Catholic Schools Calendar 2017 – 2018*
Diocese of Paterson
8/25/17
DATE / EVENT / TIME / PLACEAugust
10 / Orientation for New Principals / 10:00 am - 3:00 pm / Diocesan Center Main
17 / New Teachers Orientation / 9:00 am - 2:00pm / JP II Center 101-102
22 / Opening Mass and Meeting Principals, Presidents & Pastors / 11:00 am - 3:00 pm / St. Paul Inside the Walls
28 & 29 / Classics Professional Development Workshops / 9:00 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
September
4 / Labor Day / CSO Closed
7 / SGO Workshop Elementary and High School Principals & Provisional Teachers / 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
12 / Bishop’s Mass at Mary Help of Christians / 9:30 am
13 / STEM Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
13 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
14 / New Principals Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
15 / NJ COOP Webinar – 8th Grade Teachers and Test Coordinators / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
18 / Math PD Workshop Grades K-2 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP Ii Center 101-102
19 / Bishop’s Mass at Villa Walsh / 9:30 am
19 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
20 / Principals Meeting / 8:30 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
21 / Marketing Meeting / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
22 / Bishop’s Mass at Morris Catholic / 9:30 am
26 / Unit Planning Workshop / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
27 / Government Program Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
28 / Meeting of all Secondary School Presidents,
Principals & Heads of Schools / 11:00am – 1:00 pm / Mary Help of Christians
29 / Bishop’s Mass at Pope John XXIII / 10:00 am
October
2 / NCEA Data Bank Information Due
6 / Diocesan Professional Day / TBD
9 / Columbus Day / CSO Closed
11 / Diocesan Education Council Meeting / 5:00 pm- 6:30pm / Diocesan Center Main
13 / Deadline for COOP Extended Testing Time Applications
16 / Math PD Workshop Grades 3-5 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP Ii Center 101-102
18 / STEM Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
18 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
19 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Main
23 / Report Card Meeting 4-8 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
24 / Social Studies Curriculum Meeting / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
24 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 6-8 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
25 / Region 2 & Region 3 Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Assumption School, Morristown
25 / Region 1 Meeting / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm / St. Anthony, Hawthorne
25 / FAC Meeting / 2:00 pm - 3:00pm / JP II Center 101-102
26 / High School Presidents Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
26 / High School Principals Meeting / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / Diocesan Center Main
November
1 / All Saints Day / CSO Closed
6 / Report Card Meeting / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
8 / Simon Scholarship Breakfast / 8:30 am – 12:00 pm / Academy St. James
9 / Early Childhood Workshop / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
10 / NJ COOP Exam
10 / Mass at Cathedral – Elementary Schools / 10:00 am
13 / Math PD Workshop Grades K-2 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
14 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
15 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
16 / Principal Appreciation Day
16 / New Principals Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
16 / Social Studies Curriculum Meeting / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
16 / Marketing Meeting / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
18 / Respect Life Mass / 10:00 am / Cathedral
18 / NJ COOP Make Up Date
20 / Math PD Workshop Grades 3-5 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
21 / Principals Meeting / 8:30 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
23 – 24 / Thanksgiving Holiday / CSO Closed
29 / Government Program Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:0 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
December
1 / 9th Grade Applicant Records Due to High Schools
6 / Advent Retreat for Presidents & Principals / 9:00 am – 12:00 pm / St. Paul Inside the Walls
8 / Immaculate Conception / CSO Closed
8 / Bishop’s Mass at Delbarton / 9:45 am
13 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
13 / Diocesan Education Council Meeting / 5:00 pm- 6:30pm / Diocesan Center Main
14 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
19 / High School Presidents Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
19 / High School Principals Meeting / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / Diocesan Center Main
25 / Christmas Holiday / CSO Closed
January
1 / New Year’s Day / CSO Closed
8 / Math PD Workshop Grades 6-8 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
12 / High School Notifications Mailed to Students
15 / Martin Luther King Jr Day / CSO Closed
17 / Principals Meeting / 8:30 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
18 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
22 / Report Card Meeting 4-8 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
23 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 6-8 / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Main
24 / SNOW DATE for January 17 principals mtg / 8:30 am - 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
25 / Government Program Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
25 / Social Studies Curriculum Meeting / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
28 – Feb 3 / Catholic Schools Week
February
5 / Terra Nova Special Population Report Due
To Schools Office
7 / Region 2 & Region 3 Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Assumption School, Morristown
7 / Region 1 Meeting / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm / St. Anthony, Hawthorne
7 / Diocesan Education Council Meeting / 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm / Diocesan Center Main
12 / Math PD Workshop Grades K-2 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
12 -16 / ACRE Testing
14 / Ash Wednesday
15 / STEM Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
19 / Presidents Day / CSO Closed
20 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
21 / FAC Meeting / 2:00 pm - 3:00pm / JP II Center 101-102
21 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
22 / New Principals Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
22 / Marketing Meeting / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
26 / Math PD Workshop Grades 6-8 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
27 / High School Presidents Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
27 / High School Principals Meeting / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / Diocesan Center Main
March
1 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 6-8 / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Main
2 / Lenten Retreat / 9:00 am – 12:00 pm / St. Paul Inside the Walls
5 - 9 / Terra Nova Testing
6 / Bishop’s Mass at DePaul Catholic / 9:30 am
12 / Math PD Workshop Grades 3-5 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
12 - 16 / Terra Nova Testing Make-Up
13 / Bishop’s Mass at Academy of St. Elizabeth / 10:00 am
14 / Principals Meeting / 8:30 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
15 / Social Studies Curriculum Meeting / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
19 / STEM Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
19 / Report Card Meeting 4-8 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
20 / Early Childhood Workshop / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
21 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
27 / Government Program Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
29 / Holy Thursday / CSO Closed
30 / Good Friday / CSO Closed
April
1 / Easter Sunday
2 / Easter Monday / CSO Closed
3-5 / NCEA Convention
11 / Region 2 & Region 3 Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Assumption School, Morristown
11 / Region 1 Meeting / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm / St. Anthony, Hawthorne
11 / Diocesan Education Council Meeting / 5:00 pm - 6:30pm / Diocesan Center - Main
16 / Math PD Workshop Grades 6-8 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm / JP II Center 101-102
19 / Social Studies Curriculum Meeting / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
23 / High School Presidents Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
23 / High School Principals Meeting / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / Diocesan Center Main
23 / Report Card Meeting 4-8 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
24 / STEM Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
24 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 4-5 / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
25 / Administrative Professionals Day
25 / FAC Meeting / 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
26 / Marketing Meeting / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
May
6 / Pastor Appreciation Day
8 / Blended Learning PLC Meeting 6-8 / 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm / Diocesan Center Main
10 / Ascension Thursday / CSO Closed
15 / STEM Showcase
16 / Presidents & Principals Meeting / 8:30 am – 3:00 pm / JP II Center Cafeteria
17 / Marketing Meeting / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm / JP II Center 101-102
21 / Report Card Meeting 4-8 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
23 / Classics PLC Meeting / 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm / Diocesan Center Terrace
24 / New Principals Meeting / 9:30 am – 11:30 am / Diocesan Center Main
28 / Memorial Day / CSO Closed
30 / Government Program Meeting / 10:00 am – 11:00 am / Diocesan Center Terrace
June
25 – 27 / STEM Professional Development / 9:00 am – 2:00 pm / TBD
28 / Blended Learning Workshop 4-8 / 9:00 am – 2:00 pm / TBD
*This calendar is subject to change. Principals are reminded that no school events that demand the presence of the principal should be scheduled to be in conflict with events on this calendar where the attendance of principals is required.