2012 –2013
Updated 05.22.2013
School District Calendar (2013-2014 posted as of 01.18.13)
| JUNE | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Thursday | 6/6 | 5th Grade Promotion @ 5:30 PM NEW DATE! | |||
| Monday | 6/10 | 5th Grade Pier Day | |||
| Tuesday | 6/11 | Last Day of School! | |||
| MAY | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Wednesday | 5/1 | Make Up State Testing –Schedule | |||
| Thursday | 5/2 | Make Up State Testing –Schedule Awards Assembly:9 AM:Grades 3-5;10:30 AM:Grades 1-2;12:30 PM:K &Lipson | |||
| Friday | 5/3 | NEW DATE! Bingo Night at 6:30 PM Tardeada! Honoring Latin Culture. 3:30 PM | |||
| Saturday | 5/4 | GROWNUP SPINATHON | |||
| Tuesday | 5/7 | School Tour 9AM | |||
| Wednesday | 5/8 | “Chat with the Principal”@ 6 PM | |||
| Thursday | 5/9 | Mrs. Kooy’s Play @ 9 AM | |||
| Friday | 5/10 | Bike It/Walk It Day! Teacher Appreciation Lunch @ 11:30 | |||
| Monday | 5/13 | Spring Concerts @ 6:30 PM | |||
| Tuesday | 5/14 | Learning Garden Assembly 1-2 PM | |||
| Wednesday | 5/15 | 3rd Grade Public Speaking 8:45-10:30 am and 1:10-2 PM | |||
| Thursday | 5/16 | 3rd Grade Public Speaking 8:45-10:30 am and 1:10-2 PM Board of Education Meeting District Office @ 6 PM | |||
| Friday | 5/17 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM Volunteer Orientation 10 AM Magic Show at 5 pm (ticket sales begin 5/10) 10th Anniversary For The Arts concert at Barnum Hall | |||
| Saturday | 5/18 | 10th Anniversary For The Arts concert at Barnum Hall | |||
| Monday | 5/20 | SAC Meeting –District Office at 5:30 PM | |||
| Thursday | 5/23 | Minimum Day/Early Release (K 12:15 PM / 1-5 1:15 PM) Open House: Science Expo –5:30PM to 7:30PM Classroom Visits –6:00PM to 7:00PM | |||
| Monday | 5/27 | Memorial Day –No School | |||
| Tuesday | 5/28 | Community Conversation with Superintendent Sandra Lyon 5:30-7 PM at JAMS Cafeteria | |||
| Wednesday | 5/29 | ELAC Meeting 8:30 AM “K-Getting to Know You”1-2:30 PM PTA Meeting 6:00 PM –Library | |||
| Thursday | 5/30 | “K-Getting to Know You”1-2:30 PM Room 25 “Rainforest Play”at 6 PM | |||
| Friday | 5/31 | SPIRIT DAY:Pajama/Captain Underpants Day 5th Grade Movie Night at 5:30 PM | |||
| APRIL | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Monday-Friday | 4/1-4/5 | Spring Break –No School! | |||
| Monday | 4/8 | School Resumes | |||
| Tuesday | 4/9 | School Tour | |||
| Wednesday | 4/10 | 8:30 ELAC Meeting Menchies Wednesday | |||
| Thursday | 4/11 | Jogathon!! | |||
| Monday | 4/15 | After School Enrichment Session #4 | |||
| Tuesday | 4/16 | State Testing – Schedule | |||
| Wednesday | 4/17 | State Testing – Schedule PTA Budget Workshop 6 PM in Library Menchies Wednesday | |||
| Thursday | 4/18 | State Testing – Schedule Board Meeting @ District Office 6 PM | |||
| Friday | 4/19 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM | |||
| Monday | 4/22 | Earth Day SAC Meeting in Malibu at 5:30 PM | |||
| Tuesday | 4/23 | State Testing – Schedule | |||
| Wednesday | 4/24 | State Testing – Schedule Menchies Wednesday | |||
| Thursday | 4/25 | State Testing – Schedule | |||
