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
2-3 Senior Midterms
4 Records Day No Classes
9 Muss Re-entry Day, 11th grade school photos
9 Introduction to College Night 7:00 pm
10 First night of Chanukah
14 Sixth Grade B’nai Mitzvah program (most of the day)
15 Faculty Holiday Party 3:45 pm (TBD)
18 Chanukah 8th candle
22 Board Meeting
23 Winter Break (through January 3)
January
4 School Resumes
12-13 Senior Class Photos
14 Hesed Day (TBD)
15 Student directed set load in
18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School
25 Teacher Inservice
24-28 Student directed dress rehearsals
27 Board Meeting
30 Student directed play
February
1-2 Student directed play
3-4 Student directed strike set/MS Musical Set Load In
4 Speak Up Event
8 Speak Up Snow Date
7 & 10 US Musical auditions
12-15 Presidents Day Weekend No School
16 Faculty Inservice No School
17-19 DECA states competition (TBD)
17-24 MS Musical Dress Rehearsal
23 Red Cross Blood Drive (TBD)
23 Board Meeting
25 Fast of Esther
26 Purim
28 MS Musical performances
March
1-2 MS Musical performances
2-3 MS Musical strike set
8 Cabaret
8 Daylight Savings Time
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
22 Science Conference (TBD)
30 Lag B’Omer
May
10 Yom Yerushalayim
12-21 US Musical Dress Rehearsals
17-18 Shavuot No School
19 Board Meeting
23 US Musical Performance
24-26 US Musical Performance
31 Memorial Day No School
June
1 Upper School Awards Night
3 Prom (TBD)
6 NYC Celebrate Israel Parade
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