Calendar
2024-2025 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 5 – 13 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| August 14 | CARE First day of School |
| August 26 – 30 | DIBELS Beginning of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| September 2 | Labor Day; holiday for students and employees |
| September 20 | Teacher Planning day: no students in school |
| September 25 | 1st Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| September 26 | CARE Open House |
| October 17 | End of first quarter |
| October 18 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| October 21 | Begin second grading period; first semester |
| October 23 | Parent Teacher conferences with 1st Quarter Report Card |
| November 4 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| November 11 | Observance of Veteran’s Day; holiday for students and staff |
| November 18-22 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week |
| November 25-29 | Fall Recess |
| November 28 | Thanksgiving Day; holiday for students and staff |
| December 11 | 2nd Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| December 18 | CARE Christmas pageant |
| December 19 | Be The Light Drive-By |
| December 20 – Jan 3 | Winter recess for students and employees |
| January 16 | End first semester and second grading period |
| January 17 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| January 20 | Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; holiday for students and staff |
| January 21 | Begin third grading period; second semester |
| January 22-27 | DIBELS Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| January 22 | 2nd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
| January 29 – Jan 31 | Curriculum Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| February 6-14 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week (Black History focus) |
| February 17 | Teacher Planning Day; All President’s Day; no students in school |
| February 19 | 3rd Quarter Progress report sent home |
| February 27 | CARE Black Heritage Program |
| March 12 | Parent Teacher Conferences |
| March 21 | End third grading period; second semester |
| March 24- March 28 | Spring recess for students and employees |
| March 31 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| April 1 | Begin fourth grading period; second semester |
| April 2 | 3rd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
| April 18 | Good Friday; holiday for students and staff |
| May 1 | 4th Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| May 5-9 | Teacher Appreciation Week |
| May 12 – 16 | Terranova Standardized Testing |
| May 19 – 23 | DIBELS End of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| May 26 | Observance of Memorial Day; holiday for students and employees |
| June 4 | 4th Quarter Report Cards |
| June 5 | Last Day of School; end fourth grading period; second semester |
| June 6 – 11 | Teacher planning days; no students in school |