School Year Range: August 7 - May 22

S A V A N N A H - C H A T H A M C O U N T Y P U B L I C

S C H O O L S

2014 -2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR

JULY 2014

6
13
20
27

7
14
21
28

1
8
15
22
29

2
9
16
23
30

5 6 7
12
14
19 20 21
26 27 28

1
8
15
22
29

2
9

4
7
11 12 13 14
18
20 21
25 26 27 28
S

5
12
19
26

8
15
22
29

16
23
30

APRIL 2015
T

1 2 3
5
8 9 10 11 12
15
17 18 19
22 23 24 25 26

3
10
17
24
31
S

2
9
16
23
30
S

MAY 2015
T

6
13
20
27

7
14
21
28

1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21
23
24
30
31
District Planning Day

Nine Week Period Ends

Holiday (School Staff/Students)

First Day of School

Last Day of School

MAJOR TESTING DATES

Georgia High School Writing Test ........................ September 24
Georgia Milestones (End of Course) ...................... December 1-11
Georgia High School Graduation Test ................ March 23-27
Georgia Milestones (End of Grade) ........................ April 20 - May 1
Georgia Milestones (End of Course) ....................... May 4-14
Georgia Milestones (End of Grade) - Retest........... TBD

INSTRUCTIONAL PERIODS - Total (180) Days

FIRST SEMESTER
First Nine-Week Period......................................... 08/07/2014 - 10/10/2014 (44 days)
Second Nine-Week Period ...................................10/13/2014 - 12/19/2014 (46 days)
SECOND SEMESTER
Third Nine-Week Period........................................ 01/06/2015 - 03/13/2015 (47 days)
Fourth Nine-Week Period ..................................... 03/16/2015 - 05/22/2015 (43 days)

BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Joe Buck ...............President
Mrs. Julie M. Wade .........................District I
Dr. Dionne L. Hoskins .............District II
Mrs. Cornelia H. Hall ......................District III
Mr. Shawn A. Kachmar ................District IV

1
4 5 6 7 8
13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22
29
25

S M

Staff Planning Day

Report Cards Issued

FEBRUARY 2015

Nine Week Period Begins

Progress Reports Issued

NOVEMBER 2014

2 3
9 10
16 17
23
30 24

3
8
10 11 12 13 14 15
17 18 19 20 21 22
24
31 25 26 27 28 29

4
11
13 14 15 16 17 18
20 21
23 24 25
27 28 29 30

Holiday for All

3 4
11
17 18
23 24 25
30 31

JANUARY 2015

3
5
10 11 12
17 18 19
24 25 26
31

OCTOBER 2014

AUGUST 2014

Mrs. Irene G. Hines .................... ......District V

Mr. Larry Lower .................................District VI
M r s . J e n n i f e r B . L a m b e t h ..........District VII
Ms. Ruby D. Jones ...........................District VIII

Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr. Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

SEPTEMBER 2014

7
14
21
28
S

8
15
22
29

DECEMBER 2014
M

2 3 4 5 6
9
11 12 13
16 17 18 19 20
23 24
27
30
T

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18
20
21
27
28
S

1
8
15
22
29
S

7
14
21
28

MARCH 2015

2 3 4 5 6 7
14
9 10 11 12
18 19 21
23 24 25 26 27 28
30 31
M

1
8
15
22
29

JUNE 2015
T

2
9
16
23
30

3
10
17
24

4
11
18
25

5
12
19
26

6
13
20
27

Governors Honors ................................................................................. June 22

Independence Day Holiday (Holiday for All) ............................................... July 4
Teachers Return / Pre-Planning ....................................................... Aug. 1 - 6
Students Return (Beginning First 9-Weeks Period) ................................... Aug. 7
Labor Day (Holiday for All) ........................................................................ Sept. 1
Progress Reports Issued ........................................................................ Sept. 10
Staff Planning / Student Holiday .............................................................. Sept. 25
Staff/ Student Holiday .............................................................................. Sept. 26
End of First 9-Weeks Period ..................................................................... Oct. 10
Beginning of Second 9-Week Period ........................................................ Oct. 13
Report Cards Issued ................................................................................. Oct. 16
Veterans Day (Holiday for All) .................................................................. Nov. 11
Progress Reports Issued .......................................................................... Nov. 12
Thanksgiving Holiday Break (School Staff/Students) ........................ Nov. 26 - 28
Thanksgiving Holiday (Holiday for All) ............................................... Nov. 27 - 28
End of Second 9-Week Period / First Semester ....................................... Dec. 19
Winter Break (School Staff/Students) ................................................ Dec. 22 - 31
Winter Holiday (Holiday for All) ......................................................... Dec. 24 - 25
New Years (Holiday for All) ........................................................................ Jan. 1
Staff/Student Holiday ................................................................................. Jan. 2
Staff Planning / Student Holiday ................................................................ Jan. 5
Beginning of Third 9-Week Period / Second Semester ............................. Jan. 6
Report Cards Issued ................................................................................... Jan. 9
Martin Luther King, Jr Day (Holiday for All) ............................................... Jan. 19
Progress Reports Issued ............................................................................ Feb. 4
Staff Planning / Student Holiday .............................................................. Feb. 16
End of of Third 9-Week Period ................................................................. Mar. 13
Beginning of Fourth 9-Week Period ......................................................... Mar. 16
Staff/ Student Holiday ............................................................................... Mar. 17
Report Cards Issued ................................................................................ Mar. 20
Spring Holiday (Holiday for All) .................................................................. Apr. 3
Spring Break (School Staff/Students) ....................................,............ Apr. 6 - 10
Progress Reports Issued .......................................................................... Apr. 22
Last Day of School .................................................................................... May 22
Memorial Day (Holiday for All) ................................................................ May 25
Staff Planning / Post-Planning .......................................................... May 26 - 28
Report Cards Issued ................................................................................ May 29
High School Graduations ..................................................................... June 1 - 5
Calendar is subject to amendment by the Board of Education as necessary. Official calendar is available
on the Districts website at www.sccpss.com. Approved December 18, 2013.