Sept. 2, 2008 – First Day For Teachers (Conference Day)
Sept. 3, 2008 – First Day Of School For Students Gr. k-12
Sept. 18, 2008 – 7-12 Open House (6:30-8:30 pm)
Sept. 25, 2008 – k-3 Open House (6:30-8:30 pm)
Oct. 2, 2008 – Gr. 4-6 Open House (6:30-8:30 pm)
Oct. 13, 2008 – Columbus Day – No School
Nov. 10, 2008 – Early Dismissal – Emergency Closing Drill
Grades 7-12 at 2 pm; k-6 at 3 pm
Nov. 11, 2008 – Veterans Day – No School
Nov. 13, 2008 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (6:30-8:30 pm)
Grades k-6; Early Dismissal – 12:30 pm – Grades k-6
Nov. 14, 2008 – No Classes For Grades k-12
k-6 Parent/Teacher Conferences
7-12 Staff Development Day
Nov. 26-28, 2008 – Thanksgiving Vacation
(School Resumes Dec. 1)
Dec. 22 – Jan. 2 , 2009 – Christmas Vacation
(School Resumes Jan. 5, 2009)
Jan. 19, 2009 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School
Feb. 16-20, 2009 – Mid-Winter Recess
(School Resumes Feb. 23, 2009)
March 20, 2009 – Staff Conference Day
No Classes For Grades k-12
April 10, 2009 – Good Friday – No School
Apr. 13-17, 2009 – Spring Recess
(School Resumes Apr. 20, 2009)
May 25, 2009 – Memorial Day Holiday – No School
June 16 – June 25, 2009 – Regents Week
June 22 – 24, 2009 – Early Dismissal – 12:30 pm Grades k-6
June 24, 2009 – Kindergarten Graduation – 9 am
– Last Day Of School For Students
June 25, 2009 – k-6 Conference Day
June 26, 2009 – k-12 Conference Day
June 26, 2009 – High School Graduation At 7 pm
School Hours
The elementary school day will begin at 8:30 am and end at 3:20 pm. The high school (grades 7-12) will begin at 7:30 am and end at 2:15 pm.
The District will utilize two bus runs to transport students and there will no longer be bus room. The new bus schedules are posted on the HFCS website.
The “before school” childcare program will begin on the first day of school, September 3, no earlier than 7:15 am. Children must be brought into the building to the elementary cafeteria where parents will be required to sign their child into the program each day. Children cannot be dropped off at the curb to enter the building on their own.
Students not enrolled in the “before school” childcare program cannot be dropped of at school before 8:30 am.
k-6 7-12
Buses Arrive 8:30 7:30
Attendance & Instruction 8:30 – 3:20 7:30 – 2:15
Buses Depart 3:20 2:15
Student Pick-Up By Parents 3:35
Extracurricular, Detention 3:20 – 4:20 2:20 – 4:20
(Mon. – Thurs. only)