School Year at a Glance 2020-2021
Important Dates
(Due to the pandemic, all dates are subject to change.)
September
7 Labor Day
8 First day of School
10 College Night for Seniors and Parents
16 BRC auditions
16 Middle School Back to School Night
18 Erev of Rosh Hoshana No School
21 Fast of Gedalya/ Safe2Say Assembly
23 Board Meeting
24 Upper School Back to School Night
25 SA Carnival and Club Fair (virtual)
28 Yom Kippur No School
October
2 Erev Sukkot No School
9 Hoshana Raba/Erev Shimini Atzeret No School
November
1 Daylight Savings Time
3 Election Day No School, Inservice for Teachers (tentative)
5 6th grade B’nai Mitzvah parent meeting 7:00 pm (virtual)
6 6th grade B’nai Mitzvah parent meeting 8:15 am (virtual)
8-12 BRC Dress Rehearsals
11 Veterans’ Day
12 Parent Teacher Conferences 1:00-4:00 pm, 5:00-8:30 pm
15,16,17 BRC Performances
17 Board Meeting
18 Parent Teacher Conferences 9:00-12:00, 1:00-4:00, 5-8:30 pm
19 Student directed play auditions
23 MS Musical auditions
25 Faculty Inservice No School
26-27 Thanksgiving Break No School
30 One Act Play Festival (virtual)
December
1 Introduction to the College Process for junior families 7:00 pm
2-3 Senior Midterms
4 Records Day No Classes
7 Second Trimester begins
10 First night of Hanukah
15 Faculty Holiday Party 3:45 pm (TBD)
17 Joint Hanukah event (PJDS, Temple Sinai and Barrack)
18 Hanukah 8th candle
19 Winter Break (through January 3)
22 Board Meeting
January
4 School Resumes remotely
18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School
25 Teacher Inservice No School
27 Board Meeting
February
1-2 Student directed play (date is subject to change)
4 Speak Up Event
7 & 10 US Musical auditions (TBD)
12-15 Presidents Day Weekend No School
16 Faculty Inservice No School
17-19 DECA states competition (virtual/TBD)
17-24 MS Musical Dress Rehearsal
23 Board Meeting
25 Fast of Esther
26 Purim
28 MS Musical performances (Date is subject to change)
March
1-2 MS Musical performances (Dates are subject to change)
8 Cabaret (Date is subject to change)
8 Daylight Savings Time
11-12 Senior Portraits
15 Records Day No School
19 Senior Review Day
22-23 Senior exams
24 Board Meeting
25 Pesach Break (through April 5)
April
6 School Resumes
8 Yom HaShoah
14 Yom Hazikaron
15 Yom Haatzma’ut
14/15 Joint Israel event (PJDS, Temple Sinai and Barrack)
22 Science Conference (TBD)
30 Lag B’Omer
May
10 Yom Yerushalayim
12-21 US Musical Dress Rehearsals (Dates are subject to change)
17-18 Shavuot No School
19 Board Meeting
23 US Musical Performance (Date is subject to change)
24-26 US Musical Performance (Dates are subject to change)
31 Memorial Day No School
June
1 Upper School Awards Night
3 Prom (TBD)
6 NYC Celebrate Israel Parade (TBD)
9 Graduation Breakfast and Rehearsal 9:30 am
10 Graduation 7:00 pm
11 8th grade Moving Up Day
11 Upper School Review Day
14-15 Upper School Exams- Last day for US students
16 Records Day No School
16 Board Meeting
17-18 Faculty Inservice
August
11 Board Retreat