SEMESTER 1: September 2, 2014 to January 30, 2015 (97 Days 50% of School Year) First Reporting Period: September 2, 2014 - October 31, 2014 (43 Days 22% of School Year) September 2 Orientation Day September 3 Site-based PD: All schools (1) September 4 First day for students Communication Plans distributed this week September 15 (a) Deadline to add a course October 24 Provincial Conference Day November 10 Mid-semester reports distributed (Summative Assessments expected) November 13 Evening Parent-Teacher meetings (Secondary) November 14 (b) Course Withdrawal Deadline WD will not appear on transcript November 14 Site-based PD (.5) and Parent-Teacher meetings (.5) Second Reporting Period: November 3, 2014 - January 30, 2015 (54 Days 28% of Year) November 28 Site-based PD (in conjunction with Elementary Parent-Teacher) (1) December 19 (c) Course Withdrawal Deadline WD will show on transcript December 22 to January 2 Christmas Break (Return to School on January 5, 2015) January 26, 27, 28, 29 Examination period January 26 (A.M.) NSE English 10 January 26 (A.M.) CCRSB Mathematics 12 January 27 (A.M.) NSE Mathematics at Work 10 January 27 (A.M.) CCRSB English 12 and English/Communications 12 January 30 Assessment & Evaluation Day Week of February 9 Parent-Teacher interviews this week (Evening - Junior High only) Week of February 9 Report cards distributed SEMESTER 2: February 2, 2015 to June 30, 2015 (98 Days 50% of School Year) First Reporting Period: February 2, 2015 - April 10, 2015 (42 Days 21.5% of School Year) February 11 (a) Deadline to add a course March 6 Site-based PD (in conjunction with Elementary Parent-Teacher) (1) March 16 20 March Break April 13 Mid-semester reports distributed (Summative Assessments expected) April 17 Site-based PD day (.5) & Parent-Teacher meetings (.5) April 17 (b) Course Withdrawal Deadline WD will not appear on transcript Second Reporting Period: April 13, 2015 to June 30, 2015 (56 Days 28.5% of School Year) May 22 (c) Course Withdrawal Deadline WD will show on transcript May 25 June 5* NS Assessment: Reading and Writing in Grade 8 (2 days) NS Assessment: Mathematics in Grade 8 (2 days) June 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 Examination period June 18 (A.M.) NSE English 10 and NSE English 10 Plus June 18 (A.M.) CCRSB Mathematics 12 June 19 (A.M.) NSE Mathematics at Work 10 and NSE Mathematics 10 June 19 (A.M.) CCRSB English 12 and English/Communications 12 June 26, 29 Assessment & Evaluation Days June 29 Graduations June 30 Last teaching day (students 1 hour, staff 4 hours) NOTES: If school is cancelled during the examination period, the whole exam schedule will move ahead by one day. For example, if school is cancelled on Monday due to inclement weather, exams scheduled for Monday will move to Tuesday, exams scheduled for Tuesday will move to Wednesday, and so on. There will be school-based Professional Development in the mornings associated with each of the two half-day parent-teacher meetings. *NS Provincial Assessments: Literacy is written prior to Mathematics. A student in grades 10 to 12 may: a) Add a course before the end of the eighth day from the beginning of each semester: Sept 15, 2014 and Feb 11, 2015 b) Drop a course by the end of the day on Friday of the week midterm reports are sent home (November and April) without withdraw (WD) being shown on transcript: Nov 14, 2014 and Apr 17, 2015 c) Drop a course from the Monday following midterm report week, to the end of the day on Friday five weeks later. A withdraw (WD) will be shown on the transcript: Dec 19, 2014 and May 22, 2015 Beyond the end of the 15th week of each term, a student who drops a course will be evaluated on the work completed to that point plus zero for the remaining assessments for that term. The mark will be shown on his/her transcript.