Palo Alto Unified School District

SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR FOR 2010-2011

JULY 2010 JANUARY 2011 13/6 days
S M T W T F S 8/24 ..............First Day for Students S M T W T S F
1 2 3 ---------------------- 1
4 H 6 7 8 9 10 10/22 .............End of 1st Quarter 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1/20 ...............End of Semester (90 days) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3/25 ...............End of 3rd Quarter 16 H 18 19 20 LH 22
6/9 .................End of Semester (90 days)
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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6/9 .................Last Day for Students 30 31
AUGUST 2010 6 days FEBRUARY 2011 17 days
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Non-Student Days 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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15 16 17 18 WD SD 21 9/6 ................Labor Day 13 14 15 16 SD H 19
22 WD 24 25 26 27 28 10/11 ............Local Holiday 20 H 22 23 24 25 26
11/11 ............Veterans’ Day
29 30 31 27 28
11/24-26 ......Thanksgiving Holiday
SEPTEMBER 2010 21 days 12/20-1/1 ......Winter Break MARCH 2011 23 days
S M T W T F S 1/17 ..............Martin Luther King, Jr. Day S M T W T F S
1/21 ..............Local Holiday
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
2/18 ..............Lincoln’s Birthday
5 H 7 8 9 10 11 2/21 ..............Washington’s Birthday 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4/11-15..........Spring Break 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5/30 ..............Memorial Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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26 27 28 29 30 8/19 ...............Teacher Work Day 27 28 29 30 31
OCTOBER 2010 19 days 8/23 ...............Teacher Work Day APRIL 2011 16 days
S M T W T F S 6/10 ..............Teacher Work Day S M T W T F S
8/20 ..............Staff Development Day
1 2 1 2
10/8 ..............Staff Development Day
3 4 5 6 7 SD 9 2/17 ..............Staff Development Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 LH 12 13 14 15 16 10 LH LH LH LH LH 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 H = Federal/State Holiday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 LH = Local Holiday
NOVEMBER 2010 18 days
SD = Staff Development Day MAY 2011 21 days
WD = Teacher Work Day
S M T W T F S = District Student Minimum Day S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 = Finals Testing Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7 8 9 10 H 12 13 = First/Last Day of School 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 23 LH H LH 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
28 29 30 The winter break is intended to be a time that is 29 H 31
free from schoolwork for students and staff. There
DECEMBER 2010 13 days JUNE 2011 7 days
should be no expectations on the part of students
S M T W T F S or staff that schoolwork is done over this period. S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
No assignments should be given over the winter
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 WD 11
break, and any long-term assignments given
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 before winter break should not be due during the 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
first week back from the break.
19 LH LH LH LH H 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 LH LH LH LH H 26 27 28 29 30

Approved 12/19/08