MOTHER SETON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR 2016-2017 JULY July 11-15 July 18-22 July 25-29 Volleyball Camp: Instruction and Competition Camp: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. MSR Varsity Team Training Camp: 12:30-3:00 p.m. Seton Summer Academy: Half Day 8:45-11:45 a.m.; Full Day 8:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Softball Camp 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Basketball Camp 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon AUGUST August 5 August 8-12 August 15 August 16 August 29, 30, 31 August 31 Physicals due to health office all freshmen, juniors and sports candidates Soccer Camp 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Feast of the Assumption Holyday - Office Closed Fall Sports Tryouts begin Senior Portraits at MSR: appointments mailed to students by studio Ambassador Training 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER September 1 September 5 September 6, 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 13 Senior Portraits at MSR: appointments mailed to students by studio; "Welcome, MSR Freshmen" picnic hosted by the Sophomore Big Sisters committee 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; All faculty, sophomore Big Sisters, freshmen, Student Council officers and class officers are invited; Sophomore meeting for picnic at 9:00 a.m. Labor Day Faculty Days Grades 11, 12 and all Student Council members in school 8:00 a.m.-1:45 p.m.; school buses will run; lunch will be available Grades 9, 10 and all Student Council members in school 8:00 a.m.-1:45 p.m.; school buses will run; lunch will be available; Freshman Orientation Program; Big Sister/Little Sister Welcome 12:00 noon First full day for all students; Opening Liturgy; Drill team and cheerleading practices begin from 2:20-4:00 p.m.; Play tryouts 6:30 p.m. Underclass/Faculty yearbook pictures Play call backs 6:30 p.m. 1
September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 Class Meetings; Club Program explanation; Drill team tryouts 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Meeting for all international students, agents and host families 6:15-7:15 p.m.; "Welcome, Parents" 7:30-9:00 p.m. Required Junior-Senior retreat meeting 2:15-3:15 p.m. MSR Gala 6:00-10:00 p.m. - sponsored by Alumnae Association Faculty Day No school for students Alumnae Communion Breakfast 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; Class of 71 45 th Reunion; St. James Street Fair, Woodbridge 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. September 20 September 21 September 22 September 25 September 26 September 28 September 29 September 30 OCTOBER October 2 October 5 October 7-14 October 7 October 10 October 10-14 October 14 October 15 October 19 October 20-23 October 27 October 31 Cheerleading Team tryouts 2:30-3:30 p.m. Junior ring information Required Junior-Senior retreat meeting 2:20-3:20 p.m. Open House - 1:00-3:00 p.m. Club Registration; Extended Activity mods; High School Expo RCAN Junior ring measurements Club 1 begins Leave for Junior-Senior Retreat at Maris Stella, LBI @ 3:00 p.m. Breast Cancer Awareness Month Junior-Senior Retreat returns from Maris Stella, LBI @ 5:00 p.m. Dismissal: 12:00 p.m.; Elementary School Personnel Appreciation Dinner Spirit Week Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Mass 1:30 p.m. Columbus Day - No School Teen Read Week Pocketbook Bingo Saturday Science Workshop, grades 5-8: 8:30-11:30 a.m. PSAT; Grade 12 Social Studies Trip; Dismissal 12:30 noon Dodge Poetry Festival Grades 11, 12 "Richard III" Class Halloween Parties NOVEMBER November 1 November 2 November 3 November 7 November 8 November 10 All Saints Day All Souls Day; Open House 7:00-9:00 p.m. End of 1st marking period; Financial Aid information night Varsity Swimming tryouts begin Presidential Election Day - No School Parent-Teacher Conference/Report Cards 5:00-8:00 p.m. 2
November 11 November 15 November 16 November 18-20 November 19 Grade 12: College visits; Grade 11: Trip to Philadelphia 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Gr. 10, 9: TBA; COOP Exam-NJ Catholic High School entrance exam @ MSR: 8th graders 8:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; Catholic school students in all dioceses may take exam on this date at MSR or at another high school in the Archdiocese of Newark. MSR school code 830. Go to www.coopexam.org to file online, click on "online application registration.; Veterans Day Varsity Bowling tryouts begin Play Matinee Annual School Play COOP Makeup exam @ MSR 8:30 a.m. November 21 Thanksgiving Prayer Service mods 5,6 November 23 Dismissal: 11:30 a.m.; school closes for Thanksgiving November 24, 25 No School W/O November 28 Annual Coat Drive November 27 Advent begins November 28 JV/Varsity basketball tryouts begin DECEMBER December 1 December 2 December 3 December 7 December 8 December 10 December 11 Advent Liturgy; class banners presented; Advent Day of Reflection for all students; All students and faculty are invited to Deck the Halls 1:30-5:00 p.m. Student Council Christmas Semi-formal at The Gran Centurions, Clark; all grades invited 7:00-10:30 p.m. Parents' Guild Craft Fair "Peppermint Boutique" 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Grades 9, 10: "A Christmas Carol" Feast of the Immaculate Conception Holyday - No School MSR Scholarship Exam - grade 8: 8:30-a.m.