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2007-08 Approved Calendar with Music Events
Days off are highlighted in white.
Important deadlines are in red.
Important Music Events are highlighted in aqua.
 

August 13-17, 2007 Mon-Fri New Teacher Orientation (WLHS)
August 16, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
August 20, 2007 Monday Music Leadership Team Meeting #1 - all day (TBA)
August 21, 2007 Tuesday School Staff Returns (All Schools)
August 27, 2007 Monday FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (All Schools)
August 31, 2007 Friday Countywide Professional Development Day (Wilde Lake HS)
   
September 3, 2007 Monday Labor Day - Schools & Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
September 6, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
September 12, 2007 Wednesday Non-Tenured Music Teachers Meeting #1 (Faulkner Ridge Center)
September 13, 2007 Thursday Rosh Hashanah - begins at sundown on 9/12/07 - Schools and Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
September 20, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting - Public Hearing on FY2008 Capital Budget (Bd of Ed)
   
October 2, 2007 Tuesday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
October 2, 2007 Tuesday Howard County Middle School Gifted & Talented (G/T) Symphonic Band Auditions (MVMS)
October 5, 2007 Friday Interim Progress Reports (All Schools)
October 5, 2007 Friday Application Deadline - All State Junior Groups (MMEA)
October 6, 2007 Saturday SAT
October 11, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
October 11, 2007 Thursday NTMT - 1st yr teachers only (Faulkner Ridge Center)
October 12, 2007 Friday Application Deadline - All State Senior Groups (MMEA)
October 17, 2007 Wednesday PSAT (All 10th and 11th grade students)
October 19, 2007 Friday MSTA Convention - Schools Closed (All Schools)
October 19, 2007 Friday MMEA Fall Inservice Conference (TBA)
October 25, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
October 26, 2007 Friday All State Jazz Video Tape Audition Deadline (MMEA)
   
November 1, 2007 Thursday End of 1st Marking Period (All Schools)
November 2, 2007 Friday Professional Development / Work Day - Schools Closed for Students (All Schools)
November 3, 2007 Saturday MS GT Band and Choral Dress Rehearsal and Concert (Glenelg HS)
November 8, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
November 10, 2007 Saturday All State Auditions - Junior Groups (TBA)
November 12-16, 2007 Mon-Fri American Education Week (All Schools)
November 13, 2007 Tuesday Report Cards Issued
November 17, 2007 Saturday All State Auditions - Senior Groups (TBA)
November 19, 2007 Monday Conferences / HS Staff Dev - Schools Close 3 Hours Early (All Schools)
November 19, 2007 Monday Music Collaborative Study Groups - All Teachers (TBA)
November 20, 2007 Tuesday Conferences - School Close 3 Hours Early (All Schools)
November 21, 2007 Wednesday Conferences - Schools Closed for Students (All Schools)
November 22-23, 2007 Thu-Fri Thanksgiving Holiday - Schools & Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
November 29, 2007 Tuesday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
   
December 1, 2007 Saturday SAT
December 4, 2007 Tuesday Howard County ES & MS G/T Orchestras Dress Rehearsal (River Hill HS)
December 7, 2007 Friday Howard County ES & MS G/T Orchestras Concert (River Hill HS)
December 8, 2007 Saturday Howard County ES & MS Enrich Orch Dress Rehearsal and Concert - 3:00 PM (River Hill HS)
December 9, 2007 Sunday Howard County Children's Chorus Concert - 3:00 PM (Mt. Hebron HS)
December 9, 2007 Sunday HS GT Orchestra Concert - 8:00 PM (Wilde Lake HS)
December 13, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
December 14, 2007 Friday Interim progress reports (All Schools)
December 15, 2007 Saturday TubaChristmas (Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD)
December 20, 2007 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
December 24-28, 2007 Mon-Fri Schools Closed for Winter Break (All Schools)
December 24 & 25, 2007 Mon & Tues Offices Closed for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day (All Offices)
December 31, 2007 Monday Schools Closed for Winter Break (All Schools)
   
