Calendar
August
July 31-2 Education MN Summer Seminar - College of St. Benedict
Aug. 15 Executive Board Planning - 8:00-12:00 EM-O
Aug. 15 School Board WS- 6:00 ESC
Aug. 21 New Teacher Lunch, BR Workshop & New Teacher Social
Aug. 21-24 New Licensed Staff Workshop
Aug. 22 Executive Board Planning - 8:00-12:00 EM-O
Aug. 28-31 All Licensed Staff Workshop
Aug. 29 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
September
National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (Sept 15th - Oct. 15th)
Sept. 4 Labor Day (No School)
Sept. 5 First Day of School
Sept. 9 Osseo Lion Roars Day Parade - 12:00 PM
Sept. 12 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Sept. 12 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
Sept. 14 Teachers of Color Mentoring - 4:30 EM-O
Sept. 15 Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sunset
Sept. 18 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Sept. 20 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Sept. 21 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Sept. 24 Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset
Sept. 26 Exec Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Sept. 26 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
October
Italian-American Heritage Month
Oct. 3 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 4 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 5 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 6-8 Shemini Atzeret
Oct. 7-8 Simchat Torah
Oct. 7 District 279 Reading is Fun 5K
Oct. 9 Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct. 9 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Oct. 10 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Oct. 10 School Board WS - 6:00 - ESC
Oct. 11 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 12 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 15-23 Navaratri
Oct. 17 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 18 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 19 EDMN Prof. Conference (MEA), Conference Release Day (No School)
Oct. 20 Conference Release Day (No School)
Oct. 24 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Oct. 24 School Board Meeting - 6:00 - ESC
Oct. 24 Dussehra
Oct. 25 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Oct. 25 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 26 BR Quarterly Connection - 4:30 EM-O (CANCELED)
Oct. 26 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Oct. 31 Halloween
November
Native American and Alaska Native History Month
Nov. 1 All Saint’s Day
Nov. 1-2 Dia de los Muertos
Nov. 1 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Nov. 2 Teacher Negotiations - Wear your union shirt
Nov. 2 Teachers of Color Mentoring - 4:30 EM-O
Nov. 5 Referendum Phone Banking @ 5pm
Nov. 6 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Nov. 7 Licensed Staff Workshop (No School for students) / Election Day
Nov. 7 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Nov. 11 Veterans Day
Nov. 12 Diwali
Nov. 14 School Board WS - 6:00 - ESC
Nov. 15 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Nov. 15 School Law Conference
Nov. 16 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Nov. 16 Holiday Drive Begins
Nov. 21 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Nov. 21 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Nov. 21 Teacher Negotiations - Wear your union shirt
Nov. 23-24 Thanksgiving Holiday (No School)
Nov. 29-30 NCUEA Fall Conference
Nov. 30 Tri I Ends
December
Dec. 1 Mark Reporting (No School for students)
Dec. 1 Notice of Exec Board Openings in the Pipeline
Dec. 4 Tri II Begins
Dec. 5 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Dec. 5 School Board WS - 6:00 - ESC
Dec. 7 Hanukkah Begins at Sundown
Dec. 7 Teacher Negotiations - Wear your union shirt
Dec. 7 TOC Zoom Meeting - 4:30
Dec. 8 New Member Engagement Social - Omni Brewery - 4:30
Dec. 11 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Dec. 12 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Dec. 13 Teacher Negotiations - Wear your union shirt
Dec. 13 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Dec. 14 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Dec. 14 Holiday Drive Ends
Dec. 19 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Dec. 19 Last Day of School Before Winter Break
Dec. 20 Conference Release Day (No School)
Dec. 25 Christmas
Dec. 26 Kwanzaa
Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve
Dec. 21 -Jan. 1 Winter Break
January
Jan. 1 New Year’s Day - No School
Jan. 2 School Resumes
Jan. 8 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Jan. 9 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Jan. 9 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
Jan. 11 TOC Mid-Year Celebration - 4:30 EM-O
Jan. 12 Teacher Collaboration/Student Asynchronous Remote Learning Day
Jan. 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No School)
Jan. 17 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Jan. 18 Notice of Executive Board Openings
Jan. 18 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Jan. 23 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Jan. 23 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Jan. 25 BR Quarterly Connection - 4:30 EM-O
February
Black American History Month
Feb. 2 Groundhog Day
Feb. 2 Executive Board Applications Due
Feb. 5 Licensed Staff Workshop (No School)
Feb. 5 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Feb. 6 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Feb. 6 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
Feb. 7 Elections Committee Verifies Candidates
Feb. 10 Lunar New Year
Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day
Feb. 14 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Feb. 15 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Feb. 15 GMM Approves Exec Board Candidates
Feb. 19 Presidents’ Day (No School)
Feb. 20 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Feb. 20 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Feb. 22 Teachers of Color Mentoring - 4:30 EM-O
March
National Women’s History Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Mar. 4 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Mar. 5 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Mar. 7 Tri II Ends
Mar. 8 Mark Reporting (No School for students)
Mar. 11 Tri III Begins
Mar. 11 Ramadan Begins at Sunset
Mar. 12 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
Mar. 12-13 Exec Board Voting
Mar. 13 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Mar. 14 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Mar. 17 St. Patrick’s Day
Mar. 19 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Mar. 19 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Mar. 20 National Francophone Day (celebrating French speakers)
Mar. 21 BR Quarterly Connection - 4:30 EM-O
Mar. 24 Palm Sunday
Mar. 25-28 Spring Break
Mar. 29 Good Friday
Mar. 29 Conference Release Day - No School
Mar. 31 Easter
April
Arab-American National Heritage Month
Hmong Heritage Month
Apr. 1 School Resumes
Apr. 1 April Fools’ Day
Apr. 8 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Apr. 8 Eid al-FItr Begins at Sunset
Apr. 9 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
Apr. 9 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
Apr. 12 Executive Board Planning Day - 8:00 EM-O
Apr. 17 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
Apr. 18 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 ***IF NEEDED
Apr. 19 Teacher Collaboration/Student Asynchronous Remote Learning Day
Apr. 19-20 Ed. MN Representative Convention
Apr. 21 Passover Begins at Sunset
Apr. 22 Earth Day
Apr. 23 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
Apr. 25 Teachers of Color Mentoring - 4:30 EM-O
May
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
May 1 Retirement Social - 3:30 Brooklyn Park CC
May 2 Budget Meeting - 8:00 EM-O
May 5 Cinco de Mayo
May 6 Licensed Staff Workshop (No School for Students)
May 6 LCAT Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
May 7 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
May 12 Mother’s Day
May 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 15 Secondary/E-5 Policies - 3:30/4:30 Virtual
May 16 General Membership Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
May 21 Executive Board Meeting - 4:30 EM-O
May 21 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC
May 23 TOC Celebration - 4:30 EM-O
May 27 Memorial Day (No School)
June
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
Nordic Heritage Month
June 6 Last Day for Students
June 7 Mark Reporting
June 9 High School Commencement
June 11 School Board WS - 6:00 ESC
June 14 Flag Day
June 16 Father’s Day
June 17 Eid al-Adha
June 19 Junteenth
June 25 School Board Meeting - 6:00 ESC