MES School Year Calendar
Here We Grow!
2017 – 2018
August 2 and 3Pre K – 3 Registration from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
August 8Meet and Greet for ALL GRADES from5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
August 9PTA Teacher Lunch
August 10First Day of School for 1st – 3rd Graders
August 11, 14, 151/3 of PK and 1/3 of K Children Attend Each Day
August 11, 14, 15Boo Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast
August 17First Day for All PK and K Students
August 17PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
August 18Volunteer Orientation at 9:30 AM
August 25Room Parent Meeting at 9:30 AM
August 25Art in the Classroom Training at 10:30 AM
September 4Labor Day Holiday
September 7PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
September 12 – 15Grandparents’ Week
September 12 ~ Pre K and K
September 13 ~ 1st Grade
September 14 ~ 2nd Grade
September 15 ~ 3rd Grade
September 18Cafeteria Open to Parents
September 18 – 22Book Fair
September 19Open House for all grades from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
October 3Vison and Hearing Screening – Pre K and 3rd
October 5PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
October 6Parish Fair Holiday
October 10Fall Picture Day
October 12End of First Grading Period
October 13No School for Students (PD/Record Keeping Day)
October 28Adventure Fest
October 31Vision and Hearing Screening – K and 1st
October 31Storybook Character Dress Up Day
November2PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
November 10Veteran’s Day Program at Morning Meeting
November 14Family Learning Night at 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
November 20 – 24Thanksgiving Holidays
November 28Picture Retakes
December 1Gift Shop Preview
December 4 – 8Gift Shop
December 5Winter Concert/PTA General Meeting at 6:00 PM
December 15PBS Celebration
December 19Winter Parties
December 20End of Second Grading Period/Half Day for Students
December 21 – January 2Winter Holiday
January 3Return to School
January 9Class Pictures
January 11PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
January 15Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday ~ No School
January 19Sock Hop from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
February 1PTA Meeting at 9:30 AM
February 8Krewe of MES Mardi Gras Parade at 1:30 PM
February 12 – 16Mardi Gras Holiday
March 1PTA Meeting at 9:30 am
March 2Cultural Arts Day
March 83rd Grade Louisiana Day
March 8End of Third Grading Period
March 9 No School for Students (PD/Record Keeping Day)
March 13Spring Pictures
March 16Field Day
March 20 – 23Family Breakfast Week
March 20 ~ Pre K and K
March 21 ~ 1st Grade
March 22~2nd Grade
March 23 ~ 3rd Grade
March 29Spring Parties
March 30 – April 6Spring Holiday
April 12PTA Meeting at 9:30 am
April 16 – 20 Book Fair
April 18Gallery Night/PTA General Meeting from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
April 30 – May 43rd Grade Testing (subject to change)
May 7 – 11Staff Appreciation Week
May 8Kindergarten Performance at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM
May 113rd Grade Market Day
May 16PTA Volunteer Luncheon
May 173rd Grade Rite of Passage at 1:30 PM
May 18PBS Celebration and Snowballs
May 23End of Fourth Grading Period/Half Day for Students
Lunch Schedule:
Kindergarten 10:55 – 11:15
First Grade11:30 – 11:50
Pre K11:40 – 12:10
Second Grade12:00 – 12:20
Third Grade12:30 – 12:50
Early Dismissal Lunch Schedule:
Kindergarten 10:30 – 10:50
First Grade 10:55 – 11:15
Second Grade 11:20 – 11:40
Pre K 11:30 – 12:00
Third Grade 11:45 – 12:05