SIGNATURE SCHOOL Calendar of Events Fall Semester 2018-2019 (updated January 9, 2019) Staff Meetings (1 ST Wednesday of the month) 3:30 PM Room 605 September 5 December 5 March 6 October 3 January 9 April 3 November 7 February 6 May 1 AUGUST August 1, 2, 3 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday August 2-Thursday Hours Wednesday, August 1, noon to 3:00 PM for sophomores seniors for last names A-M Thursday, August 2, Freshman Mentoring Event - noon followed by bookstore for freshmen Friday, August 3, 9:00 AM to noon for sophomores seniors for last names N-Z Mentor/Mentee Event with pizza lunch on Grassy Knoll; bookstore day for freshmen and new students Thursday, August 2, Freshman Mentoring Event noon followed by bookstore for freshmen August 6, 7 Monday, Tuesday Teacher Workdays Monday - 8:30 AM faculty meeting in room 605 on Monday; PTSA breakfast; Tuesday 8:30 AM, location TBA August 6- Monday Signature Board of Directors Meeting 1:00 PM room 605 August 8 Wednesday FIRST STUDENT DAY (Full Day) 8:30 AM students report to first period for attendance and then to Victory Theatre August 14, 15 Tuesday., Picture Day Victory lobby 8:00 AM Wednesday August 18 Saturday PTSA International Dinner 4:30 PM SWIRCA August 23- Thursday College Information Night for seniors 6:00-7:00 PM fifth floor Victory August 25 Saturday SAT various locations August 25 Saturday PTSA Give Back Night at Orange Leaf all day and evening August 29 Wednesday La Tomatina Grassy Knoll, 3:30 PM SEPTEMBER September 3 - Monday Labor Day NO SCHOOL September 6 Thursday Open House 6:00-7:30 PM September 7 - Friday Midget Links Golf Night 5:00-9:00 PM 12:15 E. Morgan Avenue September 8 Saturday ACT Exam Various locations September 13 - Thursday IB Senior Canoe Trip TBA September 19 Wednesday PTSA Give Back Night at Jason s Deli 5:00-10:00 PM September 17-Monday Constitution Program Victory Theatre 10:45-11:30 AM September 20 Thursday Picture Retakes Victory Lobby 8:00 AM -? September 20 - Thursday Arrival of the German students September 22 Saturday Drive 1 4UR School - PTSA September 24 - Monday Red Cross Blood Drive TBA
September 27 - Thursday Fall Singers Concert 6-7:30 PM, St. John s East, 7000 Lincoln Avenue September 28 Friday Comparing Religious Art and Evansville, Newburgh Architecture- sophomore field trip September 28 = Friday - tentative Freshman Mesker Park Zoo Community TBA Service Day - tentative September 28 Friday Lotus Bloomington TBA OCTOBER October 5 - Friday END OF FIRST GRADING PERIOD October 5 - Friday Sophomore Class Ring Ordering 11:00-11:30 AM fifth floor Victory Information Meetings October 5 - Friday Senior Class Graduation Products 10:15-10:45 AM fifth floor Victory Ordering Information Meetings October 6 Saturday SAT Exam various locations October 8 Mon, October 9- Fall Break No School Tues October 10 Wednesday PSAT National Merit Qualifying Test Sophomores and Juniors 8:15 AM fifth, fourth, third floors of Victory October 10 Wednesday Signature School Theater/Dance 12:15 PM New Harmony Presentation at USI Conference on Spanish theater October 10 Wednesday PTSA Give Back Night at Azzip all day and evening October 11 Thursday Flu Shot Clinic - Walgreens 2:45 PM through after school October 11 Thursday IUHPFL talks to freshmen Resource block October 12 - Friday Sophomore Class Ring Ordering 8:00-8:30 AM Second Floor Near October 12 - Friday Senior Class Graduation Products Ordering 8:00-8:30 AM Second Floor Near October 15 - Monday Report cards home with students October 15 - Monday Departure of the German Exchange students October 19 - Friday Main Street Attention 5:30 October 23 Tuesday College Financial Aid Night 6:30-7:30 PM, Fifth Floor of the Victory October 24 Wednesday