Need to Know: Important Dates for 2011-12 School Year

Need to get a child's dentist or doctor appointment scheduled? Or want to start planning you next family vacation? Time to put these important dates about the coming year in the Bloomfield Hills Schools on your calendar.

September

Sept. 6: First full day of school for students grades 6-12; half-day for kindergarten through 5th grade.

Sept. 29: No school.

Sept. 30: No school, professional development day.

October

Oct. 31: Half-day for students kindergarten through 12th grade, professional development day in afternoon.

November

Nov. 22: Half-day (am) at elementary and middle school.

Nov. 23: No school, parent/teacher conference comp. day.

Nov. 24/25: No school, Thanksgiving Holiday.

December

Dec. 19-Dec. 30: No school, winter break.

January

Jan. 2: No school, professional development day  

Jan. 3: Classes resume

Jan. 16: No school, Martin Luther King Day-

Jan. 27: Half-day for students kindergarten through 12th grade, half day for teacher records.

Jan. 30: Second semester begins.

February

Feb. 23/24: No school, mid-winter break.

Feb. 27: Classes resume.

March

March6: No school, except for students in 11th grade that will take the Michigan Merit Exam.

March 7: Late start for high school students.

March 30: Half-day for kindergarten through 12th grade, parent/teacher comp. half day. Not apllicable to Wing Lake students.

April

April 2-6: No school, spring break.

April 9: Classes resume.

April 27: Half-day for students in 9th, 11th, and 12th grades (a.m.). MYP Personal Project Adjudication for 10th grade in the afternoon.

May

May 25: Half-day for kindergarten through 12th grade, half-day professional development.

May 28: No school, Memorial Day.

June

June 15: Half-day and final day for all students.

June 18: Last day for staff/teacher records, kindergarten through 12 grade.