Plan With the School Calendar 2007-2008

School Year Calendar 2007-2008

Elementary and Secondary
School Year
First day of school for students:	Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Last day of school for elementary students:	Thursday, June 26, 2008
The number of instructional days for elementary and secondary students:	187
The number of professional activity days for the elementary and secondary panel:	6

School Holidays
Labour Day	Monday, September 3, 2007
Thanksgiving Day	Monday, October 8, 2007
Winter Break (inclusive)	Monday, December 24, 2007 to Friday, January 4, 2008
Family Day	Monday, February 18, 2008
Spring Break (inclusive)	Monday, March 10 to Friday, March 14, 2008
Good Friday	Friday, March 21, 2008
Easter Monday	Monday, March 24, 2008
Victoria Day	Monday, May 19, 2008

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Elementary Teacher Training Days
Students will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. on these days. To provide bussing, the teacher training is not held on the same dates at every school. All schools that report to a particular superintendent do, however, have the same dates.
complete list of dates for each school for 2007-2008

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Professional Activity Days
Elementary (6)
In-school professional activity / reorganization/teacher planning, 1 day	Monday, September 17, 2007
Professional Learning Day	Monday, November 5, 2007
Reporting to parents, 2 days	Friday, November 30, 2007 and Friday, March 28, 2008
Professional Learning Day	Monday, May 12, 2008
Year-end reporting and school closing activities, 1 day	Thursday, June 26, 2008

Secondary (6)
Professional Learning Day	Monday, November 5, 2007
Turn-around day in semestered schools, 1 day	Thursday, January 31, 2008
Professional Learning Day	Monday, May 12, 2008
Year-end reporting, professional and curriculum development and school closing activities, (inclusive) for semestered schools - 3 days	Tuesday, June 24 to Thursday, June 26, 2008
Year-end reporting, professional and curriculum development and school closing activities, (inclusive) for non-semestered schools - 4 days	Monday, June 23 to Thursday, June 26, 2008

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EQAO Dates
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test	March 2008
Grade 3 and 6 Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics	May 2008
Grade 9 Assessments of Mathematics (Applied and Academic)
Semester 1	January 2008
Semester 2	May 2008

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Examination Days
Secondary (10) Exams to be scheduled as follows, unless otherwise approved:
Semestered Schools - Semester 1 - 5 days	January 24 to January 30, 2008
Semestered Schools - Semester 2 - 5 days	June 17 to June 23, 2008
Vocational schools - Number of designated evaluation days over the school year	6
Vocational schools - Exam days	4
Non-Semestered Schools - Mid year progress review - 1 day	January 30, 2008
Non-Semestered Schools - Full year courses/final examinations - 9 days	June 10 to June 20, 2008

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Secondary School Semester Summary
Semester 1 September 4, 2007 to January 31, 2008
Instructional	95
Professional Activity	2

Semester 2 February 1 to June 26, 2008
Instructional	93
Professional Activity Days	4
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Information on the 2008-2009 calendar will be available in May 2008. Please call Staff Development and Student Support Services at 905-890-1010, ext. 2640 at that time.