Discovery School #67

2022 – 2023 Calendar

(Subject to change)

AUGUST 2023

August 18 – Ready Freddy (9:30-11:30 AM) 

SEPTEMBER 2022

September’s CC! Trait: A Review of all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

Word of the Week:  9/6-9/9 – Trustworthiness * 9/12-9/14 – Respect (yellow) * 9/15-9/19 – Responsibility 

9/20-9/22 – Fairness (orange) * 9/23-9/27 – Caring * 9/28-9/30 - Citizenship

September 5 – Labor Day (school is closed)

September 6 – First Day of School for Students

September 7 – Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

September 8 – Parent/Guardian Meeting at 6:00 PM via ZOOM

Zoom Meeting Information

Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/3620978935?pwd=M2ZtM0d2R0NGdFlLRjJNNTVrZ1REZz09

Meeting ID: 362 097 8935
Passcode: Discovery

September 9 - 9/11 Remembrance during AM Announcements

                      - Welcome Back! Student Assemblies (9:00 AM for Grades PK-4 and 10:00 AM for Grades 5-8)

                      - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

September 11 - Patriot Day and Grandparents' Day

                       - Fire Drills will start this week!

Parent/Guardian Meetings with Principal Murray and AP Zeis.  *Families with siblings across grade levels can choose any session.  

• September 13 – Grades PK-3 in the auditorium from 8:30-9:30 AM
• September 14 – Grades 4-6 in the auditorium at 8:30-9:30 AM
• September 15 – Grades 7-8 in the auditorium at 8:30-9:30 AM

September 14 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

September 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month begins

                        - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

September 16 - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

September 21 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

September 23 - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits       

September 24 - Native American Day                     

September 25-27 - Rosh Hashanah

September 28 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

September 30 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

                       - National Orange shirt day! Wear orange in honor and remembrance of the thousands of Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools,                          for those who never returned and for those whose lives were forever changed.      

OCTOBER 2022 

October's CC! Trait: Fairness   

Word of the Week: 

10/3-10/7 – Patience  * 10/11-10/14 – Acceptance  * 10/17-10/21 – Listening  *   10/24 - 10/28 – Justice  

October 4 - Yom Kippur begins at sunset (Judaism’s most sacred day of the year; it is sometimes referred to as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths”)

October 5 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

October 7 - Wear orange for Fairness 

                 - Five-week grades close

October 10 - Indigenous People's Day and Italian Heritage Day (school is closed) 

October 12 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

October 14 - Wear orange for Fairness 

October 19 - Picture Day

October 20 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

Red Ribbon Week

October 24 - Diwali (Hindu festival of lights)

October 26 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

October 28 - Walk-a-thon (anti-bully theme)

October 31 - Halloween

NOVEMBER 2021 

November's CC! Trait: Responsibility

Word of the Week: 

10/31-11/4 – Reliabilty  *  11/7-11/10 – Accountability  *  11/14-11/18 – Perseverance  *  11/21-11/23 – Dependability     

November 2 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

November 3 -  Parent-Teacher Conferences from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

November 4 - Wear green for Responsibility

November 8 - Election Day (school is closed)

November 9 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

November 11 - Veterans Day (school is closed)

November 5 -  Wear green for Responsibility

November 10 - Ten-week grades close

November 16 - Picture Retakes

November 17 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

November 18 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

                      - Wear green for Responsibility

November 23 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

November 24-25 - Thanksgiving Recess (school is closed) 

DECEMBER 2022

December's CC! Trait: Caring

Word of the Week: 

11/28-12/2 – Kindness * 12/5-12/9 – Empathy * 12/12-12/16 – Generosity  *  12/19-12/23 – Understanding 

December 2 - Wear red for Caring 

December 7 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

December 9 - Wear red for Caring 

December 14 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

December 15 -  School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

December 16 - Wear red for Caring 

                      - Fifteen-week grades close 

December 21 - Winter Concert (9:00 AM)

                       - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

December 23 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

                       - Wear red for Caring 

December 24 - 31 - Winter Recess (school is closed)

JANUARY 2023

January's CC! Trait: Trustworthiness

Word of the Week: 

1/3-1/6 – Honesty  *  1/9-1/13 – Loyalty  *  1/17-1/20 – Integrity  *  1/23-1/27- Virtue

January 2 - New Year's Day (school is closed)

January 4 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

January 6 - Wear blue for Trustworthiness

January 11 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

January 13 - Wear blue for Trustworthiness

January 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (school is closed)

January 18 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

January 19 -  School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

January 20 - Wear blue for Trustworthiness

January 25 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

January 26 - Parent-Teacher Conferences from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

