Upcoming Events
Please feel free to e-mail or phone me to let me know about special events or cultural days of importance or possible interest to the students. My e-mail is [email protected]. I plan to add to this list as the year goes on and as I become aware of other events and occasions.
In addition to these dates, check out the SMS calendar in the drop-down option when you hover over "EVENTS."
August 27 - 29, 2019: Summer Pro D Days for Teachers
September 3, 2019: School Opens
September 4, 2019: KAT Olympiad
September 5, 2019: Grade 6 Assembly
September 12, 2019: Photo Day
September 19, 2019: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19, 2019: SMS Terry Fox Run (http://terryfox.org/Run/) & Early Dismissal @ noon
September 21, 2019: United Nations International Day of Peace (http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/)
September 30, 2019: Orange Shirt Day
October 7 - 11, 2019: National Media Literacy Week (http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/)
October 11, 2019: Administrative Implementation Day for staff (no school for students)
October 14, 2019: School Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
October 18, 2019: Persons Day (http://www.yorku.ca/nlrowell/persons.htm)
October 24, 2019: United Nations Day (http://www.un.org/en/events/unday/)
October 25, 2019: School Closed for Teacher Professional Development Day
October 27, 2019: Diwali (Festival of Lights)
October 29, 2019: Exploratory Term 1 ends
November 8, 2019: SMS Remembrance Day Assembly @ 10:35 a.m.
November 11, 2019: School Closed for Remembrance Day
November 13, 2019: World Kindness Day
November 20, 2019: National Child Day (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncd-jne/index-eng.php)
November 16 - 23, 2019: YMCA/YWCA Peace Week (http://ymca.ca/peaceweek & http://www.ymcaywca.mb.ca/documents/2009YMCAPeaceWeekActivityGuide-English_001.pdf)
November 25, 2019: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 29, 2019: Buy Nothing Day (https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd)
December 2, 2019: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/slavery/index.html)
December 10, 2019: Human Rights Day
December 19, 2019: First-Term CSL Documents come home
December 20, 2019: Exploratory Term 2 ends
December 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020: Winter Vacation
January 6, 2020: School reopens after Winter Vacation
January 20, 2020: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (Make it a day on... not a day off!)
January 25, 2020: Chinese New Year
January 31, 2020: National Red Scarf Day to Help Our Homeless (http://www.ladybugfoundation.ca/2011/03/national-red-scarf-day-january-31st/)
February 14, 2020: Valentine's Day
February 17, 2020: Family Day (no school)
February 20, 2020: World Day of Social Justice (http://un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlJustice/)
February 21, 2020: School Closed for Teacher Professional Development Day
February 26, 2020: Pink Shirt Day (http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/)
February 28, 2020: Exploratory Term 3 ends
March 8, 2020: International Women's Day (https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About)
March 12, 2020: Second-Term CSL Documents come home
March 14 - 29, 2020: Spring Vacation
March 21, 2020: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/march21/why.asp)
March 22, 2020: World Water Day (http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/)
March 30, 2020: School reopens after Spring Vacation
April 8, 2020: Day of Pink: (http://www.dayofpink.org/)
April 10, 2020: Good Friday
April 13, 2020: Easter Monday
April 29, 2020: Exploratory Term 4 ends
April 22, 2020: Earth Day (http://www.earthday.ca/pub/index.php)
May 4 - 10, 2020: Screen-Free Week (http://www.screenfree.org/)
May 7, 2020: Vesak
May 9, 2020: World Fair Trade Day (http://wfto.com/events/world-fair-trade-day)
May 18, 2020: School Closed for Victoria Day
May 31, 2020: World No-Tobacco Day
June 21, 2020: National Aboriginal Day (http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/index-eng.asp)
June 22, 2020: Exploratory Term 5 ends
June 23, 2020: Critical Challenge Days for students
June 25, 2020: Last Day for Students (9:00-10:00 a.m.; final CSL Documents come home)
June 26, 2020: Administrative Day (students do not attend)