2026-2027 APPRECIATION DAYS
Throughout the year, there are many appreciation days, weeks, and months dedicated to recognizing school staff and education-related events. To support planning efforts, the Communications Department has created a School Appreciation Days Calendar as a helpful resource for educators. This tool allows educators to decide if and how they wish to acknowledge and celebrate these special observances.
September 1-30 Attendance Awareness Month
September 7 Labor Day
September 11 Patriot Day (9/11 Observance)
Sept.15- Oct. 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 17 Constitution Day
September 13-19 Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
September 15 National IT Professional Day
September 21 International Day of Peace
October 1-31 Crime Prevention Month
October 1-31 National Bullying Prevention Month
October 1-31 National Principals Month
October 1-31 National Physical Therapy Month
October 7 National Walk to School Day
October 2 Building Services Staff Day
October 5 World Teachers Day
October 6 National Coaches and Instructional Coaches Day
October 5-11 Fire Prevention Week
October 13-17 National School Lunch Week
October 16 Boss’s Day
October 20-24 National School Bus Safety Week
October 21 Unity Day (Bullying Prevention) Wear Orange
October 23-31 Red Ribbon Week
October 29 Pink Out
November 1-30 Native American Heritage Month
November 8 National STEM/STEAM Day
November 9-13 National School Psychology Week
November 11 Veterans Day
November 13 World Kindness Day
November 16-20 American Education Week
November 18 Education Support Professionals Day
November 29 Project Appleseed National Parent Involvement Day
November 20 Substitute Educators Day
December 2 National Special Education Day
December 8-14 Computer Science Education Week
January 1-31 School Board Appreciation Month
January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 1-28 National Black History Month
February 1-28 National Children’s Dental Health Month
February 1-28 Career and Technical Education Month
February 1-28 Love the Bus Month
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 1-5 National School Counseling Week
February 6 National Wear Red Day for Women's Health
February 7-13 National FBLA Week
February 8-12 National FCCLA Week
February 15 School Resource Officer Day
February 20-27 National FFA Week
March 1-31 Music in Our Schools Month
March 1-31 National Women's History Month
March 1-31 National Athletic Training Month
March 4 Maintenance Professionals Appreciation Day
March 2 Read Across America Day
March 7-13 National School Social Work Week
March 1-5 National School Breakfast Week
March 14 Pi Day
March 14-20 National Poison Prevention Week
March 21 World Down’s Syndrome Day - Mismatch Socks
April 1-30 Month of the Military Child
April 1-30 National Occupational Therapy Month
April 1-30 National Volunteer Appreciation Month
April 1-30 World Autism Awareness Month
April 2 Autism Awareness Day
April 7 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
April 4 School Librarian Appreciation Day
April 5-9 National Assistant Principals Week
April 15 Purple Up Day
April 18-24 National Volunteer Week
April 19-23 Afterschool Professionals Week
April 22 Earth Day
April 21 Administrative Assistant Professionals Day
April 30 National Arbor Day
April 27 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
May 1-31 Better Speech and Hearing Month
May 1-31 Mental Health Awareness Month - Go Green
May 1 School Principal Day
May 7 School Lunch Hero Day
May 3-7 National Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4 National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 12 National School Nurse Day
May 14 School Communicators Day
May 18 National Speech Pathologist Day