CALENDAR 2009-2010

September / October / November
December / January / February
March / April / May / June

Updated 6/15/10

September
3	Welcome Back - First Day of School
3	Parent "Back to School" Coffee
7	Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
10	Wrapping Paper Fundraiser Starts
10	School Directory Forms due today
13	New Parent Wine and Cheese Party
17	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
23	Above and Beyond Registration Begins - Fall Session
23	Media Center Volunteer Info Session – 9–9:30 a.m., media center
23	Kindergarten Mini-Golf Social, Sports Center in Shelton
27	Family Fun B-B-Q postponed until Sun Oct. 4
28	Yom Kippur - NO SCHOOL
29	Wrapping Paper Fundraiser Ends
October
1	Get Acquainted Night
4	Family Fun B-B-Q at Owen Fish Park, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
5	Above and Beyond Classes Begins - Fall Session
6	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m. - Prof. Development Day
7	Class Pictures
15	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
17-18	Family Portraits, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Sasco Beach If rain is anticipated, photos will be taken at Stratfield.
20	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m. - Conference Day
21	Meet the Board of Ed Candidates 7:30–9 p.m. at North Stratfield
20-22	Book Fair
22	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m. - Conference Day
27	SPECIAL SBC Meeting at Stratfield! 7 p.m. in the Stratfield gym
28	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m. - Conference Day
30	Attention Kids Club Parents! There will be no afternoon Kids Club due to Trick or Treat Bingo.
30	Trick or Treat Bingo
November
2	Community Kids meeting, 3:30-4:40 p.m.
3	Election Day - NO SCHOOL
10	Veteran's Day Remembrance Assembly, 9:15 a.m., Stratfield Gym
10	Stratfield Building Committee Meeting, 7 pm, Sullivan Independence Hall
11	Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
11	Ice Skating Party at the Rinks in Shelton, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
16-20	Celebrate Math
17	Brad Herzog, a well-known author of travel and A-Z books, will visit Stratfield students in grades 2-5.
17	Town Plan and Zoning Public Hearing, 8:15 p.m., McKinley School Show your support for the school renovation at a special Town Plan and Zoning Commission Public Hearing. This critical step in the project approval process provides all members of the community with a forum to have their views heard. Please make time to help counter the expected opposition to the project. Click here for all the facts.
19	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
20	Harvestpalooza, 7-9 p.m., Stratfield Gym Sign up your 3rd, 4th or 5th grader for the first-ever Stratfield “Harvestpalooza” on Fri Nov 20 from 7-9 pm in the gym! Drop the kids off for an evening of fun and games with DJ Marvin while YOU enjoy a night out. The cost is $8 in advance and covers the DJ, light snacks and drinks. Sponsored by 5th-grade students and parents in support of the class gift to Stratfield.
23	Picture re-take day is from 10 a.m. – noon at Stratfield for any students who were absent on picture day.
25	Pajama Day
25	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m.
26-27	Thanksgiving - NO SCHOOL
December
2	Stratfield Connections Meeting
9	Winter Concert
17	PTA Meeting @ 9:15 a.m.
18	Lisa Greenwald, the author of "My Life In Pink and Green" and a former Stratfield student, will visit for an assembly with 3-5th graders from 9:20-10:10 am. She'll return in the afternoon to conduct a writing workshop with each 4th-grade class.
24-31	Holiday Recess - NO SCHOOL
January
1	Holiday Recess - NO SCHOOL
4	January Community Kids, 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria The program will focus on winter safety for the elderly. Community Kids is limited to the first 20 kids who sign up.
6-7	Above and Beyond Registration Begins - Winter Session
14	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
15	Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL
18	Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL
19	Above and Beyond Classes Begins - Winter Session
21-22	Variety Show "Look Sees"
31	Stratfield Night at Sound Tigers Hockey - 3 p.m. Join your Stratfield friends rinkside at the Arena at Harbor Yard
February
1	Community Kids - 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria
2	EARLY DISMISSAL 1:40 p.m. - Prof. Development Day
4	Variety Show Dress Rehearsals
5	Variety Show
6	Variety Show Snow Date
11	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
15-19	Winter Recess - NO SCHOOL
March
1	Community Kids - 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria
4	Stratfield Renovation Groundbreaking Ceremony, during classes
4	Super Duper Weenie Night
5	Notecard Orders Due
8	Yearbook Cover Art entries due
10	St. Baldrick's Event at Stratfield School
11	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
15	Celebrate Reading Begins
20	Auction
24-25	Above and Beyond Registration Begins - Spring Session
29-31	Turn Off TV Week
31	Early Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences
April
1	Celebrate Reading Ends
1	Turn Off TV Week Ends
2	Good Friday - NO SCHOOL
5	Above and Beyond Classes Begin - Spring Session
5	Community Kids - 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria
6	Early Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences
8	Early Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences
12-16	Spring Recess - NO SCHOOL
22	PTA Meeting @ 9:15 a.m.
22	Walk to School Day
28	Stratfield Connection Meeting - 3:30 - 4:15 pm in Mrs. Dyki's room
30	Cashore Marionettes Program, Sponsored by FAY, Fairfield Arts for Youth
May
3	Community Kids - 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria
3-7	Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
11	Spring Concert
12	Diversity Day
13	PTA Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
15	Community Kids Garage Sale, 9am – 2pm
19	Kindergarten Visitation Day. Students with last names beginning A-J are scheduled for 1:30 - 2:15 pm. Students with last names beginning K-Z are scheduled for 2:15 – 3 pm.
21	Family Fair, Warde HS, 4:30 - 7:30 pm
28	Memorial Remembrance Day Assembly
31	Memorial Day Parade of the States - NO SCHOOL
June
4	Last day to check out books in the school library
7	Community Kids - 3:30 – 4:40 pm in the cafeteria
10	Sail Into Summer PTA Party, Penfield Pavilion I, 8:00PM to 11:55PM Please join us as we salute Stratfield staff, the outgoing executive PTA board, our committee volunteers and welcome aboard the incoming executive board. Dessert, DJ and BYOB
11	All books due to the school library
11	Stratfield Night at the Bluefish, 7:05 pm against the Somerset Patriots
14	Daily overdue notices start from the school library
17	5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony, 6:30–9:30 pm
18	5th Grade Field Day/School Spirit Day
18	Spiritwear Fire Sale
21	Raindate - 5th Grade Field Day/School Spirit Day
23	Last Afternoon Kids Club
24	Last Morning Kids Club
25	All materials must be returned to the School Library by the last day of school in order to receive report cards.
25	Last Day of School