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2010-11 academic year
(Missed something? You can find our 2009-10 calendar here.)
Sun-Tues, Aug 29-31 WIRE! Workshops for Inspiration Retreat
Fri Sept 3 5pm-7pm Orientation Meeting for all Pacem parents and guardians
Tues Sept 7 Pacem’s First Day
Sat Sep 25 First Parent Meeting (Discuss fall yard sale and beginning of year questions.)
Oct 4-8 Touching Base: Parent-Teacher Discussions (20 min ea, times to be
arranged by parent & teacher. Student welcome to join the discussion.)
Sat Oct 9 Fall Winter Clothing & Equipment Yard Sale Fundraiser
Mon Oct 11 Pacem is open on Columbus Day
Tues Oct 19 Outdoor Exploration Day with the Roots School– Ancient Living
Skills (If heavy rain, classes held at Pacem. Date to be confirmed in fall.)
Sat Oct 30 4pm-6pm Pacem Pumpkin Carving & Costume Party
Sat Nov 13 Performance Poetry, Moth Storytelling, & Candlelit Dinner
Benefit
Tues Nov 23-Fri Nov 26 Thanksgiving break
Fri Dec 17 Pacem Presentation Celebration
Dec 20-Jan 7 Holiday break (3 weeks)
Mon Jan 10 Pacem re-opens
Mon Jan 17 We are open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sat Jan 22 Homeschooling Through Highschool – an inspired gathering of
teens and adults who choose/chose to homeschool through
their high school years. Teen panel discussion and party
afterwards organized by Pacem students.
Sat Feb 12 Showcase of the Arts – 5-8:30, (Pacem student fine and performing arts &
multi-media show, followed by a candlelit dinner.)
Fri Feb 18 Faculty Narrative Assessment of Students sent out
Week of Feb 21 Parent meeting to discuss and suggest classes for 2011-12 year
Mon Feb 28-Wed Mar 9 Winter break
Thur Mar 10 Pacem re-opens
Sat Mar 19 Pacem Math and Science Fair
Fri April 8 Open House, 4-6
Mid-April Make-up day, date to be announced
Tues Apr 12 Boat/Regatta Day (Make wild, crazy & colorful boats to float in the river)
Thurs April 14-Fri April 22 Spring Break (No class on Thursday April 14, Friday April 15)
Mon April 25 Pacem re-opens
Fri April 29 12:15-2 Clean Up Our Grounds Day (Plant flowers, pick up refuse, seed grass, clean
off porches etc.)
May 2-6 Touching Base: Parent-Teacher open discussions (20 min ea, times to
be arranged by parent & teacher. Student welcome to join the discussion.)
Fri May 13 Outdoor Exploration Day with the Roots School– Ancient Living
Skills (If heavy rain, classes held at Pacem. Date to be confirmed in early spring.)
Sat May 14 11-1:30 Community Potluck Outdoor Lunch (Mural painting. Yard sale
organization.)
Sat May 28 Spring Yard Sale, Cookout, Plant Sale, & Bake Sale Fundraiser
(Rain date Sunday, May 29)
Mon May 30 Memorial Day – Pacem closed
May 23-27 Students write their personal Student Assessment of Faculty
during part of class hours.
Fri June 3 Presentation Celebration
Mon June 6 8:30-3 Last Day: Community Cleanup, Outdoor Cookout & Potluck
Party
Weeks of June 6 Spyglass props, sets, costume work
(3:30-5:30 on two separate days. Days to be determined.)
Mon June 13 - Fri June 17 Mountain and Service Retreat (Parent volunteers needed.)
Tues June14, Thurs June 16 Spyglass Theater tech and dress rehearsals
(3:30-5:30 on two separate days. Days to be confirmed.)
Fri June 17, Sat June 18 Spyglass Theater performances
Fri June 24 Faculty Narrative Assessments of Students sent out with
transcripts. Student & Parent Survey of Faculty sent out to
Faculty.
Circle Meetings throughout the academic year
Student Circle meets on the first Monday of every month for the entire lunch period.
