Carpinteria Family School

2023-2024 Calendar

CFS Parent Board Meetings - all are welcome

Second Monday of each month. 4:00-5:00p.m. in teachers’ classrooms

September 11, October 9 (no school for students), November 6, December 11, January 8, February 12, March 11, April 8, May 13

August

8/21 First day of school; Boohoo/Yahoo Coffee at the K Gate

September

9/4 Labor Day - No school

9/6 Back to School Night 5:30-6:15 for grades 3-5; 6:15-7 for K-2 (adults only)

9/8 Coffee with Principal Persoon 8-9a.m. staff lounge

9/14 Picture Day

9/23 California Coastal Clean-Up Day 9-12 at Jelly Bowl

9/25-9/28 Book Fair

9/29 Assembly:Cascada de Flores music group

October 

10/1 Carp Family School Art Reception and Bingo, 2-4p.m. (Carpinteria Arts Center)

10/4 Family Picnic Lunch during regular lunch times 

10/4 Walk, Bike, and Roll Day

10/9 No School for students 

10/13-15 Campout at Refugio

10/23 - 10/30 Red Ribbon Week

10/25 Family Math Night 6-7p.m.

10/27 Jog-A-Thon at El Carro Park

10/31 Halloween Parade 8:30a.m.

November

11/10 No School- Veterans’ Day Holiday

11/13-11/17 Parent Conferences

11/16 Family Math Night 6-7p.m. 

11/17 Harvest Festival 8:30-1

11/17 Coffee with Principal Persoon 8-9a.m. staff lounge

11/20-11/24 No School- Thanksgiving Break

11/27 Assembly: Michael Katz, Storyteller

December

12/2 Holiday Trolley

12/11-12/15 Winter Wonderland Week

12/18-1/3 No School- Winter Break

January

1/12 Coffee with Principal Persoon 8-9a.m. staff lounge

1/15 No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/22-1/26 The Great Kindness Challenge

February 

2/5 -2/9 National School Counseling Week

2/6 100th Day of School 

2/9 College and Career Day

2/16 & 2/19 No School 

2/21 Family Picnic, Popsicle Sale & Helmet Distribution

March 

3/1 Read Across America

3/8 Coffee with Principal Persoon 8-9a.m. staff lounge

3/11 Women in History Monologues

3/15 Talent Show

3/18-3/22 Parent Conferences

3/25- 3/29 No school - Spring Break 

April

4/3-4/5 Fifth Grade CIMI Trip

4/12 5th Grade Panoramic picture taken 8:30a.m. blacktop

4/18 Tk/K Tours

4/19 Assembly: Waterology 

May 

5/6-5/24 CAASPP testing

5/6-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/10 Coffee with Principal Persoon 8-9 a.m. staff lounge

5/15 Family Picnic during regular lunch schedule 

5/20-5/23 Book Fair

5/23 TK/K Tours

5/23 Open House 6-7p.m.

5/27 No School - Memorial Day 

5/31 K-2 Wheel Fun and 3-5 Imagine Ceremony (Canalino Beach Day)

5/31 5th Grade CFS Graduation

June

6/4 Field Day 

6/5 CFS Beach Day

6/7 Last Day of School, kinder graduation