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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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