Sun.MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySat. 12 34 Agency Closed 5 Staff Return 6 789 First of Ramadan 101112 Summer Centers Close 13 1415 Summer Center.

Sun. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat.

1 2 3 4

Agency Closed

5

Staff Return

6

7 8 9

First of Ramadan

10 11 12SummerCenters

Close

13

14 15Summer CenterStaff Begin FourWeeks’ AnnualLeave (ReturnAugust 12th)

16

Regular Center Staff

Return

17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

July 2013


1 2 3

4 5Civic Holiday

6 7 8 9 10

11 12

Summer staffReturn

13 14 15All Health Staff Mtg.

(9 a.m. - 4 p.m.@ WMS Complex)

16 8:30-Time to be AnnouncedGeneral Session(Mandatory for All Staff)

17

18 19Centers openfor children

20 21 22 Special Svcs./MH Staff Dev. Mtg.

EducationSpecialists Meeting

23 24

25 26 Aug.26-29All ISDs Back

to School

27 Board Presents CEO

Meet-and-Greet

28 29 30 31

August 2013

National Breastfeeding Month

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

Labor Day Agency closed

3 4 5

Special Svcs./MHStaff Dev. Meeting

Rosh Hashanah New Year(Begins SundownSept. 4th - 6th )

6 7

8 9Begin Staffing/ IEP Meeting for Returning Children

10 11

Patriot Day

12 Family Advocates Meeting

13 14 Yom KippurDay of Atonement (Begins SundownSept. 13th - 14th)

15 16 17 18Health

Advisory Committee

Meeting(5 to 7 p.m.)

19 Education Specialists Mentoring Meeting

Special Services/ Mental Health Staff Dev. Mtg.

20Board of DirectorsMeeting

(Review audited financial)

21

22

1st Day of Autumn

23 24 25 26 10:00 a.m. Early Head Start @ Jeanie Borlaug Laube Dedication

27 Last Day of Staff Summer Dress Code

28

29 30 Staff Return to Regular Business Dress Code

September 2013

Baby Safety MonthAlcohol & Drug Recovery Month

Sunday Monday Tues. Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday

.

1 2 3Special Services/Mental Health Staff Dev. Mtg.

4 5

6 7 C-FB ISD, GISD, LISD, MISD Fair Day

Carrollton-Farmers Branch,

Garland, Lancaster,& Mesquite Centers

Closed for Children--Staff Development

8Board

PresentsCEO

Meet- and- Greet

9 10

Family & Community Partnership

Advisory Committee Meeting

11DISD Fair Day Dallas Centers Closed for Children---Staff Development

12

13 14 Columbus DayGPISD & IISD Fair Day Grand Prairie and Irving Centers Closed for Children---Staff Development

Fall Home Visits End

15 16Na-tionalBossDay

171.

Family Advocates Meeting

18 Policy Council & Board Retreat/ Training


20 PC/Bd Retreat/

Training

21 22 23 24 Meetings:1) Education

Specialists2) Special Services/MH3) Policy Council United Nations Day

25 26

27 28.

Last Day Pre-Assessment

29 30 31 Education Advi- sory Committee Mtg.

October 2013 Head Start Awareness Month

Bus Evacuations – October 21st through October 25th

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

3 Daylight

SavingTimeEnds

4 Phase IIStaffing/IEP

MeetingBegins

5Election Day

First of Muharram

6 7 All Health Staff Mtg. (11a.m. - 4 p.m.

@ WMS Complex)

Special Svcs./MH Staff Dev. Mtg.

8 9

10 11

Fall Parent Conf. Begins

12 13

Ashura

14 Family Advocates Mtg.

Policy Council Meeting

15 16

17 18 19 20 21 Special Services/ Mental Health Staff Dev. Mtg.

22Board of Directors Mtg.

23

24 25 26 GPISD & IISD Staff Dev. .

Grand Prairie and Irving Centers Closed for Children--- Staff Dev.

27 Nov. 27-29 All Centers Closed for Children--Staff Dev.

Hannukah Begins Sun-down to Dec. 5

28

Thanksgiving

29 30

November 2013

Agency Closed for Holiday

American Education Week Nov. 11th - Nov. 15th

National Child Safety and Protection Month

American Indian Heritage Month

National Diabetes Month


1 2 Phase II Staffing/IEP Meeting (Continued)

3 4 5 Special Services/MH Staff Dev. Meeting

6 7

Pearl Harbor Remembrance

Day

8 9Fall Parent Conference

Ends

10 11 12


13 14

15 16 17 18 19 Family Advocates Meeting

20 211st Day of Winter

22 23 24 25 MerryChristmas

26Kwanzaa Begins to Jan. 1st

27 28

29 30 31

December 2013

Agency Closed for Winter Break Dec. 23rd through Jan. 3rd; Staff Return Jan. 6th

Agency Closed for Winter Break Dec. 23rd through Jan. 3rd; Staff Return Jan. 6th


Agency

Closed

1

Agency Closed

2

Agency Closed

3

Agency Closed

4

6 Agency open for GrP & Irv children

Other Centers (Carrollton-

Farmers Branch, Dallas, Garland,

Lancaster, & Mesquite) Closed

for Children---Staff Development

7 8 9 Special Services/MH Staff Dev. Mtg.


