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DSST Events Calendar

Please click on the "DSST Events Calendar" link (above)

for a monthly detailed view of school events and activities.

Major events and holidays during the year are also listed on the calendar below.

 

Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST)

2008-09 School Year Calendar*

Project Area

August

19-20     Family Registration Day            

23          Family Gathering (12-1:30 PM)

25          New Student Orientation (1:00 PM – 3:30 PM)

26          First Day of School Grades 9-11

29          Field Day – Dress Down Day

29          Pre-ACT Testing

September

1            No School: Labor Day

3            11th Grade Parents Night – “What’s new in the SA?”

8            First Trimester Internships Begin

15          12th Grade HBCU College Fair

24          12th Grade Parent College Application Night

18          Back to School Night – (5:45 PM – 8:00 PM, all parents/guardians invited)

19          No School:  Professional Learning Day and Selected Student Make-Up Day

October

17          No School:  Fall Weekend

31          No School:  Professional Learning Day and Selected Student Make-Up Day

20          Progress Report #1 Trimester 1 Sent Home

23          Day/Night College Fair

November

12          First Trimester Internship Ends

13          Progress Report #2 Trimester 1 Sent Home

17          First Trimester Internship Showcase (6-7:30 PM)

21-25     First Trimester Final Exams

25          1st Trimester Ends

26-28     No School: Thanksgiving Break

 

December

1-2         No School: Professional Learning Days

3            Second Trimester Begins   

1            Second Trimester Internships Begin

9            Senior Project Parent Information Meeting

12          11:40 AM Dismissal:  Parent-Advisor Report Card Conferences (1:30 PM – 6:00 PM)

18          Trimester 1 Awards Ceremony (2:40-3:30 PM)

22-26  No School: Holiday Break

January

5            School Resumes

8            Progress Report #1 Trimester 2 Sent Home

19          No School: MLK Day

22          12th Grade Financial Aid Parent Meeting

30:         No School: Professional Learning Day

February  

5            Progress Report #2 Trimester2 Sent Home

11           Second Trimester Internships End

12          11th Grade Parent Night – College Planning

13          Second Trimester Internship Showcase (6-7:30 PM)

16          No School:  President’s Day Weekend

18-20     Second Trimester Exams 

20          Last Day of 2nd Trimester

23& 24No School: Professional Learning Day

25          Third Trimester Begins

26          12th Grade Class Registration in Advisory   

             

March

2            Third Trimester Internships Begin

5-6         Prep Academy CSAP Testing

6            11:40 AM Dismissal:  Parent-Advisor Report Cards (1:30 PM – 6:00 PM)

6            12th Grade Parent Conferences

10-13     Prep Academy CSAP Testing

17          12th Grade Graduation Meeting

19          Progress Report #1 Trimester 3 Sent Home

19          Second Trimester Awards Presentation

23-30     No School: Spring Break

31          Classes Resume

April

17          No Students: Professional Development Day

22          11th Graders take the ACT

23          Progress Report #2 Trimester 3

24          Senior Signing Ceremony

28          Campus Tours

 

May

5-16       Advanced Placement Exams (see www.collegeboard.com)

1            No School: Professional Learning Day

14-15     12th Grade Final Exams

13          Third Trimester Internships End

25          No School: Memorial Day        

18          Third Trimester Internship Showcase (6-7:30PM)

19-22     Senior Project Presentations

27          Senior Check-Out

27&28      Senior Graduation Practice

28          Senior Celebration

30          Senior Class Graduation

 

June

2-4         Third Trimester Final Exams

5            Last Day of School (Make Up Exams)

8            Make-up Exams

 

 

 

 

*This calendar is our best effort to give you firm dates for the school year. Major school vacation dates will not change, however, professional development days, ½ days and other dates may change. We will inform you of changes as much in advance as possible.

     

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