January 1, 2008 Tuesday Schools and Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
January 2, 2008 Wednesday Schools Reopen (All Schools and Offices)
January 3, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting - Presentation of Super Proposed FY08 Budget (Bd of Ed)
January 7-11, 2008 Mon-Fri HSAs - see HCPSS calendar for specific testing information (MS and HS students non-passers)
January 8, 2008 Tuesday Non-Tenured Music Teachers Meeting #2 (Faulkner Ridge Center)
January 10, 2008 Thursday Music Leadership Team Meeting #2 - 12-3:00 PM (TBA)
January 10, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
January 15-16, 2008 Tues-Wed HS Semester Exams and HSA Makeup #1 Testing - HSs close 3 hrs early (All High Schools)
January 17, 2008 Thursday End of 2nd Marking Period - Schools close 3 hrs early (All Schools)
January 18, 2008 Friday Professional Work Day - Schools closed to students (All Schools )
January 21, 2008 Monday ML King Jr's Birthday - Schools & Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
January 22, 2008 Tuesday Public Hearing on FY09 Operating Budget (All Schools)
January 22-25, 2008 Tues-Fri HSA Makeup #2 Testing
January 24, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
January 24-26, 2008 Thurs-Sat Jazz Conference and All State Jazz Band (Towson University)
January 25-26, 2008 Fri-Sat Maryland State Jazz Conference (Towson University)
January 26, 2008 Saturday Vocal Solo & Ensemble Festival, Grades 6-12 (Hammond HS)
January 26, 2008 Saturday SAT
January 30, 2008 Wednesday Report cards issued (All Schools)
   
February 2, 2008 Saturday Howard County Solo & Ensemble Festival, Grades 6-12 (Mt. Hebron HS)
February 6, 2008 Wednesday Conferences - Schools Close 3 1/2 Hours Early (All Schools)
February 7, 2008 Thursday Conferences and HS Staff Dev - Schools Close 3 1/2 Hours Early
February 7, 2008 Thursday Music Collaborative Study Groups (TBA)
February 7, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
February 8, 2008 Friday Conferences - Schools Closed for Students (All Schools)
February 9, 2008 Saturday HoCo Solo & Ensemble Festival, Grades 6-12 - Inclement Weather Date (Mt. Hebron HS)
February 12, 2008 Tuesday Primary Election Day - All Schools and Offices Closed (All Students)
February 18, 2008 Monday Presidents' Day - Schools & Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
February 21, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
February 26, 2008 Tuesday Howard County HS Madrigal Festival (Daytime) (Long Reach HS)
February 26, 2008 Tuesday Board of Ed - Adoption of FY08 Budget (Bd of Ed)
Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2008 Thurs-Sat All State Jr Band (Baltimore, MD)
Feb 29 - Mar 1, 2008 Fri-Sat MMEA State Spring Conference (Baltimore, MD)
Feb 29 - Mar 2, 2008 Fri-Sun All State Sr Band, Choruses and Orchestra (Baltimore, MD)
February 29, 2008 Friday Interim Progress Reports (All Schools)
   
March 1, 2008 Saturday SAT
March 4-6, 2008 Tues-Thurs Howard County Orchestra Adjudication (Marriotts Ridge HS)
March 10, 2008 Monday Howard County HS Madrigal Festival (Daytime) - snow date (Long Reach HS)
March 11-12, 2008 Tues-Wed Howard County MS Band Adjudication (Evening) (Hammond HS)
March 13, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting - Music In Our Schools Month Proclamation (Bd of Ed)
March 13-15, 2008 Thurs-Sat All State Junior Orchestra and Chorus (Frederick)
March 17-24, 2008 Mon-Mon Spring Break - All Schools Closed (All Schools)
March 21 & 24, 2008 Fri & Mon Good Friday & Easter Monday - Offices Closed (All Offices)
March 27, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
   
