2011-2012 Year-at-a-Glance
June 2011
- 27
- Summer Explorations Thru: 8/5/2011
August 2011
- 15
- String Festival Thru: 8/19/2011
- 29
- New Faculty
- 30
- Time: 8:30am - 10:00am Faculty Returns - All School Breakfast
September 2011
- 6
- Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Orientation - all students 5-8*; new students only K-4 > click for more info.
- 7
- First day of classes/Phase-in begins
- 13
- Time: 6:30pm CH Back-to-School Night
- 15
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Morrow Society Reception
- 17
- Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Picnic Lunch for New Families
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Family Field Day (rain-date Sun. 9/18)
- 19
- Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm MH Back-to-School Night
- 21
- MH Adventure Days Thru: 9/23/2011
- 27
- Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm LS Back-to-School Night
- 29
- Rosh Hashanah - School Closed Thru: 9/30/2011
October 2011
- 7
- Time: 8:30am - 11:45am LS Class Trip - Grade 4
- 8
- Yom Kippur
- 10
- Columbus Day - School Closed
- 13
- Time: 7:00pm Parent Education Evening with Rick Ellis - CH/LS
- 14
- Time: 8:00am Photography Day
- 18
- Time: 8:30am - 1:30pm LS Class Trip - Grade 3
- Time: 9:15am Open House for Prospective Parents Interested in Age Three through Kindergarten
- 20
- Time: 9:00am Parent Presentation
- Time: 9:15am Open House for Prospective Parents Interested in Grades Five through Eight
- 24
- Time: 8:45am Grade 5 Parents Roundtable Discussion
November 2011
- 3
- Time: 3:30pm Parent Conferences begin at 3:30 pm
- 4
- Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm Parent Conferences - No Classes
- 7
- Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm Faculty Tea
- 8
- Time: 8:00am - 8:00pm EMS Book Fair Thru: 11/10/2011
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Wine Reception @ EMS Book Fair 2011
- 9
- Time: 6:00pm Kindergarten Flashlight Picnic
- 16
- Time: 6:45pm Curriculum Night - 3 year-old Class
- 17
- Time: 6:45pm Curriculum Night - 4 year-old Class
- 22
- Time: 1:30pm MH Thanksgiving Program
- 23
- Thanksgiving Break Thru: 11/27/2011
- 30
- Time: 9:15am Open House for Prospective Parents Interested in Grades One through Four
- Time: 6:45pm Kindergarten Curriculum Evening
December 2011
- 2
- Time: 8:00am Photography Retake Day
- 6
- Time: 8:15am - 12:15pm LS Class Trip - Grade 4
- 9
- Time: 3:15pm School Geography Bee - Grades 4-8
- 15
- Time: 7:00pm MH Winter Concert
- 16
- Time: 10:00am LS Winter Concert
- Time: 12:00pm Winter Break - Noon Dismissal
- 25
- Christmas Day
January 2012
- 1
- New Year's Day
- 2
- Legal Holiday
- 3
- School Reopens - Classes Resume
- 6
- Time: 3:15pm School Spelling Bee - Grades 4-8
- 16
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - School Closed
- 20
- Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm 6th Grade Play - The Jungle Book Thru: 1/22/2012 Visit this Link
- 28
- Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm International Festival
February 2012
- 20
- Presidents' Day - School Closed
- 21
- Faculty Study Day - No Classes
- 27
- Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Learn about the Secondary School Application Process
March 2012
- 1
- Time: 3:30pm Parent Conferences begin at 3:30 PM Thru: 3/2/2012
- 2
- Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm Parent Conferences - No Classes
- 7
- Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Faculty-Staff-Trustee Cocktail Reception
- 11
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Summer Explorations Open House
- 15
- Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm 9/11 Memorial Class Trip - Grades 7 & 8