January 27 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

                   - Wear blue for Trustworthiness

                   - Twenty-week grades close 

FEBRAURY 2023

February's CC! Trait: Citizenship

Word of the Week: 

1/30-2/3 – Community  *  2/6-2/10 – Peaceful  *  2/13-2/17 – Teamwork  *  2/27-3/3 - Civilian

February 1 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

February 3 - Wear purple for Citizenship 

February 8 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

February 9 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

February 10 - Wear purple for Citizenship 

February 15 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

February 16 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

February 17 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

                     - Wear purple for Citizenship 

February 20 - President's Day (school is closed)

February 21- 24 - Mid-winter Recess (school is closed)

MARCH 2023

March's CC! Trait: Respect

Word of the Week: 

3/6-3/10 –  Manners *  3/13-3/17 – Self-Respect  *  3/20-3/24 –  Courtesy *  3/27-3/31 – Cooperation       

March 1 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

March 3 -  Wear yellow for Respect

March 8 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

March 10 - Wear yellow for Respect

               - Twenty-five week grades close 

March 15 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

March 16 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

March 17 - Wear yellow for Respect

March 22 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

March 24 - Wear yellow for Respect

March 29 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride

March 31 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day 

                - Wear yellow for Respect

APRIL 2023

April's CC! Trait: Responsibility

Word of the Week: 

4/10-4/14 – Punctuality *  4/17-4/21 – Commitment  *  4/24-4/28 - Flexibility      

April 3-7 - Spring Recess (school is closed)

April 12 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

April 13 - Spring Picture Day 

April 14 - Wear green for Responsibility

April 17-May 26 - Window for the NYSESLAT Speaking Assessment (ELL students only)

April 19 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

April 19-20 - NYS ELA Testing (grades 3-8)

April 20 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

April 21 - Thirty-week grades close

April 26 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

             - Students will be released 3-hours early (11:30 AM) *Early Release Day!

April 26 - Administrative Professional Day (we will honor Ms. Farley and Miss Stutz)

April 27 -  Superintendent's Conference Day (school is closed) 

April 28 -  STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day

MAY 2023

May's CC! Trait: Citizenship

Word of the Week: 

5/1-5/5– Patriotism  *  5/8-5/12 – Democracy  *  5/15-5/19 – Peaceful  *  5/22-5/26 – Native  

May 3 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

May 3-4 - NYS Math Testing (grades 3-8)

May 5 - Wear purple for Citizenship 

           - Nurses’ Day (We will honor Nurse Janet)

May 8 - Mothers’ Day

May 10 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

             - Students will be released 3-hours early (11:30 AM) *Early Release Day!

May 11 - Superintendent's Conference Day (school is closed) 

May 12 -  Wear purple for Citizenship 

          - School Lunch Hero Day (We will honor Lorrie, Emma, Pat, & Vicky)

May 15-19 - Grade 8 Latin Checkpoint A (Regents Exam) Part I Speaking

May 15-26 - Window for the NYSESLAT Listening Assessment (ELL students only)

May 17 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride!

May 19 - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

             - Wear purple for Citizenship 

             - Thirty-five week grades close

May 22-June 2 – Science Performance Test window (Grade 8)

May 24 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

             - Fine Arts Show (5:30 PM)

May 26 - STEAM Day/Gator Goal Day 

             - Thirty-five week grades close

              - Wear purple for Citizenship 

May 29 - Memorial Day (school is closed) 

May 31 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

JUNE 2023

June’s CC! Trait: A Review of all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

Word of the Week:  5/30-5/31– Trustworthiness * 6/1-6/2 – Respect (yellow) * 6/5-6/7 – Responsibility 

6/8-6/12 – Fairness (orange) * 6/13-6/16 – Caring * 6/19-6/22 - Citizenship

June 2 - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

June 5 - NYS Science for Grade 8

June 7 -  Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

June 9 - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

June 14 - Local Hero Day/Flag Day

June 15 - NYS Regents Algebra I for Adv Math Students in Grade 8 – (PM) *Opting out is NOT an option!

              - School-Based Management Team (SBMT) Meeting - 3:10 PM

June 16 - Wear colors for all the Character Counts (CC!) Traits

              - Tentative date for PK (11:00 AM) and K (9:30 AM) Moving Up Day ceremonies

June 19 - Juneteenth Holiday (school is closed)

June 20 - NYS Regents Latin (Grade 8) – (AM) *Opting out is NOT an option!

June 21 - Green Day: Wear green to show your school pride! 

              - Tentative date for the Grade 8 Up Day ceremony (9:00 AM)

June 22 - Last Day of Classes for students