April 1-2, 2008 Tues-Wed MD School Assessment - Math (All Students in grades 3-8)
April 4, 2008 Friday Application Deadline - MODA and MCEA State Solo & Ensemble Festivals (MMEA)
April 4, 2008 Friday Application Deadline - HS State Band, Choral, Orch Festivals (MMEA)
April 4, 2008 Friday End of 3rd Marking Period - Schools Closed 3 hrs. early (All Schools and Offices)
April 4-5, 2008 Fri-Sat Howard County HS Band Adjudication (River Hill HS)
April 8-9, 2008 Tues-Wed MD School Assessment - Reading (All Students in grades 3-8)
April 9-10, 2008 Wed-Thurs Howard County MS/HS Concert Choir Adjudication (Evening) (Howard HS)
April 9-12, 2008 Wed-Sat MENC National Conference (Milwaukee, WI)
April 10, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
April 11,14-16, 2008 Fri,Mon-Wed Make-up Dates - MD School Assessment (All Students in grades 3-8)
April 11, 2008 Friday Application Deadline - MBDA State Solo & Ensemble Festival (MMEA)
April 11, 2008 Friday Application Deadline - MS State Band, Choral, Orch Festivals (MMEA)
April 15-16, 2008 Tues-Wed Howard County MS Band Festival (Evening) (River Hill HS)
April 17, 2008 Thursday Tiny Tots Concert - HCCC & ES GT Orchestra (Atholton HS)
April 19, 2008 Saturday Howard County Solo & Ensemble Festival, Grades 3-5 (Ellicott Mills MS)
April 21-23, 2008 Mon-Wed Grade 2 Standardized Testing (All Elementary Schools - grade 2 only)
April 23 - May 13, 2008 MSA Science testing window - computer version (ES - grade 5 and MS - grade 8)
April 21-22, 2008 Mon-Tues Howard County MS Choral Festival (during the school day) (LRHS)
April 24, 2008 Thursday Countywide Professional Development Day - Schools Closed for Students (TBA)
April 24, 2008 Thursday Take Your Child to Work Day
April 24, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
April 25, 2008 Friday Grade 2 Standardized Testing - make-up date (All Elementary Schools - grade 2 only)
April 28, 2008 Monday MODA State HS Orchestra Festival (TBA)
April 29, 2008 Tuesday MODA and MBDA State HS Orch and Band Festivals (TBA)
April 30, 2008 Wednesday MBDA State HS Band Festival (TBA)
   
May 1-2, 2008 Thurs-Fri MCEA State HS Choral Festival (TBA)
May 1, 2008 Thursday Howard County ES & MS G/T Orchestras Dress Rehearsal (Marriotts Ridge HS)
May 2, 2008 Friday Howard County ES & MS G/T Orchestras Concert - 7:00 PM (Marriotts Ridge HS)
May 3, 2008 Saturday Howard County ES & MS Enrich Orch Dress Rehearsal and Concert - 4:00 PM (Marriotts Ridge HS)
May 3, 2008 Saturday SAT
May 4, 2008 Sunday HoCo Elementary Band Dress Rehearsal (Mt. Hebron HS)
May 4, 2008 Sunday HoCo Elementary Band and Children's Chorus Concert - 3:00 pm (Mt. Hebron HS)
May 5, 2008 Monday MODA State MS Orch Festival (TBA)
May 5-16, 2008 Mon-Fri AP Exams (Interested HS Students)
May 6, 2008 Tuesday MODA and MBDA State MS Orch and Band Festivals (TBA)
May 7, 2008 Wednesday MBDA State MS Band Festival (TBA)
May 8-9, 2008 Thurs-Fri MCEA State MS Choral Festival (TBA)
May 10, 2008 Saturday MCEA and MODA State Solo & Ensemble Festival (TBA)
May 12, 2008 Monday Interim Progress Reports (All Schools)
May 16, 2008 Friday Howard County Elementary Festival Chorus - All Day (Atholton HS)
May 16, 2008 Friday Professional Work Day - Articulation - Schools Closed for Students (All Schools)
May 17, 2007 Saturday MBDA State Solo & Ensemble Festival (TBA)
May 18, 2008 Sunday HS GT Orchestra Concert - 8:00 PM (Wilde Lake HS)
May 19-22, 2008 Mon-Thurs HSAs (All Middle and High Schools)
May 22, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Mtg - Adoption of FY08 Budget - 3:00 PM (Bd of Ed)
May 22, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting - HCPSM Educator of the Year (Bd of Ed)
May 23, 2008 Friday Last Day for Seniors (All High Schools)
May 26, 2008 Monday Memorial Day - Schools & Offices Closed (All Schools and Offices)
May 27-30, 2008 Tues-Fri High School Assessments - make-up #1 (All Middle and High Schools)
   
June 2-5, 2008 Mon-Thurs High School Assessments - make-up #2 (All Middle and High Schools)
June 4, 2008 Wednesday Non-Tenured Music Teachers Meeting #3 - PM (TBA)
June 5, 2008 Thursday Music Leadership Team Meeting #3 - PM (TBA)
June 7, 2008 Saturday SAT
June 10-12, 2008 Tues-Thurs High School Exams - All Schools Close 3 1/2 hrs early (All High Schools)
June 12, 2008 Thursday LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (All Schools)
June 12, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)
June 13-20, 2008 Fri-Fri First six Inclement Weather makeup days (All Schools)
June 23, 2008 Monday Summer School Begins
June 26, 2008 Thursday Board of Ed Meeting (Bd of Ed)



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