Bellingham Public Schools

Key Dates


Imported Content: 
Updated 4 p.m., Jan. 24, 2012 

Please click here for the district's online calendar for all schools.

For planning purposes, the district and schools use this online reference guide for religious holidays:  http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/index.htm

When possible, staff avoid scheduling evening events and meetings on religious holidays in accordance with Board procedure 2340P.

 

Early Dismissal Times:

Elementary:  1:15 p.m. (Weekly early dismissals begin Sept. 14)
Middle Schools:  12:15 p.m. (First one for all schools will be Oct. 5)
High Schools:  11:15 p.m. (First one for all schools will be Oct. 5)

2011-12

September 2011

5     Labor Day
6    Teacher Workday
7    First Day of School for Grades 1-12
7-9  Kindergarten Assessments.  
12   First Day of School for Kindergarten
14   Begins Weekly Elementary Early Dismissal Every Wednesday for Staff Learning Time through June 13.

October 2011
TBD Transportation Count Week: Please Ride the Bus
5    Early Dismissal for All Schools
28  No School, Teacher Workday

November 2011
2    Early Dismissal for All Schools
11  No School, Veterans Day 
16-22  Early Dismissal for Middle School Conferences
23  Early Dismissal for All Schools
24-25  No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2011
7    Early Dismissal for All Schools
16  Early Dismissal for All Schools
19-Jan. 2   No School, Winter Break

January 2012
3    School Resumes
11  Early Dismissal for All Schools
16  No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
17-20  Weather Closures

February 2012 
2    First Semester Ends
3    No School, Teacher Workday Regular School Day
6    Second Semester Begins
8    Early Dismissal for All Schools
17-20  No School — Mid-Winter Break and Presidents Day

March 2012
7   Early Dismissal for All Schools
13-15 HSPE Testing Window
23  No School, Teacher Workday Regular School Day
30  Early Dismissal for All Schools

April 2012
2-6   No School, Spring Break
18   Early Dismissal for All Schools

May 2012
28  No School — Memorial Day
30  Early Dismissal for All Schools

June 2012
     (Emergency/weather closures could change the last day of school.)
21  Teacher Workday Regular School Day
22   Last Day of School, Early Dismissal All Schools


2012-13

Early dismissal dates and other no school days/learning days for staff  in 2012-13 will be decided in spring 2012. (2/3/2011)

September 2012
4   First Day of School
TBD Kindergarten Assessments by Appointment
TBD First Days of School for Kindergartners


October 2012
TBD Transportation Count Week: Please Ride the Bus


November 2012
12 No School, Veterans Day Observed
TBD Early Dismissal for Parent-Teacher Conferences for Elementary/Middle Only
22-23 No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2012
17- Jan. 1   No School, Winter Break

January 2013
2 School Resumes
21 No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
30 No School, Teacher Workday (Grading – End of first semester)

February 2013 
15 &18 No School — Mid-Winter Break and Presidents Day

March 2013
12-14 HSPE Testing Window

April 2013
1-5 No School, Spring Break

May 2013
27 No School — Memorial Day

June 2013
17 Early Dismissal on the Last Day of School 
(Emergency/weather closures could change the last day of school.)