THE NEW SCHOOL CALENDAR 2018-2019
AUGUST WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
July 30
July 31
First day for teachers Staff Development
5
1 12
13 First Communion Enrollment. Placement Test
2 19
20 HOLIDAY Asunción de la Virgen María (15 de agosto)
3 26
4
Staff Development
Icfes pretest for 11 Th grade.
Staff Development
7
Aspans meeting Placement Test
21
28
Placement Test
Quality Committee. Placement Test begin.
Placement Test
11
17
18
Book Fair Mercado Solidario.
Quality Committee. Placement Test
30 Coexistence Committee
10
High School Open House
23
29
Asamblea de Aspans Intercultural Day Civil Act: Colombia Independence. Directive Council.
4
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting Placement Test
16 Preschool & Elementary Open House Book Fair
22
3 Staff Development
9
15 Emergency evacuation drill
SATURDAY
2
8
14
FRIDAY
Staff Development
Classes Begin. First term begins.
HOLIDAY Boyaca´s Battle
School board meeting. Placement Test
27
THURSDAY
1
6 Staff Development
WEDNESDAY
2018
24 Mercado Solidario Academic Council Placement Test “El líder sos vos maestro” Teacher Training
31 Teacher´s Meeting Mercado Solidario
25
SEPTEMBER SUNDAY
WEEK
MONDAY
26 AUGUST
TUESDAY
27 AUGUST
2
WEDNESDAY
28 AUGUST
3
9
10
11
FRIDAY
30
AUGUST
Interdisciplinary C. Aspans meeting
5
THURSDAY
29
4
2018
AUGUST
5 School Elections (Democracy Day)
SATURDAY
31 AUGUST
6
Parents Council Student council Quality Committee Primer encuentro con vos
12
13
7 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
14 Mercado Teacher´s Meeting
6 16
17
18
19
School board meeting.
7
1
20 Quality Committee.
21 Mercado Solidario Academic council
8 Academic recovery activities.
15 Academic recovery activities.
22 Academic recovery activities.
FIRST PERIOD MID –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES PARCIALES DE 1° PERÍODO
23
8
24 Say it in English Day
30
25
26 Directive Council
27 Appointment of the new students leadership .
28
1st period partial report cards . 23rd School Anniversary Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
29 Academic recovery activities.
OCTOBER WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
30
9
1
SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY
2
7
8 Staff Development
Segundo encuentro con vos. (lideres)
9 Staff Development XV Pedagogical Meeting.
THURSDAY
3 Civic Act: Columbus Day Celebration
Aspans Meeting
2018
10 Staff Development
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
4 Student council Parents council Coexistence committee
5
6
12
13
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
11 Staff development Quality Committee
Staff development
RECESO ESTUDIANTIL LEY 1373
14
10
15 HOLIDAY Discovery of America Columbus Day
21
22
16 School board meeting. School week of Coexistence.
23
17 School week of coexistence.
24
11 29
30
25
Say it in English Day
31 Directive Council
19 S. week of coexistence. Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting Light Ceremony
School week of coexistence.
26
1
2
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
FIRST PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 1° PERÍODO
20 First Communion 10:00am Academic recovery activities.
27 Halloween Picnic (Aspans)
Solidario Mercado Academic Council
Quality Committee
28
12
18
3 NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
28 OCTOBER
TUESDAY
29 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY
30 OCTOBER
2018
THURSDAY
31 OCTOBER
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
Student Council Parents Council
3 Academic recovery activities.
FIRST PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 1° PERÍODO
4
5 HOLIDAY Fiesta de todos los Santos
13
6
7
Interdisciplinary C. Aspans meeting.
8 Quality Committee.
9 Mercado Solidario 1st marking period ends. Teacher´s Meeting
10 Academic recovery activities.
FIRST PERIOD –TERM TESTS /EXAMENES FINALES DE 1° PERÍODO
11
14 18
19 Icfes pretest for 11th grade. Field trip 5th grade to Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Villavicencio
15 25
16
12 HOLIDAY Cartagena´s Independence (November 11th)
26
13
14
15
Civic Act: Medellín Anniversary and Cartagena´s indepedence.
Second term begins
20 School board meeting. Field trip 5 th grade to Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Villavicencio
27
21 th
Field trip 5 grade to Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Villavicencio
28 Say it in English Day Directive council
16 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
22 Quality Committee. Field trip 5 th grade to Boyacá,Cundinamarca, Villavicencio
29
17 Academic recovery activities.
23 1st period final report cards Coffee Learning Meeting Academic Council. Field trip 5 th grade
30 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
24 Academic recovery activities.
1 DECEMBER
DECEMBER SUNDAY
WEEK
MONDAY
25 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
26
27
28
29
30
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
3
4
5
6
2
17
Aspans meeting.
9
10 Staff Development
11 Staff Development
Student Council Parents Council
12 Staff Development
Christmas Night
13 Staff Development
1 Academic recovery activities.
7 Christmas break for students starts. Coexistence Committee Academic Council.
14
8 HOLIDAY Día de la Inmaculada Concepción
15
Staff Development Christmas break for teachers starts.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
HOLIDAY Christmas
30
2018
31
JANUARY WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
30
31
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
6
7
13
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
HOLIDAY New Year
21
Student Council Parents Council Quality Committee
14
15
16 Emergency evacuation drill
21
22 School board meeting.
27
28
SATURDAY
3
Teachers return. Aspans Meeting
20
FRIDAY
2
19 20
THURSDAY
1
Classes resume for students.
HOLIDAY Epifanía – Reyes Magos
18
WEDNESDAY
2019
23 Coffee Learning Meeting
29
30
17 3er Encuentro con Vos. (Student Leaders)
24 Quality Committee.
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
18 Mercado Solidario Academic Council.
SECOND PERIOD MID –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES PARCIALES DE 2° PERÍODO
19 Academic recovery activities.
25 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting Say it in English Day
31
Directive Council
Academic recovery activities.
26 Academic recovery activities.
1 FEBRUARY
2 FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
27 JANUARY
TUESDAY
28 JANUARY
3
29 JANUARY
4 Field Trip 7 th grade to Amazonas
22 10
WEDNESDAY
30
5
11
THURSDAY
Field Trip 7 th grade to Amazonas
SATURDAY
1 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
JANUARY
6
12
FRIDAY
31
JANUARY
Aspans Meeting Interdisciplinary C. Field Trip 7 th grade to Amazonas
2019
7
Student Council Parents Council Quality Committee Coexistence committee Field Trip 7 th grade
13
2 Academic recovery activities.
8 Partial report cards second period Coffee Learning Meeting Mercado Solidario Field Trip 7 th grade
14
9 Academic recovery activities.
15
16
rd
rd
23
Field Trip 3 grade Panaca.
17
18
24
19
rd
Field Trip 3 grade Panaca.
20
School board meeting.
24
25
rd
Field Trip 3 grade Panaca.
25
26
rd
Field Trip 3 grade Panaca.
21 Quality Committee
27 Directive Council
Field Trip 3 grade Panaca. Mercado Solidario Academic Council.
22
SECOND PERIOD – TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 2° PERÍODO
23 Alumni meeting
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting Say it in English Day
28 Bilingual certification exam th for 11 grade.
Validaciones
Academic recovery activities.
1 MARCH
2 MARCH
MARCH SUNDAY
WEEK
MONDAY
24 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY
25 FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY
26 FEBRUARY
2019 THURSDAY
27 FEBRUARY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
28 FEBRUARY
1 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
2 Academic recovery activities.
SECOND PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 2° PERÍODO
3
4
26
5 Aspans Meeting
6 Ash Wednesday Civic Act: Women´s Day Gender Day
7 Student Council Parents Council Quality Committee.
8 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting 2nd marking period ends
9 Academic recovery activities.
SECOND PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 2° PERÍODO
10
27
11
12
13
14
Final report cards second period Mercado Solidario
Third term begins
17
18
28
19
20
School board meeting.
24
29
25 HOLIDAY Día de San José
31
15
26
21 Quality Committee.
27 Directive Council.
Academic recovery activities.
