Lebanon Township School District

                  2008-2009 School Calendar

First Day for Faculty:                            Wednesday, August 27, 2008                             Staff Professional Development

School Opens - Early Dismissal:          Thursday, August 28, 2008                                 First Day for Students

Staff Professional Development (PM)

Early Dismissal:                                   Friday, August 29, 2008

School Closed:                                    Monday, September 1, 2008                               Labor Day – No School 

                                                            September 11 & September 16, 2008                  Voorhees Back to School Nights   

                                                Thursday, September 11, 2008                            Valley View Back to School Night

                                                Thursday, September 18, 2008                            Woodglen Back to School Night

School Closed:                                    Thursday, October 9, 2008                                  Yom Kippur

School Closed:                                    Friday, October 10, 2008                                   Staff Professional Development

School Open:                               Monday, October 13, 2008                                  Classes Resume

School Closed:                              Thursday & Friday, Nov. 6 & 7, 2008                    NJEA Convention

Early Dismissal:                                   November 20, 21, 24, 25, 2008                            Parent Conferences

Early Dismissal:                             Wednesday, November 26, 2008                           Day before Thanksgiving

School Closed:                              Thursday & Friday, Nov. 27 & 28, 2008                Thanksgiving

Early Dismissal:                             Friday, December 12, 2008                                 Staff Professional Development

Early Dismissal:                                   Tuesday, December 23, 2008

School Closed:                                    December 24, 2008 through January 2, 2009        Winter Recess

                                                            Monday, January 5, 2009                                    Classes Resume

School Closed:                                    Monday, January 19, 2009                                  Martin Luther King Day

School Closed:                                    Friday/Monday, Feb. 13/16, 2009                        Presidents’ Weekend

Early Dismissal:                                   Friday, March 13, 2009                                      Staff Professional Development

                                                            Thursday, April 2, 2009                                       Valley View Open House

Early Dismissal:                                   Thursday, April 9, 2009                                       Spring Recess

School Closed:                                    Friday, April 10, 2009 through

                                                            Friday, April 17, 2009

                                                            Monday, April 20, 2009                                       Classes Resume

Early Dismissal:                                   Friday, May 8, 2009                                           Staff Professional Development

School Closed:                                    Monday, May 25, 2009                                       Memorial Day

Early Dismissal:                                   Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tentative Last Day for Students-         

Early Dismissal:                                   Wednesday, June 17, 2009                                 (Includes 5 emergency days)

  Total Number of Days

                                                                                Students                  Teachers

August                                                                           2                               3     

September                                                                    21                             21                                                                          

October                                                                        21                             22

November                                                                     16                             16

December                                                                     17                             17

January                                                                        19                             19

February                                                                                      18                             18

March                                                                            22                            22

April                                                                               16                            16

May                                                                               20                            20

June                                                                              13                            13

185                          187

Five emergency closing days are built into the calendar.  If they are not used, they will be deducted at the end of the school year.  If more that five emergency days are used, they will either be added to the end of the school year or made up during President’s Recess or Spring Recess.  If a number of emergency closing days are used early in the school year, Martin Luther King Day may also be used.  Please be aware of these possibilities in planning vacation activities during the 2008-2009 school year.

Early dismissal is 1:05 p.m. for Woodglen School and 1:15 p.m. for Valley View School.

This calendar is subject to change by the Board of Education.

BOE approved:  2-19-08