| Monday | 4/29 | State Testing – Schedule | |||
| Tuesday | 4/30 | State Testing – Schedule | |||
| MARCH | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Friday | 3/1 | 2nd Grade Family Celebration 8:30 AM | |||
| Saturday | 3/2 | Live Auction Party,Re-living the ’80s | |||
| Tuesday | 3/5 | 4th Grade STAR Writing Test | |||
| Wednesday | 3/6 | 4th Grade STAR Writing Test PTA meeting 6 PM in the Library | |||
| Thursday | 3/7 | Stairway to the Stars Concerts | |||
| Friday | 3/8 | Stairway to the Stars Concerts | |||
| Monday | 3/11 | 5th Grade JAMS Science Camp Outreach @ 8:30 AM 4th/5th Grade JAMS Science Magnet 1:45-2:30 | |||
| Wednesday | 3/13 | ELAC Meeting @ 8:30 AM | |||
| Thursday | 3/14 | JAMS 5th Grade Class Visit GAC Meeting @ 4 PM in Library | |||
| Friday | 3/15 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM St. Patty’s Day Noon Dance Grant Talent Show DAY 1 @ 4 PM in Auditorium JOGATHON KICK-OFF! | |||
| Saturday | 3/16 | Grant Talent Show DAY 2 @ 4 PM in Auditorium Linwood Howe Math Olympiad (Go Team Geckos) | |||
| Monday | 3/18 | SAC meeting at the district office at 5:30 pm | |||
| Tuesday | 3/19 | Debbie Allen Dance Academy Assembly 9:30 –11:30 AM | |||
| Wednesday | 3/20 | 5th Grade Panoramic Pic &Smilestones JAMS 5th Grade Parent Night | |||
| Thursday | 3/21 | CANCELLED! The Awards Assembly will be postponed | |||
| Friday | 3/22 | Fire Drill Crazy Sock Day! Donate to Soles4Souls! | |||
| Monday –Friday | 3/25-3/29 | Spring Break –No School! | |||
| FEBRUARY | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Friday | 2/1 | Bingo,Bango,Bongo! It’s Bingo Night! This Friday,February 1st Come one,Come all!! | |||
| Monday | 2/4 | Grades 4 and 5 Winter Concert Performance | |||
| Friday | 2/8 | Family Math Night –Learn fun math games with your kids and have dinner on us | |||
| Wednesday | 2/13 | PTA meeting at 6 p.m. in the Grant library | |||
| Friday | 2/15 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM Silent Auction will be held on BiddingForGood.com from February 15 to February 25 | |||
| Monday | 2/18 | President’s Day –NO SCHOOL | |||
| Thursday | 2/21 | CHIC STREET MAN performs at two assemblies in the auditorium | |||
| Friday | 2/22 | Grant 5th Grade Movie Night at 5 PM Hotel Transylvania | |||
| Wednesday | 2/27 | Menchie’s Wednesday | |||
| Thursday | 2/28 | Kindergarten Round Up –8-10 AM | |||
| JANUARY | 2013 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Tuesday | 1/8 | 9 AM School Tour | |||
| Wednesday | 1/9 | PTA/Booster/ELAC Meeting:6:00 PM Grant Library | |||
| Friday | 1/11 | Grant Talent Show:AUDITIONS –3:00-5:30 PM Grant Auditorium | |||
| Tuesday | 1/15 | Mrs. Mary Smith’s Last Day K-2nd Grade Chorus Begins 7 PM at the Kolhoff’s Home,2628 29th Street / RSVP:Dan Kolhoff,Auction Chair at dankolhoff@yahoo.com | |||
| Wednesday | 1/16 | 9:15 AM 3rd Grade Music n’Motion Performance (Neumann/Ramsey) | |||
| Thursday | 1/17 | 2:15 PM Elections Information Meeting 5:30 PM School Board Meeting The first Jogathon planning meeting of the year is scheduled for 7pm in the Library | |||