-12:00 noon Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 5:30 p.m. December 16 Special schedule Pep Rally 1:30 p.m. December 19 Class Parties, special schedule December 22 Christmas Liturgy; special schedule; School closes for Christmas vacation 12:00 p.m. December 23-Jan. 2 School closed for Christmas vacation JANUARY January 3 January 4 January 5 School opens Monday schedule; Observance of Feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - Student Liturgy and reception, mods 5-7; Extended activity schedule Alumnae Reunion, Classes of 2013-2016: 10:00 a.m. Alumnae Volleyball 7:00 p.m. 3
January 9 Scholarship Awards Dinner 6:30 p.m. January 12 Acceptance letters sent to 8th graders - Class of 2021 January 13 End of 2nd marking period; Email blasts for acceptance January 16 January 17-19 January 20 January 23 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No school Semester exams - Buses leave at 1:45 p.m. Faculty Professional Day Begin 2nd semester January 26 Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Parents' Guild Meeting and Report Cards Catholic Schools Week - Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge And Service January 30 Liturgy for Catholic Schools Week, mods 5,6 January 31 Celebration of Acceptance; Open House 7:00-8:30 p.m. FEBRUARY February 2, 3 Senior Trip February 4 Registration - Class of 2021 9:00-11:30 a.m. February 6 Hoops for Heart February 8 Ice skating trip grades 9, 10 February 16 February 20 February 23 February 27 Junior Ring Ceremony 7:00 p.m. Presidents Day - No School Cultural Assembly - Dress rehearsal Cultural Assembly, mods 5,6 and at 7:00 p.m. MARCH March 1 March 2 March 3 March 11, 18, 25 Ash Wednesday Liturgy, Club Mods Read Across America Dismissal: 11:30 a.m.; Parents' Guild Gift Auction, 5:30 p.m.; Drawing for Seton Super Sweep @ 9:30 p.m.; Spring sports begin Saturday Enrichment Program, grades 5-8 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon March 11 Union St. Patrick's Day Parade March 12 Woodbridge St. Patrick's Day Parade March 13, 14 Human Sexuality Forum March 15 Teen Arts @ Union County College - 8:15 a.m.-2:10 p.m. March 17 End of 3 rd marking period grade 12 March 21 ACT (juniors); evening begins Middle States March 22-24 Middle States evaluation March 24 End of 3 rd marking period grades 9-11 March 27 Middle States holiday - No School W/O March 27 National Spanish/French exams APRIL April 3-7 April 7 Student Council Week; National Library Week Junior Prom 4
April TBA April 10 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 13-23 April 18 April 24 April 26 April 27 NHS Induction Stations of the Cross Dismissal: 11:30 a.m. Holy Thursday - No School Good Friday - No School School closed for Easter Vacation NCEA Convention, St. Louis, MO School opens Senior Prom @ The Crystal Plaza, Livingston 7:00-Midnight Underclass trip to Great Adventure - No seniors in MAY May 1 Liturgy - Intention of the Senior Class W/O May 1 and 8 AP examinations May 8 Student Council speeches May 14 Mother's Day May 15 Cap & Gown distribution; Class Office speeches May 18 State World Language Competition at William Paterson University May 22 End of 4 th marking period grade 12 May 23-25 Senior examinations May 25 Ascension Thursday Holyday; Alumnae Induction Ceremony 7:00 p.m. May 26 Graduation practice; Junior-Senior Luncheon 11:45 a.m. May 29 May 30 May 31 Memorial Day - No School Graduation practice 8:00 a.m. Graduation practice 8:00 a.m.; Senior Awards 7:00 p.m. JUNE June 1 Baccalaureate Mass 11:00 a.m.; Graduation to follow June 6 End of 4 th marking period grades 9-11 June 7-9 Underclass examinations; Dismissal 1:45 p.m. June 12, 13 Mini Courses; Dismissal 11:30 a.m. June 14 Liturgy; Underclass Awards; Dismissal 12:15 p.m.; Last day of school for students June 15, 16 June 18 Faculty professional days Father's Day Mini courses are held after June examinations every two out of three years. They will be held in 2017 and again in 2019. N.B. Dates in this calendar are as accurate as they can be at this time of the summer. Additional activities such as trips, dances, sports schedules are scheduled during the year. Each month, a current monthly calendar is posted on our website for each student and faculty/student member. It is, therefore, wise to verify dates on the monthly calendars. A monthly menu is also provided on the calendars which are distributed to faculty/students. 5