National Days
2024-2025 School Year
September 2024
College Savings Month
Attendance Awareness Month
Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
National Preparedness Month
National Suicide Prevention Month
September 2: Labor Day
September 8: International Literacy Day
September 8: National Grandparents’ Day
September 11: 9-11 Remembrance Day
September 15: Hispanic Heritage Month Begins (Sep. 15 – Oct. 15)
September 17: International IT Professionals Day
September 18: National School Backpack Awareness Day
September 25: #SeeSayDay (If You See Something, Say Something)
September 27: National Teacher Assistants’ Day
October 2024
National Principals Month
Careers in Construction Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
October 2: National Custodian Day
October 4: Manufacturing Day
October 5: World Teachers’ Day
October 6: National Instructional Coach Appreciation Day
October 6: Fire Prevention Week begins (Oct. 6-12)
October 7: Child Health Day
October 14: National School Lunch Week (Oct. 14-18)
October 16: National Boss’ Day
October 16: Unity Day / Stop Bullying Day
October 21: National School Bus Safety Week begins (Oct. 21-25)
October 23: Red Ribbon Week / Drug-Free America Week begins (Oct. 23-31)
October 28: National First Responders Day
November 2024
National Career Development Month
National Scholarship Month
American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
November 3: Daylight Saving Time Ends
November 8: National STEM and STEAM Day
November 11: National School Psychology Week begins (Nov. 11-15)
November 11: Veterans Day
November 13: World Kindness Day
November 15: America Recycles Day
November 17: National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 17-23)
November 18: American Education Week begins (Nov. 18-22)
November 20: Education Support Professionals Day
November 20: World Children’s Day
November 21: National Parent Involvement Day
November 22: Substitute Educators Day
November 28: Give Thanks!
December 2024
Human Rights Month
Learn a Foreign Language Month
December 2: Special Education Day
December 3: International Day of People with Disabilities
December 5: International Volunteer Day
December 5: Inclusive Schools Week (Dec. 5-9)
December 9: Computer Science Education Week begins (Dec. 9-15), #CSEdWeek
December 31: New Year’s Eve
January 2025
School Board Recognition Month
National Mentoring Month, #MentoringMonth, #MentorIRL
Thank You Month
January 1: New Year’s Day
January 20: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 2025
Black History Month, #BlackHistoryMonth
Career and Technical Education Month®, #CTEMonth
Financial Aid Awareness Month, #FinAidFeb
Dental Health Month
February 2: Groundhog Day
February 3: National School Counseling Week begins (Feb. 3-7)
February 14: Valentine’s Day
February 15: National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day
February 15: National FFA Week begins (Feb. 15-22)
February 16: National Engineers Week begins (Feb. 16-22)
February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day, #MakeKindnessTheNorm
February 17: Presidents’ Day
February 20: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
February 24: Public Schools Week begins (Feb. 24-28), #HereForTheKids
February 27: Digital Learning Day
March 2025
Women’s History Month
Youth Art Month, #YAM
National Nutrition Month, #NationalNutritionMonth
Music in Our Schools Month, #MiOSM
March 2: Read Across America Day, #ReadAcrossAmerica
March 3: School Social Work Week begins (Mar. 3-7)
March 3: National School Breakfast Week begins (Mar. 3-7)
March 7: Employee Appreciation Day
March 7: Maintenance Workers Appreciation Day
March 8: International Women’s Day
March 10: Daylight Saving Time begins
March 14: Pi Day
March 14: International Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day, #SELDay
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
April 2025
Child Abuse Prevention Month (Blue Ribbon Month)
Counseling Awareness Month, #CounselorsHelp
Financial Literacy Month, #MySavingsStory, #FinancialLiteracyMonth, #FinLitMonth
Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, #MathStatMonth
Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month, #MultilingualAdvocacy
National Internship Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Volunteer Appreciation Month
Poetry Month
National School Library Month
Autism Acceptance Month
April 3: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
April 4: National School Librarian Day
April 5: National Robotics Week begins (Apr. 5-13), #Roboweek
April 6: National Library Week begins (Apr. 6-12)
April 7: National Assistant Principals Week begins (Apr. 7-11)
April 21: Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week (Apr 21-25)
April 21: National Public School Volunteer Week (Apr. 21-25), #PublicSchoolVolunteerWeek
April 22: Earth Day
April 22: National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
April 23: Administrative Professionals’ Day
April 25: Arbor Day
May 2025
Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month
Military Appreciation Month
National Mental Health Awareness Month, #YouAreEnough
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
May 1: National College Decision Day, #DecisionDay, #CollegeBound
May 1: National School Principals’ Day
May 2: School Lunch Hero Day, #SchoolLunchHeroDay
May 5: National Teacher Appreciation Week begins (May 5-9), #ThankATeacher
May 7: National School Nurses Day, #SND2025, #SchoolNurses
May 9: School Communicators Day, #SchoolCommunicatorDay
May 11: Mother’s Day
May 18: National Speech Pathologist Day
May 26: Memorial Day
June 2025
National Safety Month
National Dairy Month
June 14: Flag Day
June 15: Father’s Day
June 30: Online FAFSA Application Deadline