|  | Calendar of Events |
Special Bates Dates 2011-2012 Academic Year | August 30, Tuesday | New families coffee 9am | August 30, Tuesday | Kindergarten visitation 10 - 10:45am | August 31, Wednesday | School starts - 1/2 day all students | | September 5, Monday | NO SCHOOL - Labor Day | | September 7, Wednesday | Pumpkin Fair Committee Chair Mtg 8:30am - Cafeteria | | September 7, Wednesday | Instrument Lesson Information Session
3:30pm Middle School, #333 | | September 13, Tuesday | NutriKids POS Systems starts for lunch $ | | September 14, Wednesday | Back to School Night 6 – 7pm, K – 2nd grade 7 – 7:30, info session 7:30 – 8:30pm, 3rd – 5th 6 to 8:30pm | | September 16, Friday | PTO meeting 8:45am, cafeteria | September 19, Monday | Innisbrook fundraiser begins | September 19, Monday | Kindergarten starts 2 full days | September 19, Monday | Cub Scouts Pack 185 Open meeting - all welcome! 7pm, Bates Cafeteria | September 19, Monday | Wellesley Service League Toy Drive | | September 20, Tuesday | All school Assembly Roots American Music Collective 9:30am - Bates Gym | | September 20, Tuesday | Bates Elementary T-Shirt Sales start | September 23, Friday | Coffee with the Principal 8:45 - 9:45am | | September 24, Saturday | Moving Planet Event, 10am - 2pm, Municipal Light Plant | | September 27, Tuesday | Bates Elementary T-Shirt Sales END! | | September 27, Tuesday | Kindergarten Creative Arts Pumpernickel Puppets 9am - Cafeteria - Parents Welcome! | | September 28, Wednesday | Keep off the grass! New seed on back playground | September 29, Thursday | NO SCHOOL - Rosh Hashanah | October 3rd, Monday | Innisbrook fundraiser ENDS! | | October 5th, Wednesday | International Walk to School Day | | October 5th, Wednesday | Pumpkin Fair Committee Chair Mtg 9:15am - Cafeteria | | October 7th, Friday | Innisbrook checks due | | October 8th, Saturday | Kids Raffle Donations Due | October 10th, Monday | NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day | | October 11, Tuesday | Picture forms / on-line confirmations due | | October 11, Tuesday | PTO meeting 7:30pm - Town Budget Process w/ School Committee | October 14th, Friday | Picture Day | | October 14, Friday | Pumpkin Sales 3 - 4pm Bates Gym | | October 14, Friday | Sweet Treats Due | | October 15, Saturday | Pumpkin Fair, 10am - 2pm | | October 21, Friday | Coffee with the Principal 8:45 - 9:45am | | October 23, Sunday | WOW Multicultural Event, 2 - 5pm Babson College Knight Center | | October 27, Thursday | PTO Speaker, Dr. Brooks, 7pm @ Bates “Nurturing Motivation and Resilience in Children” | | October 31, Monday | Bates Halloween Parade 9:00am | November 1, Tuesday | Early dismissal conferences | November 3, Thursday | Spelling Bee, 7pm @ Sprague | | November 10, Thursday | Coffee with the Principal 8:45 - 9:45am | | November 10, Thursday | Bingo Night! 7 - 9pm, Bates Cafeteria | | November 11, Friday | NO SCHOOL - Veteran’s Day | | November 14 & 15, Mon & Tues | Purchase Gratitude Grams @ pickup, 25 cents each | | November 17, Thursday | Drop Off Gratitude Grams in mailboxes at school | | November 18, Friday | PTO meeting 9am, cafeteria | | Nov 22, Tuesday - Nov 26, Saturday | Turn Out the Lights Celebration, Wellesley High School | Nov 24-25, Thu-Fri, & Nov 28, Mon | No school: Thanksgiving Break & Professional Development day | | Dec 2, Friday - Dec 7, Wednesday | Book Fair | December 6, Tuesday | Photo Retake Day | | December 7, Wednesday | Family Night at the Book Fair, 6 - 8pm, Bates Gym | | December 14, Wednesday | Holiday Luncheon for Teachers & Staff | | December 15, Thursday | Winter Concert - Band, Orchestra & Chorus, 8:45am, Bates Gym | | December 21, Wednesday | "Gifts of Winter" Assembly, 11am, Bates Gym | Dec 26, Monday -Jan 2, Monday | NO SCHOOL - Winter Break | January 3, Tuesday | School Opens | January 12, Thursday | Amazing Grace: MLK Dramatic History Program | | January 16, Monday | NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Day | January 20, Friday | PTO Meeting 9am, Bates Cafeteria | February 10, Friday | PTO meeting 9am | February 13, Monday | February Assembly | | February 17 - 27, Monday - Friday | NO SCHOOL - February Vacation | March 2 - 4, Friday - Saturday | Bates Ski Trip at Waterville Valley | March 8, Thursday | Natural Resource Commission Meeting - "Stump World" Review, 7pm Town Hall | March 9, Friday | PTO meeting 9am | March TBD | Bates Family Ski Trip | | March 15, Thursday | Bates in Bloom 6:30 - 8:00pm | | March 24, Saturday | Bates Auction, Knight Auditorium, Babson College | April 3, Tuesday | Early dismissal conferences | April 10, Tuesday | PTO meeting 7:30pm | | April 6, Friday | NO SCHOOL - Good Friday | | April 16 - 20, Monday - Friday | NO SCHOOL - April Vacation | | April 23, Monday | Kindergarten Starts Four Full Days | | May 28, Monday | NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day | | May TBD | Kindergarten Screening | | May TBD | PTO meeting, 7:30pm, Bates Library | | May TBD | Artstraveganza! | | June TBD | Family Picnic | | June TBD | Spring Concert | | June TBD | Field Day | | June 20, Wednesday | LAST DAY OF SCHOOL |
| |