August
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Family Fun Month
Immunization Awareness Month
6 Friendship Day
9 International Art Appreciation Day
12 International Youth Day
19 Aviation Day
26 Women’s Equality Day
September
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Fruit & Veggies—More Matters Month
Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
4 Labor Day
8 International Literacy Day
10 Grandparents Day
10-16 Arts in Education Week
11 9/11 Remembrance Day
15 First Night of Rosh Hashanah (through 9/17)
17 Constitution Day
19 PTO Today Expo: Tinley Park, IL
21 International Day of Peace
22 First Day of Autumn
24 First Night of Yom Kippur (through 9/25)
27 PTO Today Expo: Mesquite, TX
28 School Parent Group Day
October
Bullying Prevention Month
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Halloween Safety Month
LGBT History Month
Principals Month
2 Custodial Worker’s Recognition Day
2 Child Health Day
4 Walk & Roll to School Day
5 World Teachers Day
8-14 Fire Prevention Week
9 Indigenous Peoples Day (Columbus Day)
15 Global Handwashing Day
15-21 America’s Safe Schools Week
16 World Food Day
16-20 School Bus Safety Week
23-31 Red Ribbon Week
31 Halloween
November
Aviation History Month
Family Literacy Month
Native American Heritage Month
International Games Month
1 All Saints’ Day
1 Family Literacy Day
1-2 Día de los Muertos
5 Daylight Saving Time Ends
6-10 School Psychologist Week
6-12 Children’s Book Week
7 Election Day
8 Parents as Teachers Day
8 STEM/STEAM Day
11 Veterans Day
11-18 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
12 Diwali
13 World Kindness Day
13-17 American Education Week
15 Education Support Professionals Day
16 Parent Involvement Day
17 Substitute Educators Day
23 Thanksgiving Day
December
Write to a Friend Month
1 World AIDS Day
2 Special Education Day
4-10 Computer Science Education Week
7 First Night of Hanukkah (through 12/15)
7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
10 Human Rights Day
15 Bill of Rights Day
21 First Day of Winter
25 Christmas Day
26 First Day of Kwanzaa (through 1/1)
31 New Year’s Eve
January
100th Day of School (varies by district)
Get Organized Month
Mentoring Month
Poverty In America Awareness Month
School Board Recognition Month
1 New Year’s Day
10 Chinese New Year
15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
17 Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday
17-21 No Name-Calling Week
21-27 Lutheran Schools Week
28 Christa McAuliffe Day
28 Catholic Schools Week (through 2/3)
2023-24 Parent Group Planning Calendar
February
100th Day of School (varies by district)
Black History Month
American Heart Month
Children’s Dental Health Month
1 Freedom Day
2 Groundhog Day
5-9 School Counseling Week
7 Safer Internet Day
11 Super Bowl Sunday
12 Lincoln’s Birthday
14 Valentine’s Day
15 Digital Learning Day
15 School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
15 Susan B. Anthony Day
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day
19 Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday)
22 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
27 PTO Today Expo: Conroe, TX
29 Leap Day
March
Music in Our Schools Month
Nutrition Month
Women’s History Month
2 Read Across America Day
3-9 School Social Work Week
7 PTO Today Expo: Pasadena, CA
10 Daylight Saving Time Begins
10 First Night of Ramadan (through 4/9)
12 PTO Today Expo: Edison, NJ
14 Pi Day
17 St. Patrick’s Day
19 First Day of Spring
20 PTO Today Expo: Chicago, IL
27 PTO Today Expo: New England
31 Easter
April
Autism Acceptance Month
Financial Literacy Month
Garden Month
Month of the Military Child
Poetry Month
School Library Month
Youth Sports Safety Month
1 April Fool’s Day
1-5 Assistant Principals Week
3 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
4 School Librarian Appreciation Day
7 World Health Day
7-13 Library Week
12 Drop Everything and Read Day
21-27 Administrative Professionals Week
22 Earth Day
22 First Night of Passover (through 4/30)
22-26 Public School Volunteer Week
24 Administrative Professionals Day
26 Arbor Day
28 Pay It Forward Day
30 Día (Children’s Day/Book Day)
May
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Healthy Vision Month
Inventors Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Month
Physical Fitness and Sports Month
1 May Day
1 School Principals Day
3 School Lunch Hero Day
4 Horace Mann’s Birthday
4 Star Wars Day
5 Cinco de Mayo (Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla)
6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
6-12 Screen-Free Week
7 Teacher Appreciation Day
8 Bike & Roll to School Day
8 School Nurse Day
12 Mother’s Day
18 Speech Pathologist Day
27 Memorial Day
29 Armed Forces Day
June
Great Outdoors Month
Internet Safety Month
Pride Month
Student Safety Month
7 Doughnut Day
8 World Ocean Day
14 Flag Day
16 Father’s Day
19 Juneteenth
21 First Day of Summer