School calendar has been finalized!

Yesterday I went through and made our school calendar. Since I'm not using any real textbooks, I decided I needed to figure out what our schedule looked like so I could see how many lessons I would need to plan.

Our Schedule for 2012-2013 school year

• School starts on Sept. 6, 2011
• School ends on June 7, 2012

Holidays we'll be taking off:

• Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
• Thanksgiving (Nov. 24-25)
• Christmas (Dec. 22-Jan. 2)
• MLK Day (Jan. 16)--will use this day as a "catch-up" day if needed
• Presidents Day (Feb. 20)
• Spring Break (Apr. 2-9)
• Memorial Day (May 28)

I'm also including a few days in our schedule to be used as "catch-up days" if we find we need them.

• Sept. 30
• Oct. 28
• Dec. 16
• Feb. 17
• Mar. 16
• Apr. 20
• May 18

This puts us in school for 178 days (public schools are in session for 180 days). I know we don't have to count days, just assure the state that we'll be getting 900 hours in during the school year. I know, I'm prolly over-thinking this all and doing so much more work than I need to, but I feel like I really need to be prepared (since being prepared helps me feel like I'm more in control).