CCPS Celebrates
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students and staff bring traditions and cultures into our schools and workplaces. CCPS respects and honors diversity and encourage our community to respect and acknowledge special days and events while building relationships within our school community. Celebrations and observances are opportunities to strengthen our school system and community while expanding our understanding of our peers and neighbors.
Days and events hyperlinked may take visitors to outside resources with information related to the commemoration/celebration.
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September 2023
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15-Oct. 15
Sept. 4: Labor Day
Sept. 10: Grandparents Day
Sept. 11: Patriot Day
Sept. 15: Rosh Hashanah (begins at sunset) thru Sept. 17
Sept. 17: Constitution Day
Sept. 19: National IT Day
Sept. 24: Yom Kippur (begins at sunset) thru Sept. 25
October 2023
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Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month
Principal Appreciation Month
Oct. 2: National Child Health Day
Oct. 2: Building Service Worker Day
Oct. 9: Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day
Oct. 9-13: National School Lunch Week
Oct. 16-20: National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 18: CCPS Unity Day (wear orange)
Oct. 31: Halloween
November 2023
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National Native American Heritage Month
College Application Month
School Psychology Week: Nov. 6-10
Nov. 5: Standard time begins (turn clocks back one hour)
Nov. 8: National STEM Day
Nov. 11: Veterans Day
Nov. 12: Diwali
Nov. 13: World Kindness Day
Nov. 15: Education Support Professionals Day
Nov. 16: National Parent Involvement Day
Nov. 17: Substitute Educators Day
Nov. 23: Thanksgiving Day
Nov. 24: American Indian Heritage Day
December 2023
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Inclusive Schools Week: Dec. 5-9
Dec. 7: Hanukkah (begins at sunset) through Dec. 15
Dec. 21: First day of winter
Dec. 24: Christmas Eve
Dec. 25: Christmas Day
Dec. 26: Kwanzaa (through Jan. 1)
January 2024
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School Board Appreciation Month
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 15: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday
February 2024
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National Black History Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month
Feb. 1: National Freedom Day observed
Feb. 2: Groundhog Day
Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day
Feb. 15: School Resource Officer (SRO) Day
Feb. 17: PTA Founders Day
Feb. 19: Presidents Day
Feb. 22: School Bus Driver & Attendant Appreciation Day
March 2024
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Women’s History Month
National Music in Our Schools Month
Youth Art Month
March 1: Read Across Charles County
March 8: International Women’s Day
March 10: Daylight Savings Time (turn clocks forward one hour), first day of Ramadan (begins at sunset) through April 9
March 14: National Pi Day
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19: First day of spring
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 25: Maryland Day
March 29: Good Friday
March 31: Easter
April 2024
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World Autism Month
National School Library Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
Month of the Military Child
National Assistant Principals Week
National Volunteer Week
April 2: Internat'l Children’s Book Day, World Autism Awareness Day
April 4: School Librarian Appreciation Day
April 9: Eid-al-Fitr (begins at sunset) thru April 10 at sunset
April 22: Passover (begins at sunset) thru April 30 at sunset
April 22: Earth Day
April 24: Administrative Professionals Day
April 26: Arbor Day
May 2024
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Pupil Personnel Worker Month
May 3: School Lunch Hero Day
May 7: National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 9: Nat'l Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
May 10: School Communicators Day
May 12: Mother’s Day
May 14: Primary Election Day
May 18: National Speech Language Pathologist Day
May 27: Memorial Day
June 2024
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Diversity and Inclusion Month
June 14: Flag Day
June 16: Father’s Day, Eid al-Adha (begins at sunset) thru
June 17
June 19: Juneteenth