2015-2016 School Calendar AUGUST 2015 10-14 New Student Assessments 17-21 17 20 24 27
Team Professional Development (TPD) Financial Oversight Committee(FOC) Mtg. @6pm Welcome to LAAA Night @6pm First Day of School LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm
SEPTEMBER 2015 4 School/Offices Closed 7 School/Offices Closed-Labor Day 8 School Reopens Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 11 14-15 Rosh Hashana 21 FOC Mtg. @6pm Yom Kippur 23 23-26 Eid Ul Adha 24 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 25 Hispanic Heritage Celebration @6pm
DECEMBER 2015 10 Winter Concert @7pm (Newark High) Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 11 Chanukah 7-14 17 Holidays Around the World (grades K-2) 21 School Closed for Students; TPD 21 FOC Mtg. @6pm 22 School Closed for Students; TPD 23-31 School/Offices Closed- Winter Break 25 Christmas Day Kwanzaa (through Jan. 1) 26 JANUARY 2016 1 School/Offices Closed-Winter Break 4 School reopens Three Kings Day 6 Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 8 13 Open Application Period Ends 13 FOC Mtg. @6pm 15 School Closed for Students; TPD 18 School/Offices Closed-MLK Day 28 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 30 Enrollment Lottery @9am
OCTOBER 2015 5 Student Success Event @6pm (K-1st) 6 Student Success Event @6pm (2nd-3rd) 7 Student Success Event @6pm (4th-5th) 8 Student Success Event @6pm (6th-8th) Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 9 12 School Closed for Students; TPD 19 FOC Mtg. @6pm 22 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 30 Fall Festival Celebration (Parade @2pm)
FEBRUARY 2016 Chinese New Year 8 8 School Closed for Students; TPD 10 FOC Mtg. @6pm Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD); Friendship Day 12 15 School/Offices Closed-Presidents Day 25 NJHS Induction @6pm 25 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm
NOVEMBER 2015 2 School Picture Day 2 Open Application Period Begins Diwali 9-13 11 School/Offices Closed -Veteran’s Day Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 13 13 End of 1st Trimester 16 FOC Mtg. @6pm 19 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 19-20 School Closed for Students – Conferences 23 School Closed for Students - Conferences 24 School Closed for Students; TPD 25 School/Offices Closed 26 School/Offices Closed – Thanksgiving 27 School/Offices Closed 30 School Reopens
MARCH 2016 4 End of 2nd Trimester Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 11 21 FOC Mtg. @6pm 24 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 25 School/Offices Closed-Good Friday 27 Easter 28-31 School/Offices Closed-Spring Break
Las Américas ASPIRA Academy, 326 Ruthar Drive, Newark, DE 19711-8017 Phone: 302-292-1463 Fax: 302-292-1291
APRIL 2016 1 School/Offices Closed 4 School Reopens Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 8 18 FOC Mtg. @6pm 25 School Closed for Students; TPD 28 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm MAY 2016 9 School Closed for Students; TPD LAAA Carnival; Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD) 13 16 FOC Mtg. @6pm 25 Spring Concert @7pm (Newark High) 26 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm 30 School/Offices Closed-Memorial Day JUNE 2016 2 Last Day of School for Students – Early Dismissal @12:30pm; Dollar Dress Down Day ($DDD); 8th Grade Graduation @6pm 9 Last Day of School for Team Ramadan (through July 17) 18 20 FOC Mtg. @6pm 23 LAAA Board Mtg. @6pm
