: National Teacher Day

6: National School Nurse Day

6: National Bike and Roll to School Day

6: National Interpreter Appreciation Day

8: World Red Cross Day

10: Mother's Day

14: Ascension

16: Armed Forces Day

21: Shavuot

24: Pentecost

25: Memorial Day

26: Eid al Adha

1-7: National Physical Education and Sport Week

3-9: National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week

3-10: National Music Week

3-9: Be Kind to Animals Week

4-10: National Children's Book Week

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Jewish American Heritage Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

June

5: World Environment Day

14: Flag Day

19: Juneteenth

21: Father's Day

Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Great Outdoors Month

LGBTQI+ Pride Month

July

4: Independence Day

August

13-15: Obon

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month