| Friday | 1/18 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM 3 PM Talent Show Rehearsal | |||
| Monday | 1/21 | Dr. MLK Jr. Day –NO SCHOOL | |||
| Tuesday-Friday | 1/22-1/25 | 5th Graders at Outdoor Science School | |||
| Friday | 1/25 | 3 PM Talent Show Rehearsal | |||
| Monday | 1/28 | Afterschool Enrichment #3 Begins Grant Gazette brainstorm meeting on Monday January 28 at 8:30 AM in the upstairs meeting room if it’s available Parent workshop on Student Success Team and 504 Plans for Monday January 28 at 8:30am in the library by Erica Lee,M.A. School Psychologist Intern. | |||
| Thursday | 1/31 | Awards Assembly (NEW DATE) 9 AM:3rd-5th Grade 10:30 AM:1st-2nd Grade 12:30:Kindergarten | |||
| DECEMBER | 2012 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Monday | 12/3 | Grant Talent Show:Sign up period starts –ends 12/21 | |||
| Thursday | 12/6 | Spring Auction Meeting 6:00-7:30 PM at Moose Lodge Dads Night Out 7:30 PM at Moose Lodge | |||
| Monday | 12/10 | Volunteer Training 5:30 PM in Grant Library | |||
| Tuesday | 12/11 | Annual Toy Drive 9 –10 AM in the Big Yard at Grant | |||
| Wednesday | 12/12 | 5th Grade D.A.R.E. Graduation 1:30 PM | |||
| Friday | 12/14 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 A | |||
| Thursday | 12/20 | Holiday Program 10:30-11:15 AM for Primary,11:30-12:15 for Upper in the Auditorium | |||
| Friday | 12/21 | Spirit Day:“Athletic Day” | |||
| NOVEMBER | 2012 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Thursday | 11/1 | UNICEF donations due back to the classroom teacher | |||
| Friday | 11/2 | All submissions to the Reflections Program due in the school office by 3 PM | |||
| Monday | 11/5 | 9am School Tour | |||
| Wednesday | 11/7 | ELAC Meeting –8:30 AM PTA Meeting –6 PM in the Grant Library | |||
| Thursday | 11/8 | Make-up Picture Day (NEW) Grant Advisory Council Meeting 4 PM | |||
| Friday | 11/9 | The EID AND Diwali Festival from 3-4:30 PM / Career Day | |||
| Monday | 11/12 | School Holiday –Veterans Day | |||
| Wednesday | 11/14 | No School –Pupil Free Day | |||
| Thursday | 11/15 | Parent Conferences –Minimum Day (Dismissal:Kinder 12:15 / Others 1:15 Bell Schedule) | |||
| Friday | 11/16 | Parent Conferences –Minimum Day (Dismissal:Kinder 12:15 / Others 1:15 Bell Schedule) | |||
| Monday | 11/19 | Parent Conferences –Minimum Day (Dismissal:Kinder 12:15 / Others 1:15 Bell Schedule) | |||
| Tuesday | 11/20 | Parent Conferences –Minimum Day (Dismissal:Kinder 12:15 / Others 1:15 Bell Schedule) | |||
| Wednesday | 11/21 | Parent Conferences –Minimum Day (Dismissal:Kinder 12:15 / Others 1:15 Bell Schedule) | |||
| Thursday | 11/22 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| Friday | 11/23 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| Tuesday | 11/27 | Booster Club Meeting 7 PM | |||
| Friday | 11/30 | Spirit Day:“Fictional Character Day” / Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM / Literacy Celebration &PJ Party –6 PM | |||
| OCTOBER | 2012 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Wednesday | 10/3 | 1st Grade Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium | |||
