Alexandria Friends School
2010-2011 School Year

Calendar 

 (Note: the AFS Board meets the second Tuesday of every month, at school, at 7:30 pm, unless otherwise indicated.)

 

August 2010

 

17 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

26-27, Th-F; 30 M   Faculty meetings

 

31 T  First day of school -- Orientation
       - Returning students report at 8:45 am
       - New students report at 9:00 am

 

September 2010

1-3 W-F  Shiloh Camping Trip

 

6 M   Labor Day no school

 

9 Th   Rosh Hashanah AFS Field Trip

 

14 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

21 T  Norwood School Fair (staff-evening)

 

22 W  Shimer College Visit 9 am

 

23 Th   Sukkot AFS Field Trip

 

28 T Back to School Night

 

 

October 2010

 

TBA   Virginia School Fair (staff-evening)

 

7-8, Th-F  Quaker heads of school meet at Pendle Hill (Will away)

 

8 F   End of the Fall Mid-trimester

 

11 M  Columbus Day no school

 

 

12 T   School resumes

           AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm


13 W PSAT (juniors/interested sophomores)

          Comments due

 

15 F   Mid-trimester comments mailed

 

19 T  Fall International Potluck Dinner for Staff, Students, and their families, 7 pm

 

28 Th  Teachers New to Quaker Education Conference, Baltimore FS (Will away)

 

 

November 2010

5 F   Fall Open House 9am to noon

 

9 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm


11 Th   Veterans Day  no school

 

23 T   End of the Fall Trimester, all-school community service day

 

24-26 W-F   Thanksgiving Holiday  no school

 

29 M   Winter Trimester begins

 

  

December 2010

 

1 W   First day of community service (and every Wednesday in the winter trimester)

          Comments due

 

3 F  Fall Trimester comments mailed

 

14 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm
  

17 F   Holiday Party and gift exchange

 

20-31 M-F   Winter Break

 

January 2011

 

1 Sa   New Year's Day   no school

 

3 M   School resumes


5 W   Community service resumes

 

11 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm


17 M   Martin Luther King Jr. Day   no school

 

28 F   End of the winter mid-trimester

 

 

 

 February 2011

 

2 W   Comments due

 

4 F   Mid-trimester comments mailed

 

9 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm


21 M   Presidents' Day   no school

 

 

March 2011

 

9 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

11 F   End of the Winter Trimester

 

14 M  Comment Writing Day (no school for students)

 

15 T  First Day of the Spring Trimester

 

16 W  Comments Due

 

18 F   Winter Trimester comments mailed

 

 

 

April 2011

 

13 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

18-29 M-F   Spring Break

 

 

  

May 2011


2 M   School resumes

 

6 F   End of the spring mid-trimester

 

9 M  First Day for Senior Projects (may begin later)

 

10 T  AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

11 W  Comments Due


13 F   Mid-trimester comments mailed

 

17 T    Spring Potluck Dinner for Staff, Students, and their families, 7 pm

 

30 M   Memorial Day no school

 

June 2011

 

2-3 Th-F  Shiloh Camping Trip

 

13 M   Last day of classes

 

14 T   Period 1 & 2 exams Senior Project Presentations

          AFS Board Meeting 7:30 pm

 

15 W   Period 3 & 4 exams Graduation Luncheon and Rehearsal

 

16 Th   Last day of school All-school Clean-up and Picnic; Yearbook Distribution

 

17 F  Summer Hours Begin (10:30 am – 2:30 pm)

 

18 Sa   Graduation

 

22 W   Faculty Wrap-up Day Comments Due


24 F   Spring Trimester comments mailed