- Time: 1:15pm Talent Show - Grade 4
- 16
- Time: 6:30pm Movie Night - Grade 5
- 18
- Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm An Afternoon of Music Featuring the EMS Music Faculty
- 20
- Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Greek Olympics - Grade 6
- 24
- Spring Break Thru: 4/8/2012
April 2012
- 6
- Good Friday
- 7
- Passover
- 9
- School reopens - Classes Resume
- 11
- Time: 7:00pm Secondary School Admissions Orientation - Parents Only
- 13
- Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm Paul Baly, new Head of Middle School Visiting Campus
- 16
- Washington, DC Trip - Grade 8 Thru: 4/20/2012
- 17
- Time: 8:30am - 10:00am Conversation with Anne Collier Visit this Link
- Time: 9:15am Open House for Prospective Parents Interested in Age Three through Kindergarten
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Conversation with Anne Collier Visit this Link
- 26
- Time: 1:15pm Colonial Trade Fair - Grade 3
- 30
- Time: 3:30pm - 7:00pm Math League Contest - Grades 3 - 6
May 2012
- 1
- Time: 9:00am Parent Orientation to Grade 5
- 4
- Time: 9:00am - 11:30am CH Class Trip - PreK Classes
- 5
- Time: 7:00pm Spring Benefit
- 7
- Time: 7:00pm Secondary School Fair - Grade 7 Students & Parents
- 8
- Time: 8:45am - 1:00pm CH Class Trip - Kindergarten Classes
- Time: 9:00am - 1:45pm Grade 3 (Goldman) Class Trip
- 9
- Time: 8:45am PreKindergarten Orientation
- Time: 9:00am - 1:45pm Grade 3 (Wein) Class Trip
- 10
- Time: 8:45am Kindergarten Orientation
- 11
- Time: 8:30am Parent Orientation to Grade 2
- Time: 9:00am - 1:45pm Grade 3 (Bliesener) Class Trip
- 14
- Time: 8:30am - 1:00pm MH Field Day - RESCHEDULED FROM FRIDAY 5/8
- 15
- Time: 8:30am Parent Orientation to Grade 4
- Time: 9:00am Parent Orientation to Grade 7
- Time: 9:15am - 2:30pm Grade 2 (Barile) Class Trip
- 16
- Time: 8:30am Parent Orientation to Grade 1
- Time: 11:30am Volunteer Leadership Luncheon
- Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm End-of-Year Athletic Dinner & Awards Banquet
- 17
- Time: 8:30am Parent Orientation to Grade 3
- Time: 9:15am - 2:30pm Grade 2 (Keller) Class Trip
- Time: 9:30am - 11:30am CH Class Trip - 3-Year-Old Class
- Time: 1:15pm - 2:15pm Grade 1 - Beatrix Potter - Peter Rabbit Assembly
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Alice in Wonderland - Grades 7 & 8 Musical
- 18
- Time: 8:15am - 9:00am Grade 3 Bake Sale
- Time: 9:15am - 2:30pm Grade 2 (Holden) Class Trip
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Alice in Wonderland - Grades 7 & 8 Musical
- 21
- Time: 9:00am - 10:30am Parent Orientation to Grade 6 - Rescheduled from 5/14
- 23
- Linkup! at Carnegie Hall - Grades 3 & 4
- 24
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Festival of the Arts*
- 25
- Time: 9:00am - 11:30am LS Activity Day and barbeque lunch (students only)
- Time: 10:00am Mary Hawkin's Fair - Age 3 and 4's Families
- 28
- Memorial Day - School Closed
- 31
- Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm Medieval Day - Grade 6
June 2012
- 1
- Time: 9:30am - 10:30am Kindergarten Circus
- 4
- Time: 6:30pm Violin Playdown
- 6
- Last Day of Classes for CH - Noon dismissal all grades
- Time: 1:00pm PA Faulty/Staff Luncheon
- 7
- Time: 10:00am LS Celebration of Art & Music
- Time: 1:00pm MH Promotions and Reception
- 8
- Time: 3:00pm Graduation
- 11
- June Express, Violin Week, Jazz Week, Eagles Sports Camp Thru: 6/15/2012
- Faculty Meetings Thru: 6/15/2012
- String, Jazz, Theater Week Thru: 6/15/2012
- 12
- Time: 11:30am - 2:00pm Young Alumni Luncheon
- 18
- June Express Week continues Thru: 6/22/2012
- 25
- EMS Summer Explorations Thru: 8/3/2012