10 11

12 13 14 Begin Mid-Assessment

Entry

15 16 Family Advocates Mtg.

17 18

19 20

Agency Closed

21 22 23

Ed Specialists Mentoring Mtg.

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 All Health Staff Mtg. (11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

@ WMS Complex)

Special Svcs./MH Staff Dev. Mtg.

31

January 2014

National Volunteer Blood Donor Month

Sunday Monday Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Free Tax Preparation

Begins at WMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

2 3

Spring Home Visits Begin

4 5 6 Education Advisory Committee Meeting

7 8 Free Tax Preparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

9 10 11 12

Lincoln’sBirthday

13 Sp.Svcs./MHStaff Dev. Mtg.

Family Advs. Mtg.


14

Valentine’s Day

15 Free TaxPreparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

16 17. DISD, IISD, MISD Observe Presidents Day ..

DISD, IISD & MISD Centers Closed for

Children---Staff Dev. .

End Mid-Assessment

18 19 20

Education Specialists Meeting .

21 22 Free Tax Preparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Washington’s Birthday

23 24 GISD Staff Dev.Garland Closed for Children-Staff Dev.

25 26 27 28 Board of Directors Mtg.

February 2014

Annual Self-Assessment February 10 – February 14

Black History Month

National Heart Month

Sunday Monday Tues. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Free tax Preparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

2 3 4 5

AshWednesday

6

Special Svcs./MH Staff Dev. Meeting

7 8 Free TaxPreparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

9 DaylightSaving Time Begins

10 Spring Home Visits End . .

All Health Staff Mtg. TBA

11 12 13 14 15 Free TaxPreparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

16 17

St. Patrick’s

Day

18 19 20 1st Day Spring

Education Specialists Mentoring Meeting

Family Advs. Meeting

Policy CouncilMeeting

21 22 Free TaxPreparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

23 24 25 26 27 Special Services/ Mental HealthStaff Development Meeting

28 Board of Directors23rd Annual Meeting

29 Free TaxPreparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

30 31

March 2014

Spring Break In-Service Training

Women's History MonthNational Professional Social Worker Month

Good Nutrition Month.


1 Begin

Post- Assess-ment Due May 7

2 3 Family &CommunityPartnership

AdvisoryComm. Mtg.

4

Good Friday

5 Free Tax Preparation atWMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

6 7 8 9 10 Sp. Svcs./ MH Staff Dev.

PolicyCouncil Mtg.

11 12 Last Day of Free Tax Preparation at WMS Head Start9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

13

Palm Sunday

14

Passover Sundownthrough April 15

15 IRS Returns Due

16 HealthAdvisory

Committee Meeting(5 to 7 p.m.)

17 Family Advocates Meeting

18 C-FB & GP ISD Holiday

C-FBr & GrPCenters Closed for Children-

Staff Dev. . .

Good Friday

19

20

EasterSunday

21 Reevaluation of Children and Transition Meeting Begins

22

Earth Day

23 Special Stars CampAdministrative

Professionals

Day

24Special

Stars Camp

25 26

27

Holocaust Remembrance Day

28 Lancaster ISD Staff DevelopmentLancaster Centers

Closed for Chil-dren---Staff Dev.

29 30

April 2014

Week of the Young Child April 6 – April 12th

Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Volunteer Month

Alcohol Awareness Month


1 2 3

4 5

Cinco de Mayo

6 7 End Post-Assessment

Due

8Policy Council

Meeting

9 10

11 12 Spring Parent Conference

Ends

13 14 15

Family AdvocatesMeeting

16

Board of Directors Meeting

17

18 19 20 21 22 Ed Specialists Mentoring Meeting

Special Services/ Mental Health

Staff Dev. Meeting

23 24

25 26

Agency Closed

27 StaffSummer

Dress Code Starts

through Sept. 26

28 29 30 31

May 2014

Teacher Appreciation Week May 5th - May 9th

National Fitness Month

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 All Health Staff Mtg. (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.@ WMS Complex)

Special Svcs./MHStaff Dev. Mtg.


