Important Dates
Important Dates
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August
August 17-First day of school
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September
September 8-Greenback Night 6:00-7:30 PM
September 2020-January 2021-Magnet School Application Window
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October
October 2020-Magnet School Recruitment 5:30-7:30 PM
October 16-End of 1st Nine Weeks Grading Period
October 26-30-Red Ribbon Week
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November
November 3-Election Day (Student & Staff Holiday)
November 23-27-Thanksgiving Break (Student & Staff Holidays)
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December
December 1-February 26-School Choice Window
December 18-End of 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period
December 21-January 1-Winter Break (Student & Staff Holidays)
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January
January 13 Course sheets posted to campus website
January 18-Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Student & Staff Holiday)
January 19 5:00-6:00 PM-Garner MS Counselors available via Zoom for course selection questions
January 25 6:00 PM-MacArthur HS VIRTUAL Course Fair (for 8th graders)
January 25-29-Presentations to all 6th, 7th, and 8th graders regarding Course Selection
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February
February 19-Deadline for all students to enter course requests in Skyward
February 22-April 1--TELPAS/TELPAS ALT Testing Window
February 26-Elementary Choice Sheets due to Garner MS
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March
March 5-End of 3rd Nine Weeks Grading Period
March 8-12-Spring Break (Student & Staff Holidays)
March 29-April 30-STAAR ALT 2 Testing Window
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April
April 2-Good Friday (Student & Staff Holiday)
April 6-7th grade STAAR Writing Test
April 23-Battle of Flowers (Student & Staff Holiday)
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May
May 5-Algebra I End of Course STAAR Test May 6-8th Grade STAAR Science Test May 7-8th Grade STAAR Social Studies Test; AP Spanish Test
May 11-STAAR 6/HAM, 7/Math Honors take 8th Grade STAAR Math Test; STAAR 6-8 Math Test
May 12-STAAR 6-8 Reading Test
May 28-End of 4th Nine Weeks Grading Period; Students' Last day of school
May 28-Deadline for students and parents to submit requests to change Course Selection for 2021-2022 school year
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June
June 23-STAAR End of Course Test Algebra I