January 2008

• Jan. 1, Emancipation Proclamation Takes Effect Anniversary (1863)
• Jan. 1, New Year's Day
• Jan. 1, Solemnity of Mary
• Jan. 2, Georgia Ratification Day Anniversary (1788, fourth state to ratify the Constitution, unanimous vote)
  
• Jan. 3, Alaska Admission Day Anniversary (49th state in 1959, purchased from Russia in 1867)
• Jan. 4, Utah Admission Day Anniversary (45th state in 1896)
  
• Jan. 6, New Mexico Admission Day Anniversary (47th state in 1912)
  
• Jan. 9, Connecticut Ratification Day Anniversary (1788, fifth state to ratify the Constitution, vote of 128-40)
• Jan. 13, Radio Broadcasting Anniversary (1910, New York)
• Jan. 14, Ratification Day Anniversary (1784, Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Parish, ending the American Revolution and establishing the US as a sovereign power)
• Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observance (birthday, Jan. 15, 1929), third Monday in January [federal holiday]
  
• Jan. 23, First Native American US Senator (1907, Charles Curtis of Kansas)
  
• Jan. 26, Michigan Admission Day Anniversary (26th state in 1837)
• Jan. 28, Christa McAuliffe Day (high school teacher killed in space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986, observed in Illinois)
  
• Jan. 29, Kansas Admission Day Anniversary (34th state in 1861)
  

February 2008

• Feb. 1-29, American Heart Month (since 1964)
  
• Feb. 1-29, Black History Month (since 1976)
• Feb. 1-29, National Children's Dental Health Month, www.ada.org
• Feb. 1, National Freedom Day (since 1949, commemorates signing of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery)
• Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, www.groundhog.org
• Feb. 4-8, National School Counseling Week, www.schoolcounselor.org
• Feb. 5, Mardi Gras
• Feb. 6-March 22, Lent
• Feb. 6, Ash Wednesday
  
• Feb. 6, Massachusetts Ratification Day Anniversary (1788, sixth state to ratify the Constitution, vote of 187-168)
  
• Feb. 6, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, www.NGWSDcentral.com
  
• Feb. 7, Ballet introduced to the US (1827 by French danseuse Mme. Francisquy Hutin in The Deserter at the Bowery Threater, New York, NY)
• Feb. 7, Chinese New Year, beginning of the Year of the Rat
• Feb. 10-16, National FCCLA Week, www.fcclainc.org
• Feb. 11, Thomas Alva Edison's Birthday (1847, inventor who patented more than 1,000 inventions, including the phonograph, the microphone, and the incandescent electric lamp)
  
• Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln Birth Anniversary, 16th president (1809)
  
• Feb. 14, Arizona Admission Day Anniversary (48th state in 1912)
• Feb. 14, Oregon Admission Day Anniversary (33rd state in 1859)
• Feb. 14, St. Valentine's Day
• Feb. 15, Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (1820, crusader for abolition of slavery and for women's rights)
• Feb. 16-23, National FFA Week, www.ffa.org
• Feb. 17, National PTA Founders Day, www.pta.org
  
• Feb. 18, President's Day (third Monday in February observes the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln)
• Feb. 20, Frederick Douglass Day (African American journalist and antislavery leader died on this date in 1895)
  
• Feb. 22, George Washington Birth Anniversary, first president (1732)
• Feb. 29, Leap Year Day (an extra day is added to the calendar once every four years, except for century years that are not exactly divisible by 400; this is done to bring the calendar more nearly in accord with the seasons)
  

March 2008

• March 1-31, American Red Cross Month, www.redcross.org
• March 1-31, Irish American Heritage Month
• March 1-31, National Mental Retardation Awareness Month, www.thearc.org
• March 1-31, National Middle Level Education Month, www.principals.org
• March 1-31, National Nutrition Month, www.eatright.org
• March 1-31, Music in Our Schools Month, www.menc.org
• March 1-31, Poison Prevention Awareness Month, www.ppsinc.org
  
• March 1-31, Social Work Month, www.socialworkers.org
• March 1-31, Women's History Month, www.nwhp.org
• March 1-31, Youth Art Month, www.acminet.org/youth_art_month.htm
• March 1, Articles of Confederation Ratified Anniversary (1781)
  
