Calendar Year


January – June 2010

(DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 7:55 a.m.
School day begins promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Students are marked tardy at 8:15 a.m.
Walkers are dismissed at 3:45 p.m.
Entire student body will be dismissed at 3:50 p.m.
Buses will begin to depart the school at 4:00 p.m.

August 31, 2009 Monday School Begins for Grades 1-8
August 31, 2009 -
September 4, 2009
Monday – Friday
Kindergarten Screening
September 7, 2009 Monday School Closed Labor Day
September 8, 2009
Tuesday Kindergarten Students Begin
September 17, 2009
Thursday Open House
September 18, 2009 Friday Big E Field Trip
October 6, 2009
Tuesday Picture Day (Uniform Only)
October 9, 2009 -
October 12, 2009
Friday / Monday Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Columbus Day (School Closed)
October 23, 2009 Friday End of the 1st Marking Period
October 29, 2009 Thursday Howling Halls
October 30, 2009 Friday Report Cards
November 11, 2009
Wednesday Veterans Day (School Closed)
November 25, 2009
Wednesday
School Closed for Thanksgiving Break
November 30, 2009 Monday School Re-opens
December 17, 2009
Thursday
Christmas Program
December 23, 2009-
January 1, 2010
Monday – Friday
School Closed for Holiday Vacation
January 4, 2010 Monday School Re-opens
January 18, 2010 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day
(School Closed)
January 21, 2010 Thursday Math Night
January 22, 2010 Friday End of the 2nd Marking Period
January 29, 2010 Friday Report Cards
February 11, 2010
Wednesday Black History Program
February 15, 2010 -
February 19, 2010
Monday-Friday School Closed for Mid-winter Vacation
February 22, 2010 Monday School Re-opens
March 4, 2010
Thursday Kindergarten Lottery
March 18, 2010 Thursday Literacy Night
March 22, 2010 -
April 12, 2010
Mon-Sun-Monday MCAS- Reading Comprehension:
Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
March 23, 2010 Tuesday MCAS- ELA Comprehension:
Grades 4 & 7
March 26, 2010 Friday End of the 3rd Marking Period
April 1, 2010
Thursday Report Cards
April 2, 2010 Friday Good Friday
(School Closed)
April 19, 2010 -
April 23, 2010
Monday-Friday School Closed for Spring Vacation
April 26, 2010 Monday School Re-opens
April 29, 2010 Thursday Science Fair
April 27, 2010 -
May 10, 2010
Monday-Friday MCAS- Mathematics:
Grades 3-8
April 27, 2010 -
May 11, 2010
Tuesday-Friday MCAS- Science:
Grades 5 and 8
May 11, 2010 Tuesday High Meadow Field Trip
May 21, 2010 Friday Career Day @ 9:00 am
May 31, 2010 Monday Memorial Day
(School Closed)
June 11, 2010
Friday Field Day
June 11, 2010
Friday End of the 4th Marking Period
June 17, 2010
Thursday Graduation – Kindergarten & Grade 8
June 18, 2010
Friday Report Cards
June 22, 2010
Tuesday Last Day of School (TBA)


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Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter Public School
91 School Street
Springfield, MA 01105

(413) 747-5200 (Office) / (413) 747-4528 (Fax)