August 1, 2008                                First day for JPSD teachers                                                           

August 7, 2006                                Students report

August 11, 2008                              Group of Five

August 19, 2008                              Orientation for 2008-2009Base Pair students

September 1, 2008                        Labor Day holiday (JPSD, UMC)

September 1, 2008                        Deadline for MSTA

September 18, 2008                      Early Release Professional Development Day

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

September 19, 2008                      Parent/Teacher Conference Day (JPSD)

September 22-23,2008                 HHMI Visit

October , 2008                                JMAS – Oxford, MS

October 15,2008                             NABT – Memphis, TN

October 17, 2008                            Early Release Professional Development Day

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

October 20-21, 2008                      MSTA

October 20-21, 2008                      Recruitment for 2009 Summer Research Institute Begins

October 26, 2008                            Heart Walk

November 10, 2008                        Community Science Forum

November 1, 2008                          Deadline to submit to Mississippi Academy of Science

November 21, 2008                        Early Release Professional Development Day

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

November 24-28, 2008                  Thanksgiving Holiday (JPSD)

December 19, 2006                       Winter Holiday Break begins (JPSD)

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

January 6, 2009                              Students return

January 8, 2009                              UMC reception for students, mentors and parents

January 8, 2009                              Mentor/student Orientation meeting

January 19, 2009                            Martin Luther King Holiday (JPSD, UMC)

February 5, 2009                             Early Release Professional Development Day

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

February 6, 2009                             Parent/Teacher Conference Day (JPSD)

February 21-23, 2009                    Trip to Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting - Mississippi State, MS

March                                                Regional Science Fair

March                                                State Science Fair

March 7, 2009                                 Early Release Professional Development Day

                                                            (60% day for students) (JPSD)

March 16-20, 2009                         Spring Break

March, 2008                                     NSTA New Orleans, LA (deadline to apply to present March 2007)

March 31, 2009                               Deadline for submission of SHRP Abstracts

March 30, 2009                               Deadline for 2009 Summer Research Institute Applications

April 10 & 13, 2009                         Easter Observance

April 15, 2008                                  Deadline to order Title Poster Boards for SHRP Research Day

April 2009                                          Community Science Forum

May 1, 2009                                      SHRP Research Day (tentative)

May 8-15, 2009                                INTEL

May 18, 2009                                   Group of Five Wrapup Meeting for 2008-2009

May 22, 2009                                   Last day for students (JPSD)

                                                            60% Day for Students