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Important Dates for Upcoming Year at OLCHS
Here are all the important dates for the 2016-2017 school year at Oak Lawn Community High School that families need to know.

OAK LAWN, IL -- Oak Lawn Community High School students started school this week. To prepare for the upcoming school year, Patch has compiled a list of important dates for the 2016-2017 calendar year:
Sept. 5 - Labor Day. no school
Oct. 7 - Teacher Institute, no school
Oct. 10 - Columbus Day, no school
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Nov. 11 - Veterans Day, no school
Nov. 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday, no school
Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday, no school
Dec. 20-22 -- Semester final exams
Dec. 23-31 -- Winter Break (school resumes Jan. 9)
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Jan. 1-6 -- No school, winter vacation continues
Jan. 9 - School resumes, half day XHI
Jan. 16 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (observed), no school
Feb. 17 - ACI
Feb. 20 -- Presidents Day, no school
March 6 - Casimir Pulaski Day, no school
March 27-31 - Spring Break, no school
April 4 - School resumes
April 14 - No school, Good Friday
April 17 - Teacher Institute, no school
May 5 - Teacher Institute, no school
May 10-11 - Senior exams
May 17 - Senior graduation
May 23-25 - Tentative semester final exams
May 25 - Last day of school (if no emergency days)
May 26- Emergency Day (if needed)
May 29 - No school, Memorial Day
May 30-31 - Emergency Days (if needed)
June 1-2 - Emergency Days (if needed)
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