2025-2026 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 1 Labor Day
September 1-5 National School Attendance Week
September 11 Patriot Day (9/11 Observance)
Sept.15- Oct. 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 17 Constitution Day
September 14-20 Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
September 16 National IT Professional Day
September 21 International Day of Peace
September 26 Native American Day
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 1 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 22 Unity Day (Bullying Prevention) Wear Orange
October 23-31 Red Ribbon Week
November 1-30 Native American Heritage Month
November 8 National STEM/STEAM Day
November 3-7 National School Psychology Week
November 11 Veterans Day
November 13 World Kindness Day
November 17-21 American Education Week
November 19 Education Support Professionals Day
November 20 Project Appleseed National Parent Involvement Day
November 21 Substitute Educators Day
December 2 National Special Education Day
December 8-14 Computer Science Education Week
January 1-31 School Board Appreciation Month
January 19 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 2-6 National School Counseling Week
February 8-14 National FBLA Week
February 9-13 National FCCLA Week
February 15 School Resource Officer Day
February 21-28 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 6 Maintenance Professionals Appreciation Day
March 2 Read Across America Day
March 1-7 National School Social Work Week
March 2-6 National School Breakfast Week
March 14 Pi Day
March 15-21 National Poison Prevention Week
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 3 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
April 4 School Librarian Appreciation Day
April 6-10 National Assistant Principals Week
April 15 Purple Up Day (Tentative)
April 19-25 National Volunteer Week
April 20-24 Afterschool Professionals Week
April 22 Earth Day
April 22 Administrative Assistant Professionals Day
April 24 National Arbor Day
April 28 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
May 1-31 Better Speech and Hearing Month
May 1 School Principal Day
May 1 School Lunch Hero Day
May 4-8 National Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3 National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 6 National School Nurse Day
May 8 School Communicators Day
May 18 National Speech Pathologist Day