22 Mercado Solidario Academic Council
28 Multilingual Music Festival.
16
29 Virtual Day
23 Academic recovery activities.
30
APRIL WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
31
30
MARCH
1 School evaluation begins
7
WEDNESDAY
2
THURSDAY
3
FRIDAY
9
10
14
15 Staff Development
16 Staff Development
11
17 Staff Development
5 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
English test for 11th grade. Quality Committee Coexistence committee
31
SATURDAY
4 Student Council Parents Council
Interdisciplinary C. Aspans meeting.
8
2019
Academic recovery activities.
12
13
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
18 HOLY THURSDAY
6
19
20
26
27
HOLY FRIDAY
HOLY WEEK / SEMANA SANTA
21
22
32
School board meeting.
28
33
23
29
24 Directive Council
30
25 Civic Act: Language Day Spelling Bee contest (Italian, French & English) Quality Committee
1 MAY
Children´s Day Mercado Solidario Academic Council Mother´s and Father´s Day celebration.
2 MAY
3RD PERIOD MID –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES PARCIALES DE 3° PERÍODO
Academic recovery activities.
3 MAY
4 MAY
MAY WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
8
33
APRIL
TUESDAY
29 APRIL
2019
WEDNESDAY
30
1
FRIDAY
2 Student Council Parents Council
HOLIDAY LABOR DAY
APRIL
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
3
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting Labor Day Celebration Leadership fair
4 Academic recovery activities.
3RD PERIOD MID –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES PARCIALES DE 3° PERÍODO
5
34
Copa The New School
12
35
6
13
Copa The New School Aspans meeting.
Copa The New School
15 th
9 Copa The New School Quality Committee.
16
th
20
21 School board meeting.
27 Say it in English Day
28
22 Brain work fair
29 Directive Council
10 3rd period partial report cards Teacher´s day off Día del profesor (NO CLASS)
23 Quality Committee.
30 Documents for registrationare sent.
11 Academic recovery activities.
17 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
10 & 11 graders become teachers.
36 26
8
14
Immersion program to England
19
37
7
18 Academic recovery activities.
24 Mercado Solidario Academic Council
25 Aspans Family Day
31 Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
1 JUNE
JUNE SUNDAY
WEEK
MONDAY
26 MAY
TUESDAY
27 MAY
28 MAY
2
38
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
30
1 Academic recovery activities.
MAY
5 Green Day\Civic Act
SATURDAY
31
MAY
4 Interdisciplinary C. Aspans meeting.
HOLIDAY Corpus Christi
THURSDAY
29 MAY
3
2019
6
7
Student Council Parents Council Seniors Farewell
Mercado Solidario Teacher´s Meeting
8 Academic recovery activities.
THIRD PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 3° PERÍODO
9
10
11
12
13
14
Quality Committee. Coexistence Committee
39
Mercado Solidario Academic council
15 Academic recovery activities.
THIRD PERIOD –TERM TESTS / EXAMENES FINALES DE 3° PERÍODO
16
40
17 Academic recovery activities.
23
24 HOLIDAY
30
Sagrado Corazón
18 Academic recovery activities. Academic council School board meeting.
25 Staff Development Preschool registration & report cards.
19 Academic recovery activities. Directive Council
26 Staff Development Elementary registration & report cards.
20 Academic recovery activities.
27
Staff Development Quality Committee. High School registration & report cards.
21
22
Graduation Ceremony Last day for students. 3rd marking period ends Teacher´s Meeting
28 Staff Development Last day for teachers.
29
JULY WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
30
WEDNESDAY
2019 THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
HOLIDAY Día de San Pedro y San Pablo
JUNE
HOLIDAY Colombia ´s Independence Day
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
Staff Development
Staff Development
Staff Development
AUGUST
AUGUST
AUGUST
AUGUST WEEK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
28 JULY
TUESDAY
29 JULY
30 JULY
4 Staff Development
12
13
FRIDAY
7 HOLIDAY Boyaca´s Battle
14
SATURDAY
1
2
3
9
10
16
17
Staff Development
Staff Development
6 Staff Development
THURSDAY
31 JULY
5
11
WEDNESDAY
2019
8 Classes begin Quality Committee.
15
Teacher´s Meeting
Teacher´s Meeting
18
19
20
21
HOLIDAY Asunción de la Virgen María
25
22 Quality Committee.
26
27
28 Directive Council
29
23
24
Academic Council.
30 Teacher´s Meeting
31