National Days 2024-2025 School Year

National Days

2024-2025 School Year

September 2024

• College Savings Month

• Attendance Awareness Month

• Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)

• National Preparedness Month

• National Suicide Prevention Month

• September 2: Labor Day

• September 8: International Literacy Day

• September 8: National Grandparents’ Day

• September 11: 9-11 Remembrance Day

• September 15: Hispanic Heritage Month Begins (Sep. 15 – Oct. 15)

• September 17: International IT Professionals Day

• September 18: National School Backpack Awareness Day

• September 25: #SeeSayDay (If You See Something, Say Something)

• September 27: National Teacher Assistants’ Day

October 2024

• National Principals Month

• Careers in Construction Month

• Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month

• National Bullying Prevention Month

• October 2: National Custodian Day

• October 4: Manufacturing Day

• October 5: World Teachers’ Day

• October 6: National Instructional Coach Appreciation Day

• October 6: Fire Prevention Week begins (Oct. 6-12)

• October 7: Child Health Day

• October 14: National School Lunch Week (Oct. 14-18)

• October 16: National Boss’ Day

• October 16: Unity Day / Stop Bullying Day

• October 21: National School Bus Safety Week begins (Oct. 21-25)

• October 23: Red Ribbon Week / Drug-Free America Week begins (Oct. 23-31)

• October 28: National First Responders Day

November 2024

• National Career Development Month

• National Scholarship Month

• American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month

• November 3: Daylight Saving Time Ends

• November 8: National STEM and STEAM Day

• November 11: National School Psychology Week begins (Nov. 11-15)

• November 11: Veterans Day

• November 13: World Kindness Day

• November 15: America Recycles Day

• November 17: National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 17-23)

• November 18: American Education Week begins (Nov. 18-22)

• November 20: Education Support Professionals Day

• November 20: World Children’s Day

• November 21: National Parent Involvement Day

• November 22: Substitute Educators Day

• November 28: Give Thanks!

December 2024

• Human Rights Month

• Learn a Foreign Language Month

• December 2: Special Education Day

• December 3: International Day of People with Disabilities

• December 5: International Volunteer Day

• December 5: Inclusive Schools Week (Dec. 5-9)

• December 9: Computer Science Education Week begins (Dec. 9-15), #CSEdWeek

• December 31: New Year’s Eve

January 2025

• School Board Recognition Month

• National Mentoring Month, #MentoringMonth, #MentorIRL

• Thank You Month

• January 1: New Year’s Day

• January 20: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 2025

• Black History Month, #BlackHistoryMonth

• Career and Technical Education Month®, #CTEMonth

• Financial Aid Awareness Month, #FinAidFeb

• Dental Health Month

• February 2: Groundhog Day

• February 3: National School Counseling Week begins (Feb. 3-7)

• February 14: Valentine’s Day

• February 15: National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day

• February 15: National FFA Week begins (Feb. 15-22)

• February 16: National Engineers Week begins (Feb. 16-22)

• February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day, #MakeKindnessTheNorm

• February 17: Presidents’ Day

• February 20: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

• February 24: Public Schools Week begins (Feb. 24-28), #HereForTheKids

• February 27: Digital Learning Day

March 2025

• Women’s History Month

• Youth Art Month, #YAM

• National Nutrition Month, #NationalNutritionMonth

• Music in Our Schools Month, #MiOSM

• March 2: Read Across America Day, #ReadAcrossAmerica

• March 3: School Social Work Week begins (Mar. 3-7)

• March 3: National School Breakfast Week begins (Mar. 3-7)

• March 7: Employee Appreciation Day

• March 7: Maintenance Workers Appreciation Day

• March 8: International Women’s Day

• March 10: Daylight Saving Time begins

• March 14: Pi Day

• March 14: International Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day, #SELDay

• March 17: St. Patrick’s Day

April 2025

• Child Abuse Prevention Month (Blue Ribbon Month)

• Counseling Awareness Month, #CounselorsHelp

• Financial Literacy Month, #MySavingsStory, #FinancialLiteracyMonth, #FinLitMonth

• Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, #MathStatMonth

• Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month, #MultilingualAdvocacy

• National Internship Awareness Month

• National Occupational Therapy Month

• National Volunteer Appreciation Month

• Poetry Month

• National School Library Month

• Autism Acceptance Month

• April 3: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

• April 4: National School Librarian Day

• April 5: National Robotics Week begins (Apr. 5-13), #Roboweek

• April 6: National Library Week begins (Apr. 6-12)

• April 7: National Assistant Principals Week begins (Apr. 7-11)

• April 21: Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week (Apr 21-25)

• April 21: National Public School Volunteer Week (Apr. 21-25), #PublicSchoolVolunteerWeek

• April 22: Earth Day

• April 22: National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

• April 23: Administrative Professionals’ Day

• April 25: Arbor Day

May 2025

• Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month

• Military Appreciation Month

• National Mental Health Awareness Month, #YouAreEnough

• National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

• May 1: National College Decision Day, #DecisionDay, #CollegeBound

• May 1: National School Principals’ Day

• May 2: School Lunch Hero Day, #SchoolLunchHeroDay

• May 5: National Teacher Appreciation Week begins (May 5-9), #ThankATeacher

• May 7: National School Nurses Day, #SND2025, #SchoolNurses

• May 9: School Communicators Day, #SchoolCommunicatorDay

• May 11: Mother’s Day

• May 18: National Speech Pathologist Day

• May 26: Memorial Day

June 2025

• National Safety Month

• National Dairy Month

• June 14: Flag Day

• June 15: Father’s Day

• June 30: Online FAFSA Application Deadline