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PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2012-2013 Student Calendar
September 3 - Labor Day Recess
September 4 - First Day of School (half day)
November 2 - End of 1st Quarter
November 6 - No School
November 7-8 - High School Conferences after school/evening
November 13-14 - Middle School Conferences after school/evening
November 14-15 - Elementary Conferences after school/evening
November 21 - No School
November 22-23 - Thanksgiving Recess
December 24-31 - No School - Winter Recess
January 1-4 - No School - Winter Recess
January 7 - School Resumes
January 21-24 - High School Exams morning; no school for High School in afternoon
January 25 - End of 2nd Quarter; No School
February 11-12 - High School Conferences after school/evening
February 12-13 - Middle School Conferences after school/evening
February 19-20 - Elementary Conferences after school/evening
February 22 - No School - Mid-Winter Break
February 25 - No School- Mid-Winter Break
March 5-7 - Michigan Merit Examination - high school only
March 27 - End of 3rd Quarter (half day)
March 28-29 - No School - Spring Recess
April 1-5 - No School - Spring Recess
April 8 - School Resume
May 3 - Half day
May 22 - 24 - High School graduation
May 24 - No School
May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
May 31 - High School Exams morning only; no afternoon classes for High School only
June 3-5 - High School Exams morning only; no afternoon classes for High School only
June 5 - Half day
*Cancellations beyond what the law allows will extend the final day of
school beyond Wednesday, June 5, 2013.
Last Updated: October 8, 2012
PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2013-2014 Student Calendar
September 2 - Labor Day Recess
September 3 - First Day of School (half day)
November 5 - No School
November 6-7 - High School Conferences after school/evening
November 12-13 - Middle School Conferences after school/evening
November 13-14 - Elementary Conferences after school/evening
November 27 - No School
November 28-29 - Thanksgiving Recess
December 23-31 - No School—Winter Recess
January 1-3 - No School—Winter Recess
January 6 - School Resumes
January 20-23 - High School Exams morning; no school for High School in afternoon
January 24 - No School
February 19-20 - High School Conferences after school/evening
February 24-25 - Middle School Conferences after school/evening
February 25-26 - Elementary Conferences after school/evening
February 28 - No School - Mid-Winter Break
March 3 - No School - Mid-Winter Break
March 4-6 - Michigan Merit Examination – high school only
April 2 - Half day
April 3-4 - No School - Spring Recess
April 7-11 - No School – Spring Recess
May 2 - Half day
May 20-22 - High School graduation
May 23-26 - No School – Memorial Day
May 30 - High School Exams morning only; no afternoon classes for High School only
June 2-4 - High School Exams morning only; no afternoon classes for High School only
June 4 - Half day
*Cancellations beyond what the law allows will extend the final day of school beyond Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
Updated: May 21, 2013
Ever wonder how the calendar gets scheduled for the school year?
There is a common calendar committee that meets every year, and it
includes representation from Administration and Instructional staff from all
nine school districts in Kalamazoo RESA, plus representation from Kalamazoo
RESA itself. This committee is in charge of the massive coordination of the
yearly schedules for all programs in all nine districts - both individual
programs and joint programs (for example, Education for Employment,
Education for the Arts, Special Education, Kalamazoo Area Math and Science
Center, Testing requirements, etc.). The committee also must work in the
exact amount of student-instruction hours as required by the state, and make
sure those hours are balanced evenly as semesters or trimesters. Out of
those efforts comes a plan for the school year's calendar.