School Calendar 2010/ 2011

August 2010

6 - 8

 New teachers report to Dakar

9 - 13

 New teacher orientation

16 - 20

Full staff orientation

20

Opening Ceremony at 2pm

23

First day of school

September 2010

2

Board meeting

10 or 11

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Korité)

13 & 14

Professional Development, no School (Tim Burns)

 

Secondary Open House

 

Elementary Open House
October 2010

7

Board meeting

17 - 20

AISA Admin & Teachers’ Conference in Nairobi

18

ISD School Holiday

23

ACT test at ISD
November 2010

1

School closed, Senegalese holiday (All Saints Day)

4

Board meeting

6

SAT test at ISD

12 & 13

WAISAL HS Volleyball at ISD

17 & 18

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Tabaski)

19

End of 1st Trimester (59/60 days)

22

Start of 2nd Trimester

 

Professional Development, noon dismissal

25 - 26

School break (Thanksgiving)
December 2010

2

Board meeting

2 & 3

Half days, Parent/Teacher Conferences, pm

4

SAT test at ISD, WAISAL swimming, Lagos

18

Winter break begins
January 2011

10

Classes resume

13

PBoard meeting

 

Professional Development, noon dismissal

22

SAT test at ISD

28 & 29

WAISAL MS Soccer, Ouagadougou
February 2011

3

Board meeting

 

Professional Development, noon dismissal

21

School closed (WAIST-Presidents’ Day)

25 & 26

WAISAL HS Basketball, LCS

25 & 26

WAISAL 4th Gr. and up Swimming, LCS
March 2011

3 & 4

SIPS

3

Board meeting

11

End 2nd Trimester (62 d), MS WAISAL Math Counts, AISB

14 - 18

Spring Break

21

Start of 3rd Trimester

24 & 25

ES Parent/Teacher Conferences, noon dismissal

25

MS/HS Parent/Teacher Conferences, noon dismissal

 

Professional Development, noon dismissal
April 2011

4

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Independence Day)

7

Board meeting

9

ACT test at ISD

21

Semi-Annual General meeting

22

School Closed Good Friday; ISD Holiday

25

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Easter Monday)

 

Professional Development, noon dismissal
May 2011

2 - 13

AP Exams

5

Board meeting

7

SAT test at ISD

20

ISD Holiday

20 & 21

Soccer Invitational in Dakar (WAISAL disc’d until 2011-12)
June 2011

2

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Ascension)

4

SAT test at ISD

9

Board meeting

7 - 10

HS Exams

 

Senior Banquet

13

School closed, Senegalese holiday (Pentecost)

16

Senior Graduation

16

Last day of school (59 days)

17

Teacher work days

17

High school report cards available in the school office

First Trimester: 59 days
Second Trimester: 62 days
Third Trimester: 58 days
Total: 179 days

Notes

  • Korite and Tabaski holidays are a projection based on 2009 dates. It will not be decided until an official announcement.