Calendar
2023-2024 CARE Elementary School Year
Please check the school calendar for holiday schedules and closures.
Parents are encouraged to find all communications, current events and to correspond with teachers on PARENT SQUARE.
Hours of Operation:
School Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Aftercare Hours Monday – Friday 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
(CARE’s calendar is not the same as MDCPS regarding teacher planning days.)
August 3 – 15 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
August 16 | CARE First day of School |
August 28 – 30 | DIBELS Beginning of Year Benchmark Assessments |
September 4 | Labor Day; holiday for students and employees |
September 15 | 1st Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
September 25 | Teacher Planning day: no students in school |
October 5 | CARE Open House |
October 26 | End of first quarter |
Octover 27 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
October 30 | Begin second grading period; first semester |
November 1 | 1st Quarter Report Card sent home |
November 1 | Parent Teacher conferences |
November 6 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
November 10 | Observance of Veteran’s Day; holiday for students and staff |
November 13 – 17 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week |
November 20 – 24 | Fall Recess |
November 23 | Thanksgiving Day; holiday for students and staff |
November 24 | Fall Recess |
December 6 | 2nd Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
December 19 | CARE Christmas pageant |
December 20 | Be The Light Drive-By |
December 21 – Jan 5 | Winter recess for students and employees |
January 15 | Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; holiday for students and staff |
January 16-19 | DIBELS Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
January 19 | End first semester and second grading period |
January 22 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
January 23 | Begin third grading period; second semester |
January 24 | 2nd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
January 30 – Feb 1 | Curriculum Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
February 6-14 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week (Black History focus) |
February 19 | Teacher Planning Day; All President’s Day; no students in school |
February 20 | 3rd Quarter Progress report sent home |
February 22 | CARE Black Heritage Program |
March 13 | Parent Teacher Conferences |
March 25 – April 1 | Spring recess for students and employees |
April 5 | End third grading period; second semester |
April 8 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
April 9 | Begin fourth grading period; second semester |
April 10 | 3rd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
May 6-10 | Teacher Appreciation Week |
May 8 | 4th Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
May 13 – 17 | Terranova Standardized Testing |
May 20 – 24 | DIBELS End of Year Benchmark Assessments |
May 27 | Observance of Memorial Day; holiday for students and employees |
June 7 | Last Day of School; end fourth grading period; second semester |
June 7 | 4th Quarter Report Cards |
June 10 – 13 | Teacher planning days; no students in school |