Signature Singers present National 9:30 AM report to Ford Arena Anthem at Ford Arena October 26 Friday Student Council Pancake Breakfast 7:30-8:15 AM October 26 Friday Fall Fling 2:15-3:15 PM October 26 Friday Halloween Dance 7:00-10:30 pm; Party Central October 27 Saturday ACT Exam Various locations NOVEMBER November 1 Thursday -? tentative Día de los Muertos procession 3:30-4:00 Signature School, second floor and lobby November 2 Friday Junior Field Trip Audubon State Park, Henderson, Kentucky November 2 Friday, November 3 Saturday, November 3 - Sunday Fall Show 7:30 PM Friday and Saturday, 2:30 PM Sunday - Academy for Innovative Studies (AIS) on Diamond Avenue November 3 - Saturday SAT Exam various locations
November 3 Saturday Día de los Muertos celebration in conjunction with Montessori 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM at Angel Mounds November 5 Monday Veterans Day Program 10:30-11:30 AM Victory Theatre November 5 Monday Eighth Grade and Prospective Student Open House for 2017-18 School Year 6:00 PM 7:30 PM, Victory Theatre and tour of Signature November 6 Tuesday Open Application for 2019-20 school 7:00 AM Signature School year begins November 7 Wednesday Global Volunteers International Luncheon TBA November 9 Friday Progress Reports Posted November 12 Monday Veterans Day No School November 10 Saturday Signature Singers Four Freedoms Parade 2:30-3:00 PM, Franklin/10 th Avenue (Smitty s) Novemer 10 Saturday Rose Hulman Mathematics Competition 10:00 AM Rose Hulman November? Visit by Fulbright Scholars from IU 8:45 AM 2:45 PM Bloomington November 15 - Thursday Instrumental Program 7:00 PM Victory Theatre November 17 - Saturday Signature Singers Lifestyle Tours concert 1:00 PM Gerst Haus November 17 - Saturday PTSA Give Back Night at Panera Bread all day and evening November 18 Sunday; online sales through Saturday, November 24 PTSA Barnes & Noble fundraiser Barnes & Noble 10:00 AM 9:00 PM; online sales through Saturday, November 24 November 21-22-23 Wed/ NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Thurs/Fri November? WEVV Taping Signature Singers 1:00 PM (during 3 rd ) TBA November 30 Friday Staff Holiday gathering 5:00-7:00 PM at Sauced DECEMBER December 1 Saturday SAT Exam Various locations December 2 Sunday Singers Holiday Concert 1:00 PM Thrall s Opera House, New Harmony December 5- Wednesday Sophomore Class Ring Delivery 8:00-8:30 AM Second Floor Near December 5 Wednesday Senior Class Graduation Products Additional Ordering 8:00-8:30 AM Second Floor Near December 5 Wednesday Conservation Club Prom Dress Sale 4:00-7:00 PM, Browning Room B, Central Library December 7 Friday Student Council Movie 4:00-6:00 PM, room 605 December 8 Saturday ACT Exam various locations December 8 Saturday Barnes & Noble Holiday Concert 1:00 PM concert December 10 Monday End of Open Application window 6:00 PM December 17 Monday PTSA Faculty Luncheon December 20 Thursday END OF SEMESTER I December 20 Thursday IB Class of 2018 Recognition 10:15 11:00 AM Victory Theatre December 21-January 4 WINTER RECESS January 7 Monday School Resumes
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2018-2019, Fall/First Semester December 13 Thursday (A) Full Day Last full A day of semester December 14 Friday (B) Full Day Last full B day of semester December 17 Monday (A) Half Day 1st Period Final 8:30-10:10 AM 3rd Period Final 10:20 AM-12:00 PM Dismissal 12:00 PM December 18 Tuesday (B) - Half Day 5th Period Final 8:30-10:10 AM 8th Period Final 10:20-12:00 PM Dismissal-12:00 PM December 19 Wednesday (A Day) Half Day 2nd Period Final 8:30-10:10 AM 4th Period Final 10:20-12:00 PM Dismissal-12:00 PM December 20 Thursday (B Day) Half Day 7th Period Final 8:30-10:10 AM IB Class 2016 Recognition 