"The days are packed so full of different and interesting activities led by different and interesting people that I can’t imagine my children would ever be bored or watching the clock for the end of the school day."
- Liz Hunt



2007-2008 Academic Calendar
Revised August 9, 2007

August 22-24
August 23

August 28

August 29

September 3
September 5
September 6
Sept. 13-14
September 17
September 27

October 5
October 11

October 12
October 15-19
October 30

November 6-9
November 14
November 20
November 21
November 22-23
November 26
November 29

December 18

Dec. 19-Jan. 1

January 2
January 9
January 21

February 18
February 19

March 1
March 6-7
March 7
March 10
March 20-21


April 21-25
April 28

May 26

June 4
June 5

June 6

Wednesday-Friday
Thursday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday & Friday
Monday
Thursday

Friday
Thursday

Friday
Monday-Friday
Tuesday

Tuesday-Friday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Monday
Thursday

Tuesday

Starting Wednesday

Wednesday
Wednesday
Monday

Monday
Tuesday

Saturday
Thursday-Friday
Friday
Monday
Thursday-Friday


Monday-Friday
Monday

Monday

Wednesday
Thursday

Friday

Faculty In-Service
Back-to-School Family Picnic (6:30-8:30 p.m.)
Mountain Dell Park / Parleys Canyon (bring your own picnic)
Lower School Open House (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
Middle School Orientation (10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.)
First Day of School (8:30 a.m.-3:05 p.m.)

Labor Day NO SCHOOL
Middle School Back-to-School Night (7:00 p.m.)
Lower School Back-to-School Night (7:00 p.m.)
Rosh Hashanah NO SCHOOL
Annual Fund Campaign Kick-Off
Sukkot NO SCHOOL

Simchat Torah NO SCHOOL
Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:00 p.m.
(school in session 8:30 a.m.-3:05 p.m.)
Parent-Teacher Conferences 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. NO SCHOOL
6th Grade at the Teton Science School
Picture Day

SAT Testing (grades 4-8)
2008-09 Admissions Open House (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
End of First Trimester
Report Card Writing Day NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
Beginning of Second Trimester
Make-Up Picture Day

Winter Program at 1:30-dismissal at 3:05
(school in session 8:30 a.m.-3:05 p.m.)
Winter Break NO SCHOOL

School Resumes
2008-09 Admissions Open House (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day NO SCHOOL

Presidents' Day NO SCHOOL
Staff Professional Development Day NO SCHOOL

McGillis School Annual Gala
Report Card Writing Days NO SCHOOL
End of Second Trimester
Third Trimester Starts
Parent-Teacher Conferences NO SCHOOL
(conferences-Thurs. 12:00-7:00 p.m.; Fri. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

Passover/Spring Break NO SCHOOL
School Resumes

Memorial Day NO SCHOOL

Last Day of Regular Classes; Yearbook Assembly
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL; End-of-Year Program; Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.
8th Grade Graduation and Dance in the Evening
Faculty In-Service


The Joanne & Richard McGillis School
668 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
801-583-0094

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