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 

July

French-American Heritage Month