• March 1, Nebraska Admission Day Anniversary (37th state in 1867)
• March 1, Ohio Admission Day Anniversary (17th state in 1803)
• March 1, Peace Corps Anniversary (1961, created by president John F. Kennedy's executive order), www.peacecorps.gov
• March 2-8, Save Your Vision Week
  
• March 3-9, National Foreign Language Week, www.lacitycollege.edu/academic/honor/amg/nflw.htm
• March 3-7, National School Breakfast Week, www.schoolnutrition.org
• March 3-7, Newspaper in Education Week, www.naafoundation.or
  
• March 3, Adoption of US National Anthem (1931)
• March 3, Florida Admission Day Anniversary (27th state in 1845)
  
• March 3, NEA's Read Across America (observed on or near Dr. Seuss' birthday to celebrate the importance of reading), www.nea.org/readacross/
• March 4, Congress Anniversary of first meeting under new Constitution (1789, New York)
• March 4, First Woman to Serve in Congress (1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana)
  
• March 4, Vermont Admission Day Anniversary (14th state in 1791)
• March 8, International Women's Day (since early 1900s to honor working women)
• March 9-15, Girl Scout Week, www.girlscouts.org
• March 9, Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2 a.m.
• March 14, Albert Einstein Birth Anniversary (1879, theoretical physicist best known for theory of relativity)
  
• March 15, Maine Admission Day Anniversary (23rd state in 1820, had been part of Massachusetts)
• March 16-22, National Agriculture Week, www.agday.org
• March 16-22, National Poison Prevention Week, www.poisonprevention.org
• March 16, Black Press Day: Anniversary of the first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, published in New York City (1827)
• March 17, Camp Fire USA Anniversary (1910), www.campfireusa.org
• March 17, Freedom of Information Day, www.ala.org
• March 17, St. Patrick's Day, patron saint of Ireland
• March 19, St. Joseph's Day, patron of the Catholic Church
• March 20, Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, www.campfireusa.org/a_i_kid_day/
• March 20, First day of Spring
• March 20, National Agriculture Day, www.agday.org
• March 21, Good Friday
• March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, www.un.org
• March 23, Easter Sunday
• March 23, Liberty Day: Anniversary of Patrick Henry's Speech (1775)
  

April 2008

• April 1-30, Celebrate Diversity Month, www.celebratediversitymonth.org
• April 1-30, Child Abuse Prevention Month, www.preventchildabuse.com
  
• April 1-30, Keep America Beautiful Month, www.kab.org
  
• April 1-30, National Youth Sports Safety Month, www.nyssf.org
• April 1-30, School Library Media Month, www.ala.org/aasl
  
• April 1, April Fool's Day
• April 2, International Children's Book Day, www.usbby.org; www.ibby.org
• April 2, Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
  
• April 6, Founding of the Mormon Church (1830)
  
• April 7, World Health Day, www.who.int/en/
  
• April 8, Celebration of Buddha's Birthday
• April 12, Anniversary of the first man in space (1961)
• April 13-19, National Library Week, www.ala.org
  
• April 13, Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (1743)
• April 14-20, Young People's Poetry Week, www.cbcbooks.org/yppw/celebrate/
  
• April 15, Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic (1912)
  
• April 15, Income Tax Pay Day
  
• April 18, Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride (1775)
  
• April 20-26, Administrative Professionals Week, www.iaap-hq.org/APW/apwindex.htm
  
• April 20-26, National Coin Week, www.money.org
  
• April 20-26, National Student Leadership Week, www.principals.org
  
• April 20-26, Public School Volunteer Week, www.projectappleseed.org
  
• April 20-21, Passover, First Days
  
• April 22, Earth Day, www.earthday.net
  
• April 23, Administrative Professionals' Day
• April 23, First Public School in America Anniversary (1635, Boston Latin School opened)
  
• April 23, William Shakespeare's Birthday
• April 24, Anniversary of Lafayette Parish School System's Unitary Status Ruling ending 41-year old desegregation lawsuit (2005)
  
• April 24, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, www.daughtersandsonstowork.org
  
• April 25, National Arbor Day, www.arborday.org
• April 26-27, Passover, Concluding Days
• April 27-May 3, National Volunteer Week, www.pointsoflight.org
• April 30, Louisiana Admission Day Anniversary (18th state in 1812)
• April 30, Louisiana Purchase Day Anniversary (1803, France turned over 820,000 square miles of the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million, allowing the US to nearly double its size)
  

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