2023 - 2024
August 2023
8/14 First day of school
8/26 Women’s Equality Day
September 2023
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 - 10/15)
Library Card Sign Up Month
9/4 Labor Day (student/staff holiday)
9/8 International Literacy Day
9/10 National Grandparents Day
9/10 - 9/16 National Arts in Education Week
9/11 Patriot Day
9/16 Mexican Independence Day
9/17 - 9/23 Constitution Week
9/19 National IT Professionals Day
9/23 First day of fall
October 2023
National Bullying Prevention Month National Principals Month
10/2 Custodian Appreciation Day
10/4 Intl. Walk and Roll to School Day
10/6 National Coaches Day
10/9 Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day (student holiday)
10/8 - 10/14 Fire Prevention Week
10/9 - 10/13 National School Lunch Week
10/16 National Boss Day
10/16 - 10/20 National School Bus Safety Week
10/16-10/21 America’s Safe School Week 10/23 - 10/31 Red Ribbon Week 10/24 United Nations Day 10/28 Make a Difference Day 10/31 Halloween
North East ISD
Key Dates and Observances
November 2023
National Native American Heritage Month
11/5 Standard Time (fall back)
11/6 -11/10 Nat’l School Psychology Week
11/7 Election Day
11/8 National STEM/STEAM Day
11/11 Veterans Day
11/15 Education Support Professionals Day
11/16 National Parent Involvement Day
11/17 Substitute Educators Day
11/20 – 11/24 Thanksgiving break (student/staff holiday)
December 2023
12/7 Pearl Harbor Day
12/18 – 12/29 Winter break (student/staff holiday)
12/21 First day of winter
January 2024
School Board Appreciation Month National Mentoring Month
1/1 New Year’s Day
1/9 Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
1/15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (student/staff holiday)
1/27 Intl. Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 2024
National Career Technology Education Month National African American History Month
2/1 NEISD Founders Day Celebration
2/2 Groundhog Day
2/5 - 2/9 National School Counseling Week
2/14 Valentine’s Day
2/15 School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
2/17 National Founders Day
2/17 - 2/24 National FFA Week
2/19 Presidents’ Day (student/staff holiday)
2/22 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
March 2024
American Red Cross Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Nutrition Month
Texas History Month
Women’s History Month
Youth Art Month
3/1 National Employee Appreciation Day
3/2 NEA’s Read Across America Day
3/2 Texas Independence Day
3/3-3/9 National School Social Work Week
3/4 Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day
3/4-3/8 Texas Public Schools Week
3/4 - 3/8 National School Breakfast Week
3/10 Daylight Saving Time (spring forward)
3/11 - 3/15 Spring Break (student/staff holiday)
3/17 St. Patrick’s Day
3/19 First day of spring
3/29 Good Friday (student/staff holiday)
3/31 Easter
April 2024
National Poetry Month School Library Month World Autism Month Month of the Military Child
4/2 International Children’s Book Day
4/3 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
4/4 National School Librarian Day
4/7 - 4/13 National Library Week
4/8 - 4/12 National Assistant Principal Week
4/15 - 4/19 Public School Volunteer Week
4/22 Earth Day
4/24 Administrative Professionals Day
4/24 - 4/30 National Student Leadership Week
4/26 Battle of Flowers (student/staff holiday)
May 2024
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
5/1 School Principals’ Day
5/1 - 5/7 National Physical Education and Sport Week
5/3 School Lunch Hero Day
5/5 Cinco de Mayo
5/6 - 5/10 National Teacher Appreciation Week
5/6 - 5/12 National Nurses Week
5/7 National Teacher Day
5/8 National School Nurse Day
5/8 National Bike and Roll to School Day
5/10 School Communicators Day
5/12 Mother’s Day
5/18 Armed Forces Day
5/18 National Speech Pathologist Day
5/27 Memorial Day (student/staff holiday)
5/31 Last day of school (traditional calendar)
Please do not add holidays/observances unless they come from a verified professional source.