10:15-11:00 AM Dismissal 11:00 AM SIGNATURE SCHOOL Calendar of Events Spring Semester 2019 Staff Meetings (1 st Wednesday of the month) 3:30 PM Room 605 January 9 February 6 March 6 April 3 May 1 JANUARY January 7 - Monday School resumes January 12 Saturday Winter Formal Location TBA 7:00 10:00 PM January 11 Friday Report cards sent home with student January 14, Monday March 1, Friday WIDA ACCESS Exam Window (ESL students) January 15 Tuesday Signature School Lottery for Victory 4:00 PM Enrollment January 21- Monday No school-mlk Jr. Day January 22 - Tuesday shadowing of prospective students begins Half-days M-F (through Thursday, March 14) January 25 Friday Clue 5:30 PM Signature School January 29 Tuesday Eighth Grade Enrollment Night Victory Theatre 6:00-7:30 PM FEBRUARY February 12 Tuesday College Information Night 5 th floor Victory 6:00-7:30 PM February 6 Wednesday Progress Reports Posted February 9 Saturday ACT Exam various locations February 16 - Saturday Mock Trial Competition All day Civic Center
February 18 Monday February 25, Monday March 22, Friday No school - Presidents Day ISTEP Part 1 Test Window (Grade 10 English and Math Signature School MARCH February 25, Monday March ISTEP Part 1 Test Window (Grade 10 Signature School 22, Friday English and Math) March 7 Thursday National Honor Society (NHS) Induction 6:30-7:30 PM Southwest Indiana Career and Technical Center on Lynch Road March 8 Friday End of Grading Period 3 rd Qtr March 14 Thursday shadowing of prospective students ends Shadowing takes place half-days M-F (beginning Tuesday, January 22) March 9 Saturday SAT Exam Various locations March 11 - Monday Senior Class Graduation Products Delivery 8:00-8:30 AM Second Floor Near March 15 Friday Report Cards sent home with student March 15 Friday? Spring Fling 2:15-3:15 ECA March 15, 16, 17 Friday, Saturday, Sunday March 22 March 29 Spring Musical TBA by Mr. Maurer Spring Recess 7:30 PM Friday and Saturday, 2:30 PM Sunday, Location TBA APRIL April 1 Monday School resumes April 1-6 Tuesday Saturday Senior Art Exhibition SW Indiana Arts Council April 5 Friday tentative Freshman Orientation 5:30-8:30 PM?? Fifth Floor Victory and main building April 8, Monday May 3, Friday ISTEP Part 2 Test Window (Grade 10 Signature School English and Math) April 13 Saturday ACT Exam Various locations April 13 Saturday Prom 8:00 11:00 PM at Party Central April 13 Saturday ICTM Math Exams 8:30 AM USI April 16 Tuesday (rain date Senior Class Photo Signature School 10:00 AM Thursday, April 25) - tentative April 19 Friday No School Reading Day April 22, Monday May 24, ILEARN Test Window (Grade 9 BIO) Friday April 25 Thursday - tentative Thespian Induction Time and location TBA April 26 Friday - tentative PTSA Student Appreciation Lunch Grassy Knoll - Lunch time April 26-Friday A Metropolitan Evening of Music TBA MAY May 2, Thursday - May 23, IB Testing Thursday May 4 Saturday SAT Exam Various locations May 6, Monday May 17, Friday AP Testing May 17 Friday Senior Final Grades Due final grades 3:30 PM Deadline of all seniors must be turned in by 3:30 PM May 20- Monday Honors Reception 3:15 PM Dismissal
May 21 Tuesday - tentative May 22 Wednesday- tentative May 23 Thursday Commencement Rehearsal Senior Luncheon LAST STUDENT DAY End of Fourth Quarter Grading Period/End of Semester 2 6:00 PM - St. Mary s Manor (on main St. Vincent campus on Washington Avenue) 9:00 11:00 AM Victory Theatre 11:10 11:30 AM Yearbook Distribution 11:30 AM Dismissal of Students 12:30-2:30 First Presbyterian Church, 2 nd Street TBA Noon Dismissal of Students Noon Dismissal of Students May 23 Thursday Commencement 6:30 PM Victory Theatre May 24 Friday Teacher Workday June 8 and July 13, 2019 ACT exam; June 1, 2019 SAT Exam