DUCHESNE ACADEMY
2023-2024 CALENDAR
AUGUST
4 - New Faculty/Staff Orientation
7 - Grade 9 iPad Out of Box 8 Faculty/Staff Inservice
9 - Freshman Orientation – 8:45-3:15
10 - Senior Orientation – 8:45- 3:
11 - Opening Convocation – First Day of Classes – (full school day)
28-Sept. 1 - Freshmen Welcome Week
28 - Freshmen Retreat, No School for Grades 10-12
30 - Back-to-School Night for Parents - 6:15 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
4 - Labor Day – School Closed
9/10 - Alumnae Reunion
11 - Sophomore Retreat
25-29 - Homecoming Week!
29 - Homecoming Dance 8:00 p.m.- 10:00 pm.
OCTOBER
2 - Junior Retreat
11 - Standardized Testing Day and Stuart-ship Day
13 - End of Quarter I
17 - Mater Prayer Service – 10th Grade
19 - Parent/Teacher Conferences- (no classes) 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
20 - Parent/Teacher Conferences – (no classes) 7:00 a.m.- 11 a.m.
26 - 1st Quarter Honors Assembly
27 - All School Matinee of Musical
26-28 - Fall Musical
NOVEMBER
1 - Feast of All Saints Mass 3:30 dismissal
5 - Open House
12 - Mother/Daughter Mass/Brunch
16 - Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Mass
20 - Grandparent Open House
22-26 - Thanksgiving Vacation
DECEMBER
3 - Holiday Mass – 10:00 a.m.
5 - Advisory Lunch
8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass -3:30 dismissal
11 - Christmas Music Program
13-14 - Review Days
15, 18, 19 - Semester Exams
20 - Semester Exam Make-Up Day
December 19-January 4: Christmas Break; Students can earn an extra day of vacation for the entire school if they meet the Congé raffle ticket sales goal. If this occurs, we will re-start the semester on the following Monday.
JANUARY
4 - Classes Resume (unless raffle ticket goal met- then 1/8)
13 - 8th Grade Entrance Exam
15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Classes
18 - Semester I Honors Assembly
20 - 7th Grade Practice Exam
27 - Congé
FEBRUARY
3 - Winter Prom – Grades 11 and 12
14 - ASH Wednesday- Mass at 8:15 a.m. open to family
16 - Parent/Teacher Conferences – (no classes)
19 - President’s Day- NO SCHOOL
22-24 - Spring Play
25 - Father/Daughter mass and event
27 - Registration of the Class of 2028
MARCH
1 - End of Quarter III
4-8 - Spring Break
21 - Quarter III Honors Assembly
26 - Community Day
28-April 1 Easter Break
APRIL
15 - Faculty Retreat - NO School
21-22 - Sr Retreat
29 - Spring Music Program
30 - Ring Ceremony
MAY
2 - Senior Breakfast – 8:45 a.m. Student Council/Class Officer Elections – 8:45 a.m.
3 - Field Day – 9:00-Noon
7 - May Crowning
8-10 - Senior Exams
15-17 - Semester Exams – Grades 9-11
20 - Make Up Exams
20 - Graduation Practice – 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
22 - Senior Baccalaureate Mass and Dinner – 5:30/7:00
23 - Prize Day – 9:00 a.m. (required attendance for all students) Graduation – 7:30 p.m.