School Calendar

Royle School PTO Calendar 2011-2012
( Please note - dates subject to change)

September 1 First Day of School 90 Minute Delay 5 Labor Day No School
7 Royle Wrap Up Begins
7 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 7 Kids Care Meeting: Backpacks & School Supplies 3:00 p.m.
8 Grade Level Coffees Gr. K (Common Room) 9:15 a.m.
8 Grade Level Coffees Gr. 5 (Common Room) 10:45 a.m.
9 Grade Level Coffees Gr. 1 & 3 (Common Room) 9:15 a.m.
9 Grade Level Coffees Gr. 2 & 4 (Common Room) 10:45 a.m.
11 Family Picnic & Kids Care Bake Sale 4:30-7:00 p.m.
(Rain date 10/2 1:00-3:30) 15 Kindergarteners Begin Full Day
16 Class Pictures 16 Royle Endeavors Fall Registration Begins 20 Trash Free Tuesday 21 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m. 22 Open House (Parents Only) 7:00 p.m. 27 Royle Wrap Up ends 27 Trash Free Tuesday
28 Royle Treatment New Family Coffee 9:00-11:00 a.m. 28 Royle Endeavors Fall Registration Ends 29 Rosh Hashanah No School

October 3 Royle Endeavors Fall Afterschool Program Begins 4 Trash Free Tuesday 4 Enrichment: Author Len Cabral, Kindergarten 5 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 5 Kids Care Meeting: Halloween Costume Collection 3:00 p.m.
10 Staff Development Day No School 11 Trash Free Tuesday 12 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m. Guest Speakers, Co-Chairs of Darien Advocates for the Education of the Gifted (DAEG) 18 Trash Free Tuesday 20 Walk to School or Ride the Bus Day 24 Royle Gift Card Sales Begin (Delivered by 11/21) 25 Trash Free Tuesday TBD Enrichment: Boston Museum of Science, Grades 1 & 4
November 1 Picture Retake Day 1 Trash Free Tuesday 2 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 8 Election Day (Staff Development) No School 9 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m. Guest Speakers: Stephen Falcone & Judith Pandolfo 9 Kids Care Meeting: UNICEF Trick or TReat Drive 3:00 p.m. 10 Enrichment: Author Tony Abbott, Grades 3-5 15 Trash Free Tuesday 15-18 Bookfair (Family Night Nov. 16th) 22 Trash Free Tuesday 22 Kids Care Turkey/Chicken Drive & Student Council Food Drive 23 Thanksgiving Recess Begins Early Dismissal
24-25 Thanksgiving Recess No School 28 Enrichment: Author Laurie Keller, Grades K-2
29-30 Parent Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal 29 DAEG Conference Week After School Program 1:00 p.m. 29 Trash Free Tuesday 30 Family Movie Matinee 1:00 p.m.

December 1-2 Parent Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal TBD Enrichment: HighTouch HighTech, Power of Light, Grade 5 6 Trash Free Tuesday 7 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 12-16 Enrichment: Author in Residence Donato D'Ablis Grades 3-5 13 Royle Holiday Concert 10:00 a.m. 13 Trash Free Tuesday 15 Royle Endeavors Fall Afterschool Program Ends 16 Kids Care Hope Chests & Toy Collection 20 Trash Free Tuesday 23 Holiday Recess Begins Early Dismissal

January 3 School Resumes 8:25 a.m. 3 Trash Free Tuesday 4 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 10 Trash Free Tuesday 12 Enrichment: Chris Evers, Preparing for Winter, Kindergarten
16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School 17 Trash Free Tuesday 18 Royle Endeavors Winter Session Begins 18 Kids Care Meeting: Warm Clothes Drive 3:00 p.m. 19 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m. Guest Speaker: Natasha Torre-Heffron, Assistant Principal, re:the SRBI program 20 Bingo Night 5:30-7:00 p.m. 24 Trash Free Tuesday 31 Trash Free Tuesday
February 1 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 2-3 Incoming Kindergarten Registration 5 Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast 8:00-11:00 a.m. 7 Trash Free Tuesday 8 PTO Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 14 Trash Free Tuesday 15 Kids Care Meeting: Homeless Shelter Collection 3:00 p.m.
20-24 February Recess No School 28 Trash Free Tuesday

March TBD CMT Testing Begins TBD Fathers' Council Sound Tiger Game
7 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 6 Trash Free Tuesday
7-9 Parent Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal 13 Trash Free Tuesday
14 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m.
16 Rock'n Royle 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 19 Enrichment: TheaterWorks, The Color of Justice, Grades 3-5 19 Royle Endeavors Winter Afterschool Program Ends 20 Trash Free Tuesday 21 Kids Care Meeting 3:00 p.m. 27 Trash Free Tuesday TBD Enrichment: Eli Whitney Museum, Grade 2 April 3 Trash Free Tuesday 3 Enrichment: Poet Ted Scheu, Grades K-2 4 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 5 Enrichment: Chris Evers, Zoology, Grade 3 6 Good Friday No School 9 Staff Development Day No School 10 Trash Free Tuesday 10-13 Royle Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week
11 PTO Meeting 9:15 a.m. 11 Kids Care Meeting 3:00 p.m.
16-20 April Recess No School 23 Royle Gift Card Sales Begin (Delivered by 5/29) 24 Trash Free Tuesday 25 Secretaries' Day TBD 5th Grade Photo TBD Spring Book Fair TBD Enrichment: HighTouch HighTech, Power of Light, Grade 5

May 1 Trash Free Tuesday TBD Enrichment: Music for Youth, All Grades 2 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 8 Teacher Appreciation/School Nurse Day 8 Trash Free Tuesday 9 Royle Spring Concert at DHS 7:00 p.m. 10 PTO Transition Meeting 9:15 a.m. 11 Enrichment: Chris Evers, Animal Adaptations at the Beach, Grade 1 15 Trash Free Tuesday 16 Kids Care Meeting 3:00 p.m. TBD Popsicle Social (Incoming Kindergarteners) 12:00 p.m. 21 Enrichment: TheaterWorks, Henry & Mudge, Grades K-2 22 Trash Free Tuesday 23 PTO End-Of-Year Luncheon 12:00 p.m.
TBD Royle Adult Social (Location TBD) 7:00-10:00 p.m. 28 Memorial Day No School 29 Trash Free Tuesday
June 3 Royle Round Up (Rain Date June 10th) 5 Trash Free Tuesday
6 PTO Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. 6 Kids Care Meeting: End of Year Party 3:00 p.m. 7 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony (subject to change) 10:00 a.m.
11 School Ends (subject to change) Early Dismissal

Council of Darien School Parents (CDSP) Meeting Dates:
CDSP typically meets on the first Thursday of the month, October through April with no meeting in December. All meetings will be in the Board of Ed. Conference Room. Coffee is served at 9:00 a.m., meetings begin at 9:15 a.m.

Board of Education (BOE) Meeting Dates:
The BOE typically meets at 7:30 in the Board of Ed Conference Room on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
The schedule can be found at www.darienps.org.