JEWISH HOLY DAYS AND COMMEMORATIONS
SEPT. 1, 2014 – AUG. 31, 2015 Academic Year
| HOLY DAYS (No school in session and no testing on the following day) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | September 25, 2014 | Rosh Hashana - Day 1 |
| Friday | September 26, 2014 | Rosh Hashana - Day 2 |
| Saturday | October 4, 2014 | Yom Kippur |
| Thursday | October 9, 2014 | Sukkot - Day 1 |
| Friday | October 10, 2014 | Sukkot - Day 2 |
| Thursday | October 16, 2014 | Shmini Atzeret |
| Friday | October 17, 2014 | Simchat Torah |
| Thursday | March 5, 2015 | Purim |
| Saturday | April 4, 2015 | Passover - Day 1 |
| Sunday | April 5, 2015 | Passover - Day 2 |
| Friday | April 10, 2015 | Passover - Day 7 |
| Saturday | April 11, 2015 | Passover - Day 8 |
| Sunday | May 24, 2015 | Shavuot - Day 1 |
| Monday | May 25, 2015 | Shavuot - Day 2 |
| Sunday | July 26, 2015 | Fast Day (Fast of Tisha B’Av) |
| SPECIAL DAYS OF COMMEMORATION (Preferably no tests are given) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | September 24, 2014 | Eve of Rosh Hashana |
| Sunday | September 28, 2014 | Fast Day (Fast of Gedalia) |
| Friday | October 3, 2014 | Eve of Yom Kippur |
| Wednesday | October 8, 2014 | Eve of Sukkot |
| Saturday-Tuesday | October 11-14 | Intermediate Days of Sukkot |
| Wednesday | October 15, 2014 | Hoshana Rabba/Eve of Shmini Atzeret |
| Thursday | January 1, 2015 | Fast Day (Tenth of Tevet) |
| Wednesday | March 4, 2015 | Fast Day (Fast of Esther) |
| Friday | April 3, 2015 | Eve of Passover |
| Monday – Thursday | April 6 – 9, 2015 | Intermediate Days of Passover |
| Saturday | May 23, 2015 | Eve of Shavuot |
| Sunday | July 5, 2015 | Fast Day (Fast of Tammuz) |
| Saturday | July 25, 2015 | Eve of Tisha B’Av |
| OTHER JEWISH DAYS OF COMMEMORATION (No special treatment) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday-Wednesday | Dec. 16-24, 2014 | Chanukah |
| Wednesday | February 4, 2015 | Tu Bishvat |
| Thursday | April 16, 2015 | Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day |
| Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | Yom HaZikaron |
| Thursday | April 23, 2015 | Yom HaAtzmaut |
| Thursday | May 7, 2015 | Lag B’Omer |
| Sunday | May 17, 2015 | Yom Yerushalaim |
| LEGAL HOLIDAYS (No school in session and no testing on the following day) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monday | September 1, 2014 | Labor Day |
| Thursday-Friday | November 27-28, 2014 | Thanksgiving |
| Thursday | January 1, 2015 | New Year’s Day |
| Monday | January 19, 2015 | Martin Luther King Day |
| Monday | February 16, 2015 | Presidents’ Day |
| Monday | May 25, 2015 | Memorial Day |
| Friday | July 3, 2015* | Independence Day |
