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Dates included on this calendar are gathered from various sources and are not intended as definitive or official notification from the California Department of Education. We hope the calendar will assist you in planning special recognition events.

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January 2006
Day
Event
1

New Year's Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)

11-12 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento; California Teachers of the Year honored at the meeting
16

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, birthday observance (Section 37220 of the Education Code states that public schools shall close the third Monday in January or Monday or Friday of the week in which January 15 occurs.)

19 California Drop-In Day

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February 2006
Day Event
  BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH
1 National Freedom Day (commemorates signing of the 13th Amendment)
6-10 National School Counseling Week
12 Lincoln’s birthday (Section 37220 of the Education Code states that public schools close on the Monday or Friday of the week in which February 12 occurs.)
15 Susan B. Anthony’s birthday (Section 37221 of the Education Code)
17 National PTA Founder’s Day
18-25

National Future Farmers of America Week

20 Frederick Douglass Day
22 Washington Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code states that Washington Day shall be observed the third Monday in February.)

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March 2006
Day Event
  AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH
  MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH
  NATIONAL MENTAL RETARDATION AWARENESS MONTH
  NATIONAL MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION MONTH
  NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH
  NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
  NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH
  ARTS EDUCATION MONTH IN CALIFORNIA
2 Read Across America Day
5 Black American Day (Section 37221 of the Education Code)
5-11 Week of the School Administrator
5-11 Newspapers in Education Week
6-10 National School Breakfast Week
7 California Conservation, Bird, and Arbor Day (Section 37221 of the Education Code)
8 International Women’s Day
8-9 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento
12-18 California Adult Education Week
19-25 National Agriculture Week
19-25 National Poison Prevention Week
20-24 National Energy Education Development Week
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
31 Cesar Chavez Day (Section 37220.5 of the Education Code states that public schools may close on the Monday or Friday of the week in which March 31 occurs.)

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April 2006
Day Event
  KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL MONTH
  MATHEMATICS EDUCATION MONTH
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS MONTH (Theme designated by the Free and Accepted Masons of California)
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK (School districts may choose any week in April.)
2 International Children’s Book Day
2-8 National Library Week
2-8 Week of the Young Child
6 California Poppy Day (Section 37222 of the Education Code)
7 World Health Day
16-22 Public School Volunteer Week
21 John Muir Day (Section 37222 of the Education Code)
22 Earth Day
23-30 Days of Remembrance in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
24-30 National TV-Turnoff Week
27 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
TBA 2005 National awardees from California for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching announced

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May 2006
Day Event
  NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
1-7 National Physical Education and Sports Week
7-13 Be Kind to Animals Week
10 National School Nurse Day
10 California Day of the Teacher (Section 37222 of the Education Code)
10-11 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento
21-27 Classified School Employee Week
29

Memorial Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)

31 World No Tobacco Day

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June 2006
Day Event
  FIREWORKS SAFETY MONTH (June 1–July 4)
5 World Environment Day
11 Race Unity Day
TBA

California's finalists for 2006 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching announced

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July 2006
Day Event
4 United States Independence Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)
12-13 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento

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September 2006
Day Event
  HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (September 15–October 15)
  LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH
  NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH
  PTA MEMBERSHIP MONTH IN CALIFORNIA
4 Labor Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)
6-7 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento
8 International Literacy Day
9 California Admission Day
16-22 Constitution Week
17

Citizenship Day

22 Native American Day (Section 37220.7 of the Education Code)

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October 2006
Day Event
  FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
  CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BUS SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH
  NATIONAL AND CALIFORNIA ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH
  CRIME PREVENTION MONTH
  COMPUTER LEARNING MONTH
1-7 National 4-H Week
2 National Child Health Day
8-14 Fire Prevention Week
8-14 National School Lunch Week
8-14 National Educational Office Professionals Career Awareness Week
15-21 National School Bus Safety Week
15-21 America's Safe Schools Week
16 World Food Day
22 Make a Difference Day
23-31 Red Ribbon Week
24 United Nations Day

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November 2006
Day Event
  NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH (AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH)
6-10 California School Psychology Week
8-9 State Board of Education meeting, Sacramento
11 Veterans Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)
13-19 Youth Appreciation Week
13-19 National Children's Book Week
12-18 American Education Week (always observed the week before Thanksgiving)
15 National Education Support Professionals Day
19-25 National Family Week
23 Thanksgiving Day (Section 37220 of the Education Code)

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December 2006
Day Event
2

U.S. Senate Youth Program winners announced

15 Bill of Rights Day

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