2024-25 CALENDAR OF EVENTS (TENTATIVE)
AUGUST
August 16: 6:00 Kindergarten Orientation
August 21: 6:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social
August 23: First full day for middle school & testing for elementary school
August 26: 8:00am Pledge and Prayer at the flagpole. First full day for elementary
SEPTEMBER
September 2 Labor Day (No School)
September 12 Back to School Night 6:00 p.m.
September 24 Mercy Day (Mass and Eucharistic Procession)
September 27 Noon dismissal (Teachers Professional Development)
September 30 Picture Day (Individual)
OCTOBER
October 1: Picture day (Class photos)
October 4: St. Francis of Assisi Fall Festival 4:15pm-7:00pm
October 18: 8th grade Ignite Your Faith event in Denver 9:30-11:45
October 17-18: Parent Teacher Conferences
October 24: End of Quarter
October 25: Professional Development Day – Teachers only (no school)
October 29: Dads and Donuts (7:30am in the gym)
NOVEMBER
November 1: All Saints Day Celebration
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER
December 9: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Mass at 8am)
December 11: No school Mass
December 11: Picture Day retakes
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass 1pm
December 20: Christmas Pageant 6:30pm in the St. Clare gym
December 21-January 5: Christmas Break
JANUARY
January 6th: Professional Development Day, No School
January 15th: End of Quarter 2
January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No School
January 23: Spelling Bee in the Gym, 1pm
January 27-31 Catholic Schools Week
FEBRUARY
February 5: Jazz Goes to School – 4th and 5th grade
February 7: Noon dismissal – Teachers’ Professional Development Day
February 10-11: Learn to Ski Days
February 13-14: Parent teacher conferences
February 14: Valentines Parties for K-5 (Middle school treat at lunch)
February 14-16: Mountain Madness Retreat for 6-8 grades (Estes Park)
February 17: Presidents Day (no school)
February 27: 1st Grade Field Trip to Denver
MARCH
March 5-7: St. John Paul II Outdoor Lab for 7th/8th grade (Estes Park)
March 10-14: Math Week
March 11: Math Night
March 12: 3rd grade trip to St. Mary’s Preschool 9-11 a.m.
March 12: Free Hot Lunch
March 14: Pi Day
March 18: Walking Taco’s hot lunch fundraiser for 8th grade
March 19: Poetry Recitation (after Mass) 9:30 in the gym
March 19: 5th Grade – Steadman Philippon Institute Lab Tour field trip 1 p.m.
March 19: Free hot lunch
March 20: End of Quarter 3
March 21: No School, Professional Development Day
March 22-29: Spring Break
APRIL
April 1: NO JOKE, Walking Taco’s Hot Lunch! 8th Grade fundraiser
April 9: Moms and Muffins 7:30 a.m. in the gym
April 12: 3rd grade retreat day in preparation for Sacraments
April 14: Vail Jazz Goes to School field trip to Vilar (4th/5th) 10am
April 17: Holy Thursday – noon dismissal. Living Stations 11 a.m.
April 18: Good Friday – no school
April 21: Easter Monday – no school
April 24: Moms and Muffins – 7:30 a.m. in the gym
MAY
May 7: Poetry Recitation 9:00 a.m. in the gym
May 8 Science Fair (middle school)
May 10-11: Girl Genius Retreat – lock in at St. Clare – 7th/8th girls
May 13: Spring Concert – 6:00 p.m. at St. Clare
May 16: St. Clare Lights the Way Fundraiser and Dinner 6 p.m.
May 19-22: 8th Grade Santa Fe field trip
May 23: Noon Dismissal, Professional Development Day
May 26: No School, Memorial Day
May 27: 8th Grade breakfast (8:05 a.m. in the gym)
May 27: 8th Grade clap-out (2:45 p.m.)
May 28: 8th Grade Continuation – 5:30 p.m. at St. Clare
May 29: Butterfly Launch, 3rd grade, 11:30-2 p.m. Betty Ford
May 30: Kindergarten Graduation, 2:00 p.m. in the gym
May 31: Confirmation Mass , 10am at St. Clare
JUNE
June 3: Talent Show – 1:30 p.m.
June 4: Noon dismissal – clean up day (with prizes)
June 5: Closing Mass at the grotto (8:10 a.m.)
June 5: Field Day (noon dismissal)
June 5: Family Picnic – 12 noon