Faculty Circle meets on the second Tuesday of every month for two hours, 3:30-5:30 pm
General Circle meets on the third Tuesday of every month, 3:30-5:30 pm
Board meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month, 3:30-5:30 pm
When Tuesday, Sept 1, 12-5 Fri, Sept 5, 5pm-7pm Sept 14 Sat, Sept 26, 11-1:30
October (TBA) Tues, Oct 20 Fri, Oct 23 Sat, Oct 31, 4pm-6pm Nov 2-6 Sat, Nov 14 November 23-27 Sat, December 12, 1-4 December 18 Dec 21-Jan 8 January 11 Tues, January 12 January 22
Monday, Feb 1 Feb 5 Feb 13 Feb 22-Mar 3 Thur, Mar 4 Tuesday, Mar 9 Sat, Mar 13 Mar 22-26 Fri, April 9 Tues, Apr 13 Mid-April Tues, April 13 April 15- April 23 Mon, April 26 Fri, April 30, 12:15-2 Sat, May 15, 11-1:30 Mon, May 31 May 28, June 1-4 Fri, June 11 Mon, June 14, 8:30-3 Week of June 14 Week of June 21 June 21-26 Fri, June 25 Sat, June 26 Fri, July 2 |
What Faculty Lunch, Orientation, and Faculty Circle meeting Orientation meeting for families Pacem’s First Day Community Potluck Lunch with Faculty, Staff, Parents, Students (How’s It Going with Homeschooling? Discussion 11-12noon, followed by Potluck Lunch) Fall Yard Sale, Cookout & Bake Sale Fundraiser (Music, poetry & comedy provided by Pacem Students) (Rain date Sunday, Oct 11) Mandatory Faculty Meeting (“Touching Base,” etc.) Non-violent Communication and/or Sociocracy workshops Outdoor Exploration Day with the Roots School– Ancient Living Skills (If heavy rain, classes held at Pacem.) “Touching Base” schedules posted Pacem Pumpkin Carving & Costume Party Touching Base: Parent-Teacher open discussions (20 min ea, times to be arranged by parent & teacher) Performance Poetry & Candlelit Dinner Benefit Thanksgiving break Faculty Discussion Forum Pacem Presentation Celebration Holiday break (3 weeks) Pacem re-opens Mandatory Faculty Meeting (narrative assessments of students, etc.) Homeschoolers in Adulthood – panel of college students and working adults who homeschooled throughout their high school years. Additional information and/or discussion: College and Homeschoolers - specific information about colleges and the admissions process for homeschoolers. Faculty Narrative Assessments of Students are due Outdoor Exploration Day with the Roots School – Winter Living Skills (If a snow day, there will be no rain date.) Faculty Narrative Assessment of Students sent out Showcase of the Arts – 5-8 (Pacem student fine and performing arts & multi-media show, followed by a candlelit dinner.) Winter break Pacem re-opens Mandatory Faculty Meeting? (2010-11 schedule, Open House, etc.) Pacem Math and Science Extravaganza Touching Base: Parent-Teacher open discussions (20 min ea, times to be arranged by parent & teacher) Open House Boat/Regatta Day (Make wild, crazy & colorful boats to float in the river) Make-up day, date to be announced. Mandatory Faculty Meeting? (2010-11 schedule, etc.) Spring Break (No class on Friday April 17) Pacem re-opens Clean Up Our Grounds Day (plant flowers, pick up refuse, seed grass, clean off porches etc.) Community Potluck Memorial Day – Pacem closed Students write their personal Student Assessment of Faculty during part of class hours. Presentation Celebration Last Day: Community Cleanup, Outdoor Cookout & Potluck Party Spyglass props, sets, costume work Spyglass Theater tech and dress rehearsal. Three Mountain and Service Retreat Faculty Narrative Assessments of Students due Spyglass performance Faculty Narrative Assessments of Students sent out with transcripts. Student Assessments of Faculty sent out to Faculty. |
Student Circle meets on the first Monday or Tuesday of every month for the entire lunch period.
Faculty Circle meets on the second Tuesday of every month for two hours, 3:30-5:30pm.
Administration & General Circle meets on the third Tuesday of every month, 3:30-5:30pm.
Teacher Support Meetings
Check-in Meetings for Faculty will happen in September, November, February, and May/June, or as needed
Rebecca will be available at 3:30 on 1st and 4th Tuesdays for teacher support and check in meetings