Riffa Views International School
P.O. Box 3050
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
2014/2015 School Calendar – Faculty and Staff Edition
Adopted by the RVIS Board of Trustees: November 7, 2013
Revised Calendar Adopted by the RVIS Board of Trustees: May 5, 2014
School hours for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten: 8:00 am to 1:45 pm;
Last Revision/Update: October, 2014
Grades 1-11; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
School hours for Nursery: 8:00 am to 12:30 pm;
Shading indicates no school for RVIS students.
Shading indicates no school for RVIS students.
(school holiday)
(public holidays – some subject to change)
Shading indicates only half day of school for RVIS students.
Program Improvement Days (PID) early release dates.
Program Improvement Days (PID) full day.
*
Dismissal at 11:30 am for all students.
Dismissal at 11:30 am for all students.
No classes for all students.
Subject to lunar calendar/official announcement in local newspapers.
** If an unexpected holiday is announced during the school year, the Program Improvement Day may become
a regular school day so that RVIS meets the required number of 180 student contact days.
Indicates full work day for teachers
Week Day
Date
Details
AUGUST 2014
S M T W T F S
1 2
Administrative offices open
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
New Teachers In-service
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
ALL Teachers, Paras & Nurse In-service
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
New Student Orientation, 9 – 11 am, EC Parent Orientation
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
22 SEPTEMBER 2014
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
First day of school Grade 1 - 10 (Day 1), 8 am
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Nursery, Pre-K & KG – Family Meetings
Back to School Night for HS/MS, 6 – 8 pm
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Back to School Night for Grades 1-5, 6 - 8 pm
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
PID #1: Early dismissal at 11:30 am
28 29 30
AUGUST
Wednesday
Wed - Sun
Mon - Thur
Sunday
13
20 - 24
25 - 28
31
SEPTEMBER
Monday
1
Wednesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
10
17
23
16
OCTOBER 2014
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
18
NOVEMBER 2014
S M T W T F S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
9
DECEMBER 2014
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
OCTOBER
Saturday
Sun - Tues
Wed-Thurs
Sunday
4
5-7
8-9
26
Arafat Day*
Eid Al Adha* (3 school days)
RVIS School Holiday
Al Hijri* (Islamic New Year)
NOVEMBER
Sunday
Mon - Tues
Thursday
Thursday
2
3-4
13
20
School Holiday
Ashoora*
Semester 1 Progress Reports sent home
Nursery, Pre-K and KG Parent / Teacher Conferences
Portfolio Sharing and Student-Led Conferences
(Grades 1-11 share Portfolios and meet with
Parents and Teachers) No Classes
DECEMBER
Sun
Tues - Wed
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School Holiday - Winter Break begins
Bahrain National Day (National Holiday);
Accession Day (National Holiday) (2 days)
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Week Day
Date
Details
18
JANUARY
Thursday
Sunday
Monday
Thursday
1
4
5
22
New Year’s
Prophet’s Birthday*
Classes resume
PID#2: No Classes**
20
FEBRUARY
Thursday
Thursday
5
26
Semester 1 report cards sent home; end of Semester 1
PID#3: Early dismissal at 11:30 am
JANUARY 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
FEBRUARY 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
23
MARCH
Tuesday
24
PID#4: Early dismissal at 11:30 am
16
APRIL
Sun
Sun – Thur
Monday
Thursday
Thursday
5
12 – 16
19
23
30
MARCH 2015
M T W T F
2 3 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 13
16 17 18 19 20
23 24 25 26 27
30 31
S
7
14
21
28
APRIL 2015
S M T W T F
1 2 3
5 6 7 8 9 10
12 13 14 15 16 17
19 20 21 22 23 24
26 27 28 29 30
S
4
11
18
25
S
1
8
15
22
29
1 day school holiday
Spring Break ( 5 school days)
Classes resume
Semester 2 Progress Reports sent home
Portfolio Sharing and Student-Led Conferences
20
MAY 2015
S M T W T F S
3
Bahrain Labour Day Holiday in lieu
1 2
26
PID #5: Early dismissal at 11:30 am
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
18
JUNE 2015
S M T W T F S
24
Year End Report Cards and Portfolios sent home
1 2 3 4 5 6
24
End of Year Assembly Last day of school for students
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Students dismissed at 11:30 am
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
18*
Holy Month of Ramadan begins*
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Holy Month of Ramadan hours in effect for all RVIS employees from
28 29 30
June 18 – July 17, 2015, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
MAY
Sunday
Tuesday
JUNE
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
JULY
Thursday
2
Sat - Mon
18 - 20*
Last work day for the Director, Principals, Director of
Admissions
Eid Al Fitr*
TOTAL 180 STUDENT DAYS.
School hours: Nursery: 8:00am to 12:30pm;
No School for RVIS students – school holidays
*
**
S
4
11
18
25
Pre-K & Kindergarten: 8:00am to 1:45pm; Grades 1-11: 8:00am to 3:00pm.
Half day of school for all Students –
No School - public holidays
11:30 Dismissal
Program Improvement Days (PID) early release dates.
Program Improvement Days (PID) full day.
JULY 2015
S M T W T F
1 2 3
5 6 7 8 9 10
12 13 14 15 16 17
19 20 21 22 23 24
26 27 28 29 30 31
Dismissal at 11:30 am for all students.
No classes for all students.
Subject to lunar calendar/official announcement in local newspapers.
If an unexpected holiday is announced during the school year, the Program Improvement Day may become a regular
school day so that RVIS meets the required number of 180 student contact days.
Indicates full work day for teachers
 Working hours for faculty are 7:45 am to 3:30 pm, plus After School Activities (ASA) and Program Improvement Days
(PID) as required.
 Half-day PIDs and early student dismissal days are counted as student contact days. Full-day PIDs are not counted as
student contact days. On four scheduled PIDs students will be dismissed at 11:30 am, two PIDs are full days. There are
six RVIS PID events in the 2014/2015 calendar.
 NEW teachers/paras/nurse in-service day will not be counted in the total teacher workdays.
 Administrators, Executive Assistant, Guidance Counselor work additional days before and after school per their individual
contracts.
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