ACADEMIC CALENDAR- 2024

FEBRUARY
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
12	MON	Staff report to school	All staff
13…	TUE…	Welcome session to new staff, Admission Committee Members begins admission processes		Admission Committee
14 …	WED…	Academic Planning -Delegation of roles and responsibilities and allocation of subjects, teachers and HoDs	All staff	Academic Head/SMT
15	THU	Students Report to School (IV – XII)
17	SAT	Orientation to admitted children’s parents. Distribution of admission forms.		Admission Committee
* February 21-23(Wed – Fri) – Birth Anniversary of His Majesty The King – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
27	MON	Regular classes begins, Nomination of captains	All trs/Stds, Students	Democracy Cooordinator
29	THU	Election campaign of captains, Orientation program for the incoming staff	All trs/Stds, New staff	Democracy Cooordinator, Principal
MARCH
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
1	FRI	Students Report to school (PP- III)
Week 2 & 3	Mar 4-16	Badminton (VII-VIII Girls) Table Tennis (VII-VIII Boys) Volleyball (IX-XII Girls) Basketball (IX-XII Boys)	Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 4th – Week 1 April	24/03 – 06/04	Badminton (VII-VIII Boys) Table Tennis (VII-VIII Girls) Volleyball (IX-XII Boys) Basketball (IX-XII Girls)	Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
6	WED	Election of Captains	Students	Demcocracy Coordinator
7	THU	Ferrous Sulphate & Folic Acid Tablet (Iron Tablet) begins	Stds	Health Coordinators
15	FRI	Invite Guest Speaker to speak on the origin of Boedra and Zhungdra and their significance.	Students	Dorji Dhondhen – Coordinator
24	SAT	World TB Day		Health Coordinators
25	MON	Monthly Test (Tentative)	Class PP – VI, Trs	Academic Secretary, Exam Coordinator
28	THU	Boedra Competition	Classes (VII – XII)	Dorji Dhondhen – Coordinator
29	FRI	Professional Development (PD) Program – First Round (Tentative)	Trs	PD Coordinators
APRIL
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
Week 1 & 2	1 to 13	Supplementation of Deworming Tablets & Vitamin – A, Carry out BMI activities (First Round)	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 3	15-20	Compilation of BMI Report	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 4	22-30	Follow Up of BMI (PP – III)	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 2 & 3	15-30	Badminton (IX-XII Boys) Table Tennis (IX-XII Girls) Football (VII-VIII Boys) Basketball (VII-VIII Girls)	Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 4 – May week – 1		Athletic, Sport Day	9 – 12 (both boys and girls	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
5	FRI	Reading Competition (PP – III)	Students	Dzongkha Literary Coordinator
12	FRI	Drug Awareness Program	All Students (IV – XII)	Non-Academic (PLAT)/Wellbeing Foval Person
* April 18th (Thursday) – Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung (Zhabdrung Kuchoe)- NATIONAL HOLIDAY
19	FRI	Orientation on Earthquake Preparedness.	All Students & Teachers	Disaster Coordinators (after schoolprogram)
26	FRI	Dzongkha Extempore speech	Classes (VII & VIII)	Dzo-Literary Coordinator
30	TUE	Monthly Test (Tentative)	Class PP – VI, Trs	Academic Secretary, Exam Coordinator
MAY
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
3	FRI	Inter – House Debate Competition (Level 4 to 6)	Students	Dzongkha Literary Coordinator (Primary Block)
11	SAT	Scouts Hiking	Students	Scouts Coordinators
Week 2 & 3	13-25	Football, Chess, Indigenous Game	IX-XII (both boys & girls), VII – VIII (both boys & girls)	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 4 – June week – 1	27/5 – 8/6	Chess, Football	IX-XII (both boys & girls), VII – VIII (both boys & girls)	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
* May 2nd (Thursday)- Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
8	Monday	Earthquake Mock Drill	Student and staff	Disaster Coordinator (Pri)
9	THU	Scouts Investure Ceremoney	Students and Teachers	Scouts Coordinators
10	FRI	Professional Development (PD) Program – Second Round (Tentative)	Trs	PD Coordinators
Week 3 & 4	May 15-27	Volleyball ( IX-XII Boys&Girls) Chess ( VII-VIII Boys&Girls)	VII-XII	SSI/Yeshi Thinley
17	FRI	Mass Cleaning Campaign & Uprooting of Marijuana ( School Campus)	Whole Scool Approach Program	Non – Academic Heads
* 23rd (Thursday) – Lord Buddha’s Parinirvana – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
24	FRI	Spelling Bee	Students (IV – VI)	English Literary Coordinator
27	MON	Monthly Test (Tentative)	Class PP – VI, Trs	Academic Secretary, Exam Coordinator
28	TUE	World Menstrual Hygiene Day Observation	Trs & Stds	Health Coordinators
31	FRI	Mid Term Question Paper Submission & Moderation, Dzongkha Debate	All Trs, Classes (IX & X)	HOD, Dzongkha Literary Coordinator
JUNE
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
3	MON	Submission of final/moderated question papers to respective exam coordinators and printing of question papers	All staff	Exam coordinator/HOD/Teachers
7	FRI	Printing of questions, Compilation of Mid Term Examination Question Paper (IV – VI)	Trs	HoDs, Exam Coordinators
10	MON	Printing of question papers for Mid Term Examination (IV – VI)		Exam Coordinator, Academic secretary
* June 16th (Sunday) – Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
17	MON	Mid Term Examination Begins (VII – XII)	Students & Trs	Exam Coordinators
17-18	MON – TUE	Briefing of Examination rules and regulations precribed by BCSEA to all the students	Students	Exam Coordinator/Exam Committee
19	WED	Seeting Examination halls & Seating Arrangement (Primary Block)	Trs. & Stds	Exam Coordinator
20	THU	Mid Term Examination Begins (IV – VI)
29	FRI	Talk on effective Vacation	Students (IV – XII)	Counsellor/Wellbeing Focal Person/Non – Academic Heads
JULY
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
Week 1 & 2	01-15 (Tentative)	Mid – Term Break/Sommer Break	Trs. & Stds of IV – VI	Exam Coordinatos
* July 10th (Wednesday) – First Sermon of Lord Buddha – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Week 3 & 4	15 – 27	Football, Volleyball	IV – VI (Boys) IV – VI (Girls)	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
16	TUE	Reporting after Summer Break	All Staff & Students
AUGUST
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
Week 2	8 to 16	Ferrous Sulphate & Filic Acid Tablet (Iron Tablet) begins	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 1 & 2	1st – 17th	Football, Volleyball	IV – VI (Girls) IV – VI (Boys)	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 3 & 4	19 – 31	Table Tennis (IV – VI) Girls Badminton (IV – VI) Boys Footblall & Badminton Coaching (selected students)	Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
10	SAT	Declaration of Midterm Examination Result (Tentative)		Class Teachers/Exam coordinator/EMIS
16	FRI	Invite Guest Speaker to talk about Degoor – The Traditional Game	Students	Dorji Dondhen – Coordinator
22	THU	Professional Development (PD) Program – Third Round (Tentative)	Trs	PD Coordinators
23	FRI	Lozay Competition	Classes (XI & XII)	Dzongkha Coordinator
30 – 31	FRI-SAT	School Annual Concert Show	Stds & Trs	Cultural coordinators
SEPTEMBER
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
Week 1 & 2	02 to 14	Supplementation of Deworming Tablet & Vitamin – A, Carry out BMI activities (Second Round)	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 3	16 – 21	Foolow Up of BMI (IV – VI)	Class Trs	Health Coordinators
Week 1 & 2	02-14	Table Tennis (IV – VI) Boys Badminton (IV – VI) Girls,	Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 3 & 4	16 – 30	Volleyball Coaching, Basketball Open Tournament (Pickup)	All Staff & Students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 2	Sept 2-6	Reading Week – Week long activities as per action plan	PP-XII	Literary Coordinators
6	FRI	Rhyme singing competition (PP-I) Rhyme Dramatization (II-III) Tsangmo & Lozay Competition (IV) Skit (English) Competition (V) Poem Dramatization (VI)	Students	English Literary Coordinator (Primary Block)
* September 23rd (Monday) – Blessed Rainy Day – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
9 to 14	……….	Reading Week Program	All Staff & Students	English Literary Coordinator (Secondary Block)
19th	FRI	Science Exhibition Day (Primary) (Tentative)	All staff & students	Science HoD, HoDs & Trs
27	SUN	Conduct a Degoor Game	Trs & Students	Dorji Dondhen – Coordinator
28	SAT	World Rabies Day		Health Coordinators
30	MON	Monthly Test (Tentative)	Class PP – VI, Trs	Academic Secretary, Exam Coordinator
OCTOBER
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
Week 1&2	01-12	Football Pickup Tournament	Mixed staff & students	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
Week 2 & 3	Jul-19	Chess	IV – VI (both boys and girls)	SSI/Games & Sports Coordinator
3	THU	Gadgets Exhibition – Scouts	Stds	Scouts Coordinator, Scout Masters
10	THU	Professional Development (PD) Program – Fourth Round (Tentative)	Trs	PD Coordinators
11	FRI	Trial Exam (VI, VIII) Question Paper Submission & Moderation	Trs	HOD
* October 12th (Saturday) – Dassain – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
15	MON	Observation of Global Handwashing Day, Printing of Trial Question Papers (VI)	Staff & Stds, Exam Committees	Health Coordinators, Exam Coordinator
23	WED	Trial Exam (VIII)	All Trs & Std	Exam Coordinators
25	FRI	Trial Examination begins for class VI	Stds & subject Trs	Exam Coordinator
28	MON	Monthly Test (Tentative)	Classs PP – VI, Trs	Academic Secretary, Exam Coordinator
31	THU	Annual Examination Question Paper Submission & Moderation, Red Flower Show – Scouts	Teachers, Trs & stds	HODs, Scouts Coordinator, Scout Masters
NOVEMBER
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
* November 1st (Friday) – Coronation day of His Majesty The King – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
4	MON	Submission of Moderated Examination Question Paper to Exam Coordinator for printing	All Trs	HOD
8 – 9	WED-THU	Annual (Home) Exam Question Paper Moderation		Exam Coordinators/HOD
15	FRI	Compilation of annual Examination Question Papers (IV – VI)	Subject Trs	HoDs, Exam Coordinator
20-29	……	Annual Examination begins (IV – VI)	Stds & Trs	Exam Coordinator
* November 11th (Monday) – Birth Anniversay of the 4th Druk Gyalpo/Constitution day – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
13	WED	Annual Examination (Home)		Exam Coordinators
* November 22nd (Friday) – Descending Day of Lord Buddha – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
DECEMBER
DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES	PARTICIPANTS	COORDINATOR(S)
* December 17th (Tuesday) – National Day – NATIONAL HOLIDAY
18	WED	Annual (Home Examination) Result Declaration Day	Trs and Std	Exam coordinator/EMIS/Class Trs