2009-2010 School Year Calendar Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Calendar The Year At-a-Glance

June 2009 1 Curriculum Monday 2 ELL 3 4 DCCI 5 8 Curriculum Monday 9 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Curriculum Monday 2 ELL 3 4 DCCI 5 ETS meeting, IS training 8 Curriculum Monday 9 BOE meeting 10 11 12 15 BREA 16 17 18 Last Day of School 19 22 Summer Reflective Institute 23 Summer Reflective Institute BOE Meeting 24 Summer Reflective Institute 25 Summer Reflective Institute 26 Summer Reflective Institute 29 30

July 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Curriculum Writing: SE Literacy Curriculum Writing; SE Literacy 1 Curriculum Writing: Pre-calculus, AP Gov and Politics, Math K-4, SE Literacy 2 Curriculum Writing: Pre-calculus, AP Gov and Politics, Math K-4 3 6 Curriculum Writing: Pre-calculus, Math K-4 7 Curriculum Writing: Pre-calculus, Math K-4, Economics, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4 8 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, Economics, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4 9 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4 10 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4 13 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4,, IT, Desktop pub, Math 5, World Languages 14 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4, IT, Desktop pub, Math 5, World Languages 15 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4, IT, Desktop pub, Math 5, World Languages 16 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4, IT, Desktop pub, Math 5 17 Curriculum Writing: Math K-4, 5-8 LAL, Writing K-4, 20 Curriculum Writing: Math 6 21 Curriculum Writing: Holocaust, Science 3-4, Math 6 22 Curriculum Writing: Holocaust, Science 3-4, Math 6 23 Curriculum Writing: Holocaust, Doing History, Math 6 24 Curriculum Writing: Holocaust, Doing History 27 Curriculum Writing: Science 5, 28 Curriculum Writing: Science 5 BOE Meeting 29 Curriculum Writing: Science 5, 30 Curriculum Writing: Science 5, SS Benchmarking 31 BOE CC Meeting

August 2009 3 4 5 6 7 10 Curriculum Writing: Biology Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 4 5 6 7 10 Curriculum Writing: Biology 11 Curriculum Writing: Biology 12 Curriculum Writing: Biology 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 BOE Meeting 26 27 New Teacher Orientation 28 31

September 2009 31 1 2 3 4 7 Holiday 8 BOE Meeting 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 BTS: Back to School Night September 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 31 New Teacher Orientation (NTO) 1 NTO 2 3 4 7 Holiday 8 Staff In-Service BOE Meeting 9 10 Intervention Specialists pull-out K-8 11 14 Curriculum Monday Milltown BTS 15 MS BTS 7th grade 16 17 MS BTS 8th grade HSP Parent Workshop 18 SEM Meeting all day ESL teachers all day 21 All 1st grade teachers for LAL training IKE, C, A, BTS BREA Meeting 22 All K teachers for LAL training 23 Hillside, IKE BTS All 2nd grade teachers for LAL training 24 All 3rd grade teachers for LAL training BG, JFK, Crim and Adamsville BTS 25 All 4th grade teachers for LAL training 28 No School 29 Hillside, JFK, VH BTS 30 HS BTS 9th & 10th 3rd/4th scoring (A, JFK, and C) The first round of pull-out training will be devoted to implementing the new LAL program for K-4. A consultant from Pearson will work with the teachers and Janice during the week of September 21st. Some teachers will have to attend training during the day and then go to Back-to-School night that evening: 1st grade teachers at Crim and Adamsville on Monday, 3rd grade teachers at BG, JFK, Crim and Adamsville on Thursday.

October 2009 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 In-Service Day 13 HSPA Make-up Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 HS BTS 11th & 12th Kindergarten scoring 2 5 Curriculum Monday 5th grade Math Hillside 6 HSPA Hamilton, VH BTS 7 5th grade Math pull-out IKE 8 Hamilton BTS 9 6th grade math pull-out 12 In-Service Day 13 HSPA Make-up State science conference 16 subs BOE Meeting 14 15 16 19 BREA Meeting Environmental Trip 12 subs 20 21 22 Intervention Specialists K-8 23 26 27 Environmental Trip 28 29 30 All Kindergarten teachers will be involved in staff development on the 1st for Language Arts. K-4 all teachers (grade level and special ed) will be involved with math training with consultants and Barbara Kane on October 12th from 8:30-12:00, 1:00-3:30 building based professional development. 5th grade teachers and 6th grade math with math consultants from 1:00-3:30. Intermediate schools can have building based PD in the morning. Still need a plan for 6th grade non-math teachers and 7-12 teachers.

November 2009 2 3 4 5 No School 6 9 10 BOE Meeting 11 12 13 16 17 18 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2 Curriculum Monday 3 4 5 No School 6 9 Environmental Trip 10 BOE Meeting 11 12 13 16 BREA Meeting 17 SEM and ESL teachers all day 18 19 Conferences K-6 20 23 Curriculum Monday 7-12 24 25 ½ Day 26 27 30 Intervention Specialists K-8

December 2009 1 Pull-out training for Math Leadership Team 2 3 4 7 8 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Pull-out training for Math Leadership Team 2 3 4 7 Curriculum Monday 8 BOE Meeting 9 Intervention Specialists K-8 10 AI and E teachers pull-out with David 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 BREA Meeting 22 23 24 No School 25 28 29 30 31

January 2010 1 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 BOE Meeting 13 14 15 18 In-Service Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 4 Curriculum Monday 5 6 Science training grade 5 Hillside 7 Science training grade 5 IKE 8 Science training grade 6 Hillside and IKE 11 12 BOE Meeting 13 14 SEM and ESL Teachers all day 15 18 In-Service Day 19 20 21 Intervention Specialists K-8 22 25 BREA Meeting 26 27 Mid-term exams at high school (full day) 28 Mid-term exams at high school (1/2 day) 29 Intervention Specialists and special education teachers (math related) K-6 will be with math consultants on January 18th In-Service Day from 8:30-3:30 with an hour break for lunch.

February 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Curriculum Monday Mid-term exams at high school (1/2 day) 2 Math training grade 5 Hillside 3 Math training grade 5 IKE 4 Math training grade 6 Hillside and IKE 5 8 9 Intervention Specialists K-8 10 11 12 No School 15 16 BREA Meeting 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26

March 2010 5 12 16 17 18 19 25 4th grade A, JFK, C Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Curriculum Monday 2 HSPA 3 1st grade pull-out (M, VH, BG and H) 4 Adamsville, JFK, Crim 5 8 9 HSPA Make-up 10 2nd grade Milltown, VH, BG and Hamilton 11 2nd grade Adamsville, JFK, Crim 12 15 BREA Meeting 16 17 3rd grade M, VH, BG, and H 18 3rd grade A, JFK, C 19 Kindergarten pull-out all schools 22 23 24 4th grade M, VH, BG and H 25 4th grade A, JFK, C 26 29 No School 30 31 Pull-out training Math AM and LAL PM on March 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 (25 subs ea day approx.)

April 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 No School 2 5 Curriculum Monday 6 Intervention Specialists K-8 7 8 9 12 13 1st/2nd scoring 14 15 3rd/4th scoring 16 19 Kindergarten scoring BREA Meeting 20 21 AI and E teachers pull-out with David 22 23 26 27 NJASK 7 & 8 28 29 30 Pull out training for scoring district writing sample

May 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 NJ ASK 5 & 6 Make-up 7 & 8 Curriculum Monday 4 5 6 7 10 NJ ASK 3 & 4 Make-up 5 & 6 11 12 13 14 NJ ASK 4 Science 17 Make-up 3 & 4 BIO EOC BREA Meeting 18 19 20 BIO EOC Make-up 21 24 Algebra I EOC 25 26 27 Make-up 28 31 No School

June 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 ESL and SEM teachers all day 2 3 4 7 Curriculum Monday 8 Intervention Specialists K-8 9 10 11 14 15 Final Exams at high school (full day) 16 Final Exams at high school (1/2 day) 17 18 ½ Day 21 22 Last Day for Students 23 24 25 28 29 30

July 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30

August 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 32 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30 31