Aug. 1: First day of school

Aug. 1 -14: Georgia Kindergarten Assessment (GKAP)

Aug. 17: Board of Education meeting

Aug. 28-31 and Sept. 1: Norm-referenced test (ITBS 3rd, 5th, and 8th), career assessment (8th)

Sept. 4: Labor Day holiday

Sept. 7: Board of Education meeting

Sept. 11-15: Georgia High School Graduation Test Retest (12th)

Sept. 18-22: Fall break

Sept. 26-28: Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) ( 2nd, 4th, and 6th)

Sept. 26-27: Georgia High School Graduation Writing Test (11th)

Oct. 5: Board of Education meeting

Oct. 11: End of first nine-week grading period

Oct. 18: Report cards and Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (Grades 9,10, and 11)

Oct. 19: Board of Education meeting

Nov. 2: Board of Education meeting

Nov. 6-10: GHSGT retest (12th)

Nov. 7: No school for students: staff development day

Nov. 9: Writing Assessment (grade 9)

Nov. 20-24: Thanksgiving Holidays

Dec. 7: Board of Education Meeting

Dec. 11-15: End of Course Test

Dec. 22: End of first semester

Dec. 25-Jan. 5: Winter holidays

Jan. 8: No school for students, teacher work day

Jan. 9: First day of second Semester

Jan. 12: Report cards *

Jan. 15: MLK Holiday

Jan. 17-18: Georgia Writing Assessment (grade 8)

Jan. 18: Board of Education meeting

Feb. 1: Board of Education meeting

Feb. 19-23: Winter break

March 7-8: Georgia Writing Assessment (grade 5)

March 7-8: Cherokee County Writing Assessment (4th, 6th & 7th)

March 15: Board of Education meeting

March 19: End of third nine-week grading period

March 26: Report cards *

April 2-6: Spring break

April 19: Board of Education meeting

April 23-May 2: Georgia Criterion-Reference Competency Tests

May 3: Board of Education meeting

May 7-17: End of course test

May 17: Board of Education meeting

May 25: Last day of School

June 4: First day of summer school