2025
Date - Observance/holiday
September - National Suicide Prevention Month
September – Library Card Sign-up Month
Sept. 1 – Labor Day
Sept. 6 – Read a Book Day
Sept. 7 – Grandparents Day
Sept. 8-14 – National Arts in Education Week
Sept. 8 – International Literacy Day
Sept. 11 – Patriot Day
Sept. 15-Oct. 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 17-Sept. 23 – Constitution Week
Sept. 17 – Constitution/Citizenship Day
Sept. 21 – International Day of Peace
Sept. 22 – First day of Fall
Sept. 22 – National Family Day
Sept. 23 – National Voter Registration Day
Sept. 26 – Johnny Appleseed Day
Oct. 1 – National Walk and Bike to School Day
Oct. 2 – National Custodian Day
Oct. 5 – World Teachers Day
Oct. 6 – National Coaches Day
Oct. 6 – Child Health Day
Oct. 8 – National Stop Bullying Day
Oct. 8 – National STEM/STEAM Day
Oct. 10 – World Mental Health Day
Oct. 13-17 – National School Lunch Week
Oct. 13 – Columbus Day
Oct. 13 – Indigenous People’s Day
Oct. 16 – Boss’s Day
Oct. 21-25 – National School Bus Safety Week
Oct. 31 – Halloween
November – Native American Heritage Month
Nov. 2 – Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov. 4 – Election Day
Nov. 5 - National Stress Awareness Day
Nov. 11 – Veterans Day
Nov. 16-18 – OSBA Capital Conference and Trade Show
Nov. 16-22 – Ohio Public Education Appreciation Week
Nov. 20 – Future Teachers of America Day
Nov. 27 – Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 1 – World AIDS Day
Dec. 7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec. 10 – Dewey Decimal System Day
Dec. 15 – Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 21 – First day of Winter
Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
Dec. 25 – Christmas Day
2026
Date - Observance/holiday
January – School Board Recognition Month
Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day
Jan. 1 – Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
Jan. 3 – International Mind-Body Wellness Day
Jan. 11 – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Jan. 13 – Korean American Day
Jan. 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 19 – Civil Rights Day
Jan. 24 – International Day of Education
Jan. 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan. 30 – National Preschool Health and Fitness Day
February – African American History Month
February – National Career and Technical Education Month
February – National Children’s Dental Health Month
Feb. 1 – National Freedom Day
Feb. 2-6 – National School Counseling Week
Feb. 2 – Groundhog Day
Feb. 4 – Rosa Parks Day
Feb. 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Feb. 16 – President’s Day
Feb. 17 – National PTA Founders Day
Feb. 20 – National Student Volunteer Day
Feb. 21-28 – National FFA Week
Feb. 25 – African American Scientist and Inventor Day
March – Music In Our Schools Month
March – National Middle-Level Education Month
March – National Nutrition Month
March – Women’s History Month
March – Social Work Month
March – Irish American Heritage Month
March 2-6 National School Breakfast Week
March 2 – Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
March 3 – Read Across America Day
March 7 – Employee Appreciation Month
March 9 – Daylight Saving Time Starts
March 10 – Harriet Tubman Day
March 15-21 Schools Library Media Center Week
March 16-20 National Poison Prevention Week
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
March 20 – First Day of Spring
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 29 – National Vietnam War Veterans Day
April – Autism Awareness Month
April – Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
April – Child Abuse Awareness Month
April – National Poetry Month
April – National School Library Month
April 1 – April Fool’s Day
April 2 – International Children’s Book Day
April 4 – National School Librarian Day
April 5 - Easter
April 6 – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 6 – National Student-Athlete Day
April 6-12 – National Library Week
April 7 – World Health Day
April 8 – National Library Workers’ Day
April 16 – Emancipation Day
April 18 – World Heritage Day
April 18 – National Haiku Poetry Day
April 18 – National Lineman Appreciation Day
April 19-25 – Administrative Professionals Week
April 20 – Easter
April 21-25 – Public School Volunteer Week
April 21 – National Kindergarten Day
April 22 – Earth Day
April 23 – Administrative Professionals Day
April 23 – Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
April 23 – World Book Day
April 24-30 – National Student Leadership Week
April 24 – Arbor Day
May – Military Appreciation Month
May - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May – Jewish American Heritage Month
May – National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May 1 – School Principal’s Day
May 4-8 – Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 8 – Native American Day
May 8 – Military Spouse Appreciation Day
May 8 – World Red Cross Day
May 8 - -National Student Nurse Day
May 10 – Mother’s Day
May 12 – International Women in Mathematics Day
May 25 – Memorial Day
June – Pride Month
June – Caribbean-America Heritage Month
June – National Dairy Month
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 6 – National Higher Education Day
June 14 – Flag Day
June 19 – Juneteenth Day
June 21 – Father’s Day
June 21 – First day of Summer