DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2014-2015 School Year Calendar

JULY 2014
S

6 7
13 14
20 21
27 28

AUGUST 2014
F

1 2 3 4 5
8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19
22 23 24 25 26
29 30 31

0
M

3 4 5 6 7
10 11 12 13 14
17 18 19 20 21
24 25 26 27 28
31

SEPTEMBER 2014
F

1 2
8 9
15 16
22 23
29 30

JANUARY 2015
S

7
14
21
28

4 5 6 7
11 12 13 14
18 19 20 21
25 26 27 28
18

19

10
T

OCTOBER 2014
S

1 2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12 13
15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 27
29 30
21

FEBRUARY 2015

1 2 3
8 9 10
15 16 17
22 23 24
29 30 31

5 6 7
12 13 14
19 20 21
26 27 28

21

NOVEMBER 2014
F

1 2 3 4
8 9 10 11
15 16 17 18
22 23 24 25
29 30 31

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

18

20

20

5 6 7
12 13 14
19 20 21
26 27 28

23
T

DECEMBER 2014

2 3 4 5 6 7
9 10 11 12 13 14
16 17 18 19 20 21
23 24 25 26 27 28
30

1
8
15
22
29

13

APRIL 2015

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28

19

21

MARCH 2015
S

7
14
21
28

18

3 4 5 6 7
10 11 12 13 14
17 18 19 20 21
24 25 26 27 28
31

19

14

15

MAY 2015

1 2 3 4
8 9 10 11
15 16 17 18
22 23 24 25
29 30

15

JUNE 2015
F

1 2
8 9
15 16
22 23
29 30

19

7
14
21
28

20

4.5

MS/HS WALK-IN REGISTRATION

Planning/Professional Days (No classes for students.)

August 15, 18 .

August 19, 20, 21, 22; October 20; June 5 (half day)
Total of 4.5 planning days - teacher self-directed planning. Total of 3 professional days - 3
principal/district directed. SLT/principal to determine which non-student contact days are planning and
which are professional.

First Day of Work for Teachers

School-based professional development

SEMESTER DATES

HOLIDAY/NO CLASSES

Second Semester Begins 1/6; Ends 6/5

First Semester Begins 8/25; Ends 12/19

Independence Day - July 4

Labor Day - September 1

November 10 (Schools may modify the daily schedule for parent/teacher conference to meet the needs
of the school community. Schools will also determine dates and times for parent/teacher conference
during 2nd semester.)

Veterans' Day - November 11

Thanksgiving Day - November 27
Christmas Day - December 25

STUDENT REPORT DAYS

75

Days 1st Semester

97.5 Days 2nd Semester

172.5 Total Days

New Year's Day - January 1

Planning and Assessment Days (No classes for students.)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 19

All schools: 1/2 planning; 1/2 assessment & data analsysis day

Presidents' Day - February 16

83

Days 1st Semester

no classes Jan. 5, Feb. 17, Apr. 13, May 26

Cesar Chavez Day - March 31

102

TEACHER REPORT DAYS

Days 2nd Semester

185

Total Days

Memorial Day - May 25

Assessment Day (No classes for students.)
All schools: assessment and data analysis day - no classes October 21

1 2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12 13
15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 27
29 30

NON-STUDENT CONTACT DAYS

Parent/Teacher Conference Day (No classes for students.)

1 2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12 13
15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 27
29 30 31

VACATION/NO CLASSES

END OF TERM-TO BE FOLLOWED BY REPORT CARDS

ES, ECE-8 and MS Trimester: November 14; February 27; June 5
6-12, High School 6 Weeks: October 3; November 14; December 19; February 20; April 10; June 5
6-12, High School 9 Weeks: October 24; December 19; March 13; June 5
The Calendar for the 2014-2015 school year is adopted by the Board of Education subject to the provision that if for any reason the School District must close schools for more than the time provided by the statutes, the adopted 2014-2015 calendar may be amended by the Board of
Education to provide enough additional school days on Saturdays, during vacation, or at the end of the present calendar to meet legal requirements as required by the statutes.