Please note: There is an updated version of this post here: https://donovan-group.com/key-education-dates-2021-22-2/

 

For any school leader, administrator or communication professional, it can be a challenge to keep track of all the holidays, holidays, events, appreciation days, weekly celebrations and other occasions that take place throughout the year.

To help make this a little easier, we have compiled a list of these events for the next year, starting in July 2021 and running through June 2022. These events include national recognition months, staff appreciation weeks and various well-known and more obscure holidays and days of awareness.

We hope you find this resource helpful as you plan events, communications and social media content this year.

 

July 2021

• • National Picnic Month
  • National Ice Cream Month
  • July 4: Independence Day
  • July 30: International Day of Friendship
  • July 30: System Administrator Appreciation Day (#SysAdminDay)

August 2021

• • National Truancy Prevention Month
  • Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
  • August 9: Book Lovers Day
  • August 13: International Youth Day (#YouthDay)
  • August 26: Women’s Equality Day

September 2021

• • Suicide Prevention Month
  • College Savings Month
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • September 6: Labor Day
  • September 8: International Literacy Day
  • September 12: National Grandparent’s Day
  • September 13: Positive Thinking Day
  • September 15: National School Backpack Awareness Day
  • September: 21: International IT Professionals Day

October 2021

• • National Principals Month (#ThankaPrincipal)
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • Careers in Construction Month
  • Positive Attitude Month
  • Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
  • October 1: Manufacturing Day
  • October 2: National Custodian Day
  • October 3-9: Fire Prevention Week
  • October 5: World Teachers Day
  • October 11: Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day
  • October 16: National Boss’s Day
  • October 18-22: National School Bus Safety Week
  • October 10: Unity Day/Stop Bullying Day
  • October 23-31: Red Ribbon Week/Drug-Free America Week
  • October 28: National First Responders Day

November 2021

• • National Career Development Month
  • National Scholarship Month
  • Native American Heritage Month/American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
  • November 7: Daylight Saving Time Ends
  • November 8: National STEM and STEAMDay
  • November 11: Veterans Day
  • November 15-19: American Education Week
  • November 18: National Parent Involvement Day
  • November 19: Substitute Educator Day
  • November 20: World Children’s Day
  • November 25: Thanksgiving
  • November 25-December 6: Hanukkah

December 2021

• • 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 6-12: Computer Science Education Week
  • December 6-January 1: Kwanzaa

January 2022

• • National Mentoring Month (#MentoringMonth, #MentorIRL)
  • Thank You Month
  • 100th Day of School (most districts)
  • January 9: National School Librarians/Library Week (also celebrated in April)
  • January 9: School Resource Officers Day
  • January 15: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 2022

• • African American History Month (#AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth, #BlackHistoryMonth)
  • Career and Technical Education Month® (CTE Month®) (#CTEMonth)
  • Financial Aid Awareness Month (#FinAidFeb)
  • Dental Health Month
  • February 2: Groundhog Day
  • February 7-11: National School Counseling Week
  • February 14: Valentine’s Day
  • February 14-20: Random Acts of Kindness Week (#MakeKindnessTheNorm)
  • February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day (#MakeKindnessTheNorm)
  • February 21: President’s Day (third Monday in February)
  • February 21-25: Public Schools Week
  • February 25: Digital Learning Day
  • February 25: Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day (#GirlDay2021)

March 2022

• • Women’s History Month
  • Youth Art Month
  • National Nutrition Month
  • Music in Our Schools Month
  • March 2: Read Across America Day
  • March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
  • March 4: Maintenance Workers Appreciation Day
  • March 7-11: School Social Work Week
  • March 8: International Women’s Day (#EachforEqual, #IWD2022)
  • March 11: International Social Emotional Learning/SEL Day (#SELDay #SocialEmotionalLearning)
  • March 13: National Good Samaritan Day
  • March 13: Daylight Saving Time Begins
  • March 14: Pi Day
  • March 17: St. Patrick’s Day

April 2022

• • World Autism Awareness Month
  • Financial Literacy Month (#MySavingsStory #FinancialLiteracyMonth #FinLitMonth)
  • Counseling Awareness Month (#CounselorsHelp)
  • School Library Month
  • National Internship Awareness Month
  • Mathematics Awareness Month
  • National Volunteer Month
  • April 1: April Fool’s Day
  • April 1: Walk to Work Day
  • April 2: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
  • April 2-10: National Robotics Week (#NationalRoboticsWeek, #RoboticsWeek, #Roboweek)
  • April 3-10: National School Library Week (also celebrated January 9)
  • April 4: National School Librarian Day (also celebrated January 9)
  • April 4-8: National Assistant Principals Week
  • April 17-23: National School Volunteer Week
  • April 21: Administrative Assistants Day
  • April 22: Earth Day
  • April 27: Administrative Professionals Day (#WeLeadUp, #AdminProfessionalsDay)
  • April 29: Arbor Day

May 2022

• • National Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Military Appreciation Month
  • National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
  • Asian & Pacific-Island Heritage Month/Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
  • May 1: National College Decision Day (#DecisionDay #CollegeBound)
  • May 2-6: Teacher Appreciation Week (#ThankATeacher)
  • May 6: School Lunch Hero Day
  • May 8: Mother’s Day
  • May 11: National School Nurses Day
  • May 30: Memorial Day

June 2022

• • National Safety Month
  • Pride Month
  • June 19: Juneteenth
  • June 19: Father’s Day
  • June 21: First Day of Summer
  • June 30: Federal FAFSA application deadline