North East ISD Key Dates and Observances
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
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
Please do not add holidays/observances unless they come from a verified professional source.
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)