Awareness & Appreciation Calendar
Heritage Months, Appreciation and Awareness Days
January
National School Board Appreciation Month
- January 9 - Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
- January 25-31 - National School Choice Week
February
American Heart Month
Black History Month
Career and Technical Education Month
Love the Bus Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
- February 2-6 - National School Counseling Week
- February 4 - World Read Aloud Day
- February 11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 15 - National SRO Appreciation Day
- February 16 - Presidents Day
- February 23 - National Public Schools Week
March
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month
National Disabilities Month
National Nutrition Month
National Music in Our Schools Month
Women's History Month
- March 1 - National School Social Work Week
- March 8 - International Womens' Day
- March 21 - World Down Syndrome Day
April
Autism Acceptance Month
Deaf History Month
Occupational Therapy Month
School Library Month
- April 1 - National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
- April 4 - National School Librarian Day
- April 6-10 - National Assistant Principals Week
- April 20-24 - National Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week
- April 20-24 - National Public School Volunteer Week
- April 22 - National Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day
- April 28 - National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
May
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- May 1 - National School Principal Day
- May 1 - National School Lunch Hero Day
- May 5 - National Teacher Appreciation Day
- May 6 - National School Nurse Day
- May 8 - National School Communicators Day
- May 18 - National Speech Language Pathologist Appreciation Day
June
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
National Suicide Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
Deaf Awareness Month
- September 14-20 - National Arts in Education Week
- September 16 - National IT Professionals Day
- September 17 - Constitution and Citizenship Day
October
ADHD Awareness Month
Czech Heritage Month
Down Syndrome Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Principals' Month
Polish American Heritage Month
- October 2 - National Custodian Appreciation Day
- October 5 - World Teacher Day
- October 6 - Child Health Day
- October 6 - National Coaches Day
- October 13 - Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day
- October 13-17 - National School Lunch Week
- October 19-25 - Safe Schools Week
- October 20-24 - National School Bus Safety Week
- October 23 - Lights on Afterschool
November
Native American Heritage Month
- November 3-7 - National School Psychology Week
- November 11 - Veterans' Day
- November 17-21 - American Education Week
- November 19 - National Education Support Professionals' Day
- November 21 - National Substitute Educators' Day
December
- December 2 - National Special Education Day