2013-2014 School Year Calendar

This will confirm that the 2013-2014 school year calendars as outlined below have received formal approval from the Ministry of Education.

1.   That the school year for those locations operating on a regular schedule shall consist of 194 days with students commencing school on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 and include the following:
a)  the designation of 188 Instructional Days commencing Tuesday, September 3, 2013 in the School Year Calendar 2013-2014;
b)  the last school day for secondary schools be Friday, June 27, 2014 and the last day for elementary schools be Friday, June 27, 2014; and the last school day for secondary students be Wednesday, June 25, 2014 and the last school day for elementary students be Thursday, June 26, 2014. The last school day for Bill Crothers SS students be Wednesday, June 18, 2014
c)  the designation of six Professional Activity Days in the School Year Calendar 2013-2014.

2.   That Keswick High School, Maple High School, Markville Secondary School, and Sutton District High School (early start secondary schools) operate on a modified version of the regular schedule commencing school one week earlier than other schools on Monday, August 26, 2013 and taking a one-week mid-term break commencing Monday, October 21, 2013 to Friday, October 25, 2013.

3.   That Bill Crothers Secondary School (balanced secondary school calendar) operate on a modified version of the regular schedule commencing school on Tuesday, August 6,2013 and have August 29 and 30, 2013, October 21, 2013 to October 25, 2013, November 22, 2013 and April 22, 2014 to April 25, 2014 as holidays.

4.   That the school holidays be as follows.
Labour Day Monday, September 2, 2013
Thanksgiving Day Monday, October 14, 2013
Christmas Vacation Monday, December 23, 2013 to Friday, January 3, 2014
Family Day Monday, February 17, 2014
Mid-Winter Break Monday, March 10, 2014 to Friday, March 14, 2014
Good Friday Friday, April 18, 2014
Easter Monday Monday, April 21, 2014
Victoria Day Monday, May 19, 2014

5.   That the Professional Activity Days for the 2013-2014 school year be as follows:

 
  SECONDARY (Regular)
   
1. Friday, October 11, 2013
2. Friday, November 15, 2013
3. Friday, December 20, 2013
4. Monday, February 3, 2014
5. Friday, March 7, 2014
6. Thursday, June 26, 2014

  SECONDARY (Early Start Schools - Keswick, Markville, Maple, Sutton)
   
1. Friday, October 11, 2013
2. Friday, November 15, 2013
3. Friday, December 20, 2013
4. Monday, February 3, 2014
5. Friday, March 7, 2014
6. Thursday, June 26, 2014

  SECONDARY (Bill Crothers SS only)
   
1. Friday, October 11, 2013
2. Friday, November 15, 2013
3. Friday, December 20, 2013
4. Tuesday, January 21, 2014
5. Friday, March 7, 2014
6. Thursday, June 19, 2014

  ELEMENTARY (Regular)
   
1. Friday, October 11, 2013
2. Friday, November 15, 2013
3. Friday, December 20, 2013
4. Friday, January 17, 2014
5. Friday, March 7, 2014
6. Friday, June 6, 2014

The 2013-2014 school year will also include two Professional Training Days in order to focus on Ministry initiatives, health and safety compliance training and implementation of the Board’s literacy and numeracy priorities: