ADOPTED APRIL 14, 2014
2014-2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR
AUGUST
8, 11: New Professionals Orientation
13, 14, 15: Professional-Learning Days
18: Orientation (Grades PreK-5, 6, 9)
19: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
22, 29: One-Hour Late Start
SEPTEMBER
1: No School (Labor Day)
5, 12, 19: One-Hour Late Start
26: No School (Professional-Learning Day)
OCTOBER
3, 10, 17, 31: One-Hour Late Start
22, 23: Parent-Teacher Conferences
23, 24: No School
NOVEMBER
7, 14, 21: One-Hour Late Start
27-28: No School (Thanksgiving)
DECEMBER
5, 12, 19: One-Hour Late Start
22: No School (Make-up Day if Needed)
23-31: No School (Winter Break)
JANUARY
1, 2: No School (Winter Break)
9, 16, 23, 30: One-Hour Late Start
19: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
FEBRUARY
6: No School (Professional-Learning Day)
13, 20: One-Hour Late Start
25, 26: Parent-Teacher Conferences
26, 27: No School
MARCH
6, 13, 27: One-Hour Late Start
20: No School (Professional-Learning Day)
APRIL
3, 6: No School
10, 17, 24: One-Hour Late Start
MAY
1, 8, 15, 22: One-Hour Late Start
20: Last Day for Seniors (Full Day)
24: Graduation at Five Flags Center
(Senior at 1 p.m., Hempstead at 6 p.m.)
25: No School (Memorial Day)
26: Last Scheduled Day of Classes (Full Day)
27: Staff Professional-Learning Day
(or following last day of school)
27-29: Make-up Day if Needed
Professional-Learning Days/One-Hour Late Starts
Classroom teachers are at the heart of Dubuque’s educational experience. To help these teachers
better foster student achievement, the district provides a variety of professional-learning opportunities
to help our teachers enhance their skills in instructional delivery, assessment, technology integration
and classroom management. These hours also count toward the 36 hours of teacher collaboration time
required in the state of Iowa.
JUNE
1: Make-up Day if Needed
Additional make-up days will be added to
the end of the school year, if necessary.