NLPS Calendar Feedback

Northern Lights Public Schools is seeking feedback on two draft calendars for the 2018-2019 school year.

DRAFT A: 2018-2019 School Calendar
DRAFT B: 2018-2019 School Calendar

The calendars were approved in principle by the Board of Trustees on December 13 and have been sent to parents, staff, students and the community for feedback.

Some things to note about both calendars:

1. School starts after Labour Day and ends on June 27th.
2. They include 180 instructional days. Northern Lights is committed to ensuring all school calendars have 180 instructional days moving forward.
3. They include Family Fridays. Northern Lights is committed to continuing to incorporate Family Fridays into its school calendars, but is open to shifting their locations or consolidating them to create longer breaks.
4. They do not include any half days or early dismissals for students. In previous years, students have attended for a half-day prior to Teachers Convention in February. That is now a “no school” day for students and a half day for staff.
5. Whenever possible, “no school days” have been aligned with the separate school system. The main exception is the Fall Break proposed in Draft B.

The main difference between the proposed calendars is that Draft B includes a week-long Fall Break immediately following Remembrance Day (November 12-16). This week was created using the statutory holiday for Remembrance Day and the day in lieu of parent-teacher interviews, and shifting three other Family Fridays from elsewhere in the calendar (October 5, December 7 and January 18).