2017-2018 School Calendar
Charity unites us to God. There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect.
June 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Archdiocesan HS Principal s Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 2 3 Teacher Professional Development 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Principal Meeting Schulte Auditorium Loyola Catholic Leadership Institute 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 OCS Staff Retreat - Office Closed 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.
July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independence Day Archdiocesan Offices Closed 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 New Administrators Workshop - Beau Rivage Administrators' Retreat - Beau Rivage 23 24 25 26 27 Required Services Packets due to OCS 28 29 30 31
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success... but on Jesus alone.
August 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Pest Control Reports Due 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Feast of the Assumption 20 21 Preliminary Enrollment Numbers Due 22 23 Welcome Reception Honoring New Administrators 4:00-6:00 p.m. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2016-2017 ES Actuals Due (year end 6/30/2017) 31 Archdiocesan High School Principals Meeting 9:15-12:00 p.m. PR1 Portal Opens
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 HS unaudited 6/30/17 operating results due 2 HS Final Budget for 17 18 School Year due 3 4 Labor Day Archdiocesan Offices Closed 5 HS Admissions Directors Meeting 9:30 a.m. at OCS 6 Crisis Team Verification Letters due to OCS 7 Facility Managers Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. OCS Lunchroom 8 State Report In-Service 9:00 a.m. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Early Childhood Workshop 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 17 18 19 20 21 22 ES Revised Budgets on Arch. Template and QuickBooks Due 23 24 25 26 27 Elementary Principals Meeting (All Regions) 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 28 29 PR1 Report Due 30
Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.
October 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 ES & HS Curriculum Coordinators Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 4 ES & HS Counselors Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Archdiocesan Retreat Center 5 Cabrini High School 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mt. Carmel Academy 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 13 State Report and Brumfield vs. Dodd due to state 14 Administrators Conference Biloxi, MS 15 16 17 Academy of Our Lady 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Holy Rosary 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 22 23 24 St. Mary s Academy 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Holy Cross 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 2017 Catholic Leadership Summit (Arizona) 18 Academy of the Sacred Heart 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 19 St. Mary s Dominican 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Archbishop Hannan - 6:30 p.m. St. Michael Special School 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 25 26 St. Augustine Ursuline Academy 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Pope John Paul II 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 20 21 2017 Catholic Leadership Summit (Arizona) 27 New Principals Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at OCS 28 St. Paul s 1:00 p.m. 29 30 31
We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips.
November 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11/29-12/13 EOC Fall Testing 1 HS final audited 6/30/17 operating results due HS projection for 17 18 using actual QB as of 9/30/17 due Feast of All Saints Arch. Offices closed 2 Archbishop Rummel 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. St. Katharine Drexel 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. St. Scholastica 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 3 Meeting for teachers interested in Educational Leadership 9:30 a.m. at OCS 4 5 6 Day of Reflection for all School Faculty Archbishop Shaw 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. St. Charles Catholic 7 De La Salle 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 8 Jesuit 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p.m. 9 Brother Martin 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Archbishop Chapelle 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 10 Archdiocesan HS Application emailed to schools 11 12 13 River Parishes 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Archdiocesan HS Application goes on website and sent to principals 19 20 Applications and Records sent from ES to HS 14 Orleans 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 15 Northshore 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Return Applications to Elementary Schools Elementary Principal Region Meetings 16 East Jefferson 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 17 Westbank 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Applications and Records sent from ES to HS 21 22 23 24 25 18 Archdiocesan Offices Closed for Thanksgiving 26 27 28 29 30
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.
December 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11/29-12/13 EOC Fall Testing 1 HS preliminary budget for 18-19 school year due Safe Environment Administrators Report Due 2 3 4 5 6 75th Annual CCSCC Luncheon ES and HS Counselors Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 7 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Arch. Offices Closed 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 High School Budget Discussions Presidents/Principals Christmas Luncheon 12:00 p.m. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Arch. Offices Closed 24 25 Christmas 26 27 28 29 30 Archdiocesan Offices Closed in observance of the Holy Days of Christmas 31
Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.
January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 High School Application Day 8:00 a.m. Arch. Offices Closed 7 8 9 Archdiocesan High School Principals Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Arch. Offices Re Open 10 11 12 Student of the Year Portfolios Due HS formal response to the external audit management letters due 13 14 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Archdiocesan Offices Closed MLK Day of Service 16 17 18 New Principals Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at OCS March For Life - Washington, D.C. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 St. Michael Special School 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Returning Elementary Student Registration for Parochial Schools K - 7 26 Student of the Year Interviews 27 28 Second Collection for Catholic Schools 29 30 31 Catholic Schools Arts and Music Festival at Lakeside Shopping Center Catholic Schools Week
February 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 HS projection for 17 18 using actual QB as of 12/31/17 due 2 Catholic Schools Week Mass, 10:00 AM 3 Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Arts and Music Festival at Lakeside Shopping Center 4 5 Folders of non-accepted students returned to OCS 6 7 High School Admissions Folder Review at OCS 8 High School Admissions Folder Review at OCS 9 10 New Student Registration for Elementary Parochial Schools K - 7 11 12 Lundi Gras Archdiocesan Offices Closed 13 Mardi Gras Archdiocesan Offices Closed 14 Ash Wednesday 15 16 17 18 19 River Parish 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 20 Orleans 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 21 Northshore 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 22 East Jefferson 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. HS Admissions Letters Mailed 23 Westbank 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 24 ES and HS Counselors Meeting Elementary Principal Region Meetings 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Invitations to apply mailed 25 26 27 28
We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty.
March 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Archdiocesan High School Principals Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 7 8 New Principals Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at OCS 9 10 Early Childhood Workshop 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 11 12 13 14 15 ES 2018-2019 Projected Budgets Due 16 17 18 19 20 21 HS Curriculum Coordinators Meeting 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Holy Thursday 30 Good Friday Archdiocesan Offices Closed 31
Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day.
April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Easter Sunday 2 Easter Monday Archdiocesan Offices Closed 3 4 5 6 7 2018 NCEA Convention & Expo, Cincinnati, OH 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ACT Aspire Spring Testing (PBT) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 President/Principals End-of-Year Luncheon ACT Aspire Spring Testing Makeups 29 30 4/3-4/30 ACT Aspire Testing Dates (CBT) LEAP2025 Testing (PBT) 4/9-5/4 LEAP 2025 (CBT) 4/23-5/18 EOC Testing (CBT)
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love."
May 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4/3-4/30 ACT Aspire Testing Dates (CBT) 4/9-5/4 Leap2025 (CBT) 4/23-5/18 EOC Testing (CBT) 1 HS projection for 17 18 using actual QB as of 3/31/18 due 2 3 4 5 LEAP2025 Testing (PBT) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Elementary Principals Meeting (All Regions) Calling All 5th Graders 13 14 15 16 17 18 ES and HS Counselors Meeting 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Memorial Day Archdiocesan Offices Closed 29 30 31