| Wednesday | 10/3 | PTA Meeting –6:00PM in the Grant Library | |||
| Thursday | 10/4 | School Board Meeting at Malibu 6 PM | |||
| Friday | 10/5 | Bike It Walk It Day | |||
| Sunday | 10/7 | Santa Monica 5000 5k/10k Run for Schools | |||
| Tuesday | 10/9 | 2nd Grade Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium | |||
| Wednesday | 10/10 | 8:30 AM ELAC in room 2 | |||
| Thursday | 10/11 | Grant Advisory Council Meeting at 4 PM in the libary | |||
| Friday | 10/12 | Chef Gino 8:30-9:45 AM | |||
| Wednesday | 10/17 | 3rd Grade Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium | |||
| Thursday | 10/18 | ABC’s of Bullying Prevention Assembly:featuring Harlem Globetrotter Scooter Christiansen at 9 AM CA Great Shake-Out Earthquake Drill at 10:18 AM 6 PM School Board Meeting at District Office | |||
| Friday | 10/19 | Recycling Day! | |||
| Monday | 10/22 | 6 PM Booster Club Meeting in Library | |||
| Tuesday | 10/23 | 4th Grade Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium Art Meeting in Room 11 at 3 PM Primary Chorus Concert at 6 PM | |||
| Wednesday | 10/24 | 1st Awards Assembly in the auditorium | |||
| Friday | 10/26 | Spirit Day:“Accessory Day” Grant Gallery 3:00 –4:30 PM,Grant Auditorium | |||
| Saturday | 10/27 | Fall Festival 3 –8 PM | |||
| Monday | 10/29 | Afterschool Enrichment Session II Begins | |||
| Tuesday | 10/30 | 5th Grade Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium | |||
| Wednesday | 10/31 | Grant’s Halloween Day Parade from 8:30 AM –9:15 AM Click here for more info. | |||
| SEPTEMBER | 2012 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Monday | 9/3 | Labor Day-School Holiday | |||
| Wednesday | 9/5 | Back to School Night – 3rd-5th Grades//Minimum Day – K-5 | |||
| Saturday | 9/8 | Spirit Day – 9:00-1:00 PM – Clean Up Grant Day | |||
| Wednesday | 9/12 | PTA/Booster Club Meeting at 6PM | |||
| Thursday | 9/13 | Learning Garden Meeting in Auditorium | |||
| Monday | 9/17 | School Holiday –Admissions Day | |||
| Wednesday | 9/19 | Arts at Grant Meeting at 3 PM in Room 11 | |||
| Thursday | 9/20 | 5th Grade Parent Meeting in Cafeteria at 6 PM | |||
| Monday | 9/24 | Kindergarten Chat with the Principal at 8:45 AM in the auditorium | |||
| Monday | 9/24 | Booster Club Meeting –6:30 PM at the Munoz residence | |||
| Wednesday | 9/26 | Local School Holiday | |||
| Thursday | 9/27 | Spirit Day:“Captain Underpants” Pajama Day | |||
| Friday | 9/28 | Bingo Night at 6:30 PM | |||
| AUGUST | 2012 | Day | Date | Description | |
| Monday | 8/13 | Office Opens | |||
| Wednesday | 8/15 | New Student Orientation (Grades 1-5) | |||
| Monday | 8/20 | Kindergarten Reception – 5:00 PM | |||
| Tuesday | 8/21 | Class Lists Posted – 5 PM | |||
| Wednesday | 8/22 | First Day of School – Minimum Day for All Grades//PTA Parent Reception – 8:30 AM | |||
| Thursday | 8/23 | Minimum Day – Kindergarten Only | |||
| Friday | 8/24 | Late Start Friday – School Begins at 9:44 AM | |||
| Monday | 8/27 | Room Rep Meeting – 7 PM | |||
| Wednesday | 8/29 | Back to School Night – Pre K – 2nd Grade//Minimum Day – K-5 |