6 Centers Close (Last day for

children at regular not-open-during-

summer centers )

Family Advs. Meeting

7

8 9SummerCenters

Open

10 11 12Family Advocates

Meeting

13Regular

Center Staff Last Day

14Flag Day

15 Father’s Day

16 Regular Center Staff Begin Four Weeks’ Leave (Return July 15th)

17 18 19 20 21

1st Day ofSummer

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29

First of Ramadan

30

June 2014

National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month

Home Safety Month

Financial auditors fieldwork week June 16th - June 20th – Tentative (verified later)


1 2 3 4

Agency Closed

5

6 7 8 9 10 11

SummerCenters Close

12

13 14Summer Center Staff Begin Four Weeks’ Annual Leave (Return August 11th)

15Regular

Center Staff Return

16 17Family

Advocates Meeting

18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

28 29 30 31

July 2014

August 2014Forward

Please note that dates from the following slides dated August 2014 forward are tentative. They are projected, based on the previous year and will be verified with the independent school districts when information is available.


1 2

3 4

Civic Holiday

5 6 7 8 9

10 11

Summer staff return

12 13 14 15 8:30-Time to be AnnouncedGeneral Session(Mandatory for All Staff)

16

17 18

Centers open for children

19 20 21 Sp.Svcs./MH Staff Dev. Mtg.

Education Specialists Mtg.

22 23

24 25 Aug.25-28All ISDs Back to School

26 27 28 29 30

31

August 2014

National Breastfeeding Month

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday Sat.

1

Labor Day Agency closed

2 3 4

Special Services/ Mental Health Staff Development Meeting

5 6

7 8Begin Staffing/ IEP Meeting for Returning

Children

9 10 11 FamilyAdvocates Meeting

Patriot Day

12 13

14 15 16 17 18 Education Specialists Mentoring Meeting

Sp. Svcs./MHStaff Dev. Mtg.

19 Board of Directors Meeting

(Review audited financial)

20

21 22 231st Day

of Autumn

24 25Rosh Hashanah

New Year(Begins Sundown Sept. 24th - 26th )

26 Last Day of

Staff Summer Dress Code

27

28 29 Staff Return to Regular Business Dress Code

30

September 2014

Baby Safety Month

Alcohol & Drug Recovery Month

Sunday Monday Tues. Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday

.

1 2Special Services/Mental

Health Staff Dev. Meeting

3 4 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement (Begins SundownOct. 3rd - 4th)

5 6 C-FB ISD, GISD, LISD, MISD Fair Day

Carrollton-Farmers Branch,

Garland, Lancaster,& Mesquite Centers

Closed for Children--Staff Development

7 8 9Family & Community Partnership Advisory Committee Meeting

10DISD Fair Day Dallas Centers

Closed for Children---Staff Dev.

11

12 13 Columbus DayGPISD & IISD Fair DayGrand Prairie & Irving

Centers Closed forChildren---Staff Dev.

Fall Home Visits End

14 15 16 1.

Family Advocates Meeting

National Boss Day



19 PC/Bd Retreat/ Training

20 21 22 23 Meetings:1) Education Specialists2) Special Services/MH3) Policy Council

24

United Nations Day

25

First ofMuharram

26 27 .

Last Day Pre-Assessment

28 20 30 Education AdvisoryCommittee Meeting

31

October 2014 Head Start Awareness Month

Bus Evacuations – October 20th through October 24th


1

2 Daylight Saving Time Ends

3 Ashura

Phase II Staffing/ IEP Mtg. Begins

4Election Day

5 6 7 8

9 10

Fall Parent Conf. Begins

11 12 13Special Svcs./MHStaff Dev. Meeting


14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21Board of Directors

Mtg.

22

23 24 25 GPISD & IISD Staff Dev. .

Grand Prairie & Irving Centers

Closed for Chil-dren--Staff Dev.

26 Nov. 26-28

All Centers Closed for Children--Staff Dev.

27

Thanksgiving

28 29

30

November 2014

Agency Closed for Holiday

American Education Week Nov. 10th - Nov. 14th

National Child Safety and Protection Month

American Indian Heritage Month

National Diabetes Month


1 Phase II Staffing/IEP Meeting (Continued)

2 3 4Special Services/ Mental HealthStaff Development Meeting

5 6

7

Pearl Harbor Remembrance

Day

8Fall Parent Conference

Ends

9 10 11


12 13

14 15 16 17

Hanukkah(Begins Sundown Dec. 16 - Dec. 24)

18 Special Services/ Mental Health Staff Dev. MeetingFamily Advocates Meeting

19 20

21

1st Day of Winter

22 23 24 25 Merry Christmas

26

Kwanzaa Begins to Jan. 1st

27

28 29 30 31

December 2014

Agency Closed for Winter Break Dec. 22nd through Jan. 2nd; Staff Return Jan. 5th

Agency Closed for Winter Break Dec. 22nd through Jan. 2nd; Staff Return Jan. 5th

Sun.MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySat. 12 34 Agency Closed 5 Staff Return 6 789 First of Ramadan 101112 Summer Centers Close 13 1415 Summer Center.

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