Academic Calendar 2011-2012
September 2011
9/8 First day of school
9/10 ACT
9/10 ISEE registration for 10/22 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
9/14-10/12 SHSAT registration through school counselors
9/16 ACT registration deadline for 10/22 test (late reg. until 9/30)
9/20 Middle & Upper Independent School Fair @ Loyola School
9/21 SAT registration deadline for 10/1 test
9/23 SSAT registration deadline for 10/15 test (late reg. until 9/30)
9/29-9/30 Rosh Hashanah, schools closed
October 2011
10/1 SAT & Subject Tests
10/6 SHSAT registration deadline by middle school guidance counselor
10/10 Columbus Day, schools closed
10/11 ISEE registration for 11/19 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
10/12 or 10/15 PSAT/NMSQT (sign up at your high school)
10/15 SSAT
10/21 SAT registration deadline for 11/5 test
10/21 SSAT registration deadline for 11/12 test (late reg. until 10/28)
10/22 ISEE (Poly Prep)
10/22 – 10/23 NYCDOE Borough High School Fairs
10/22 ACT
10/29-10/30 SHSAT for all 8th graders
November 2011
11/2 Election Day, schools closed
11/4 ISEE registration for 12/3 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
11/4 ACT registration deadline for 12/10 test (late reg. until 11/18)
11/5 SHSAT for all 9th graders and students testing with accomodations
11/5 SAT & Subject Tests
11/10 ISEE registration for 12/10 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
11/11 Veterans Day, schools closed
11/12 SSAT
11/18 SSAT Registration deadline for 12/10 test (late reg. until 11/25)
11/19 ISEE (@ Horace Mann, Poly Prep)
11/20 SHSAT make-up for Sabbath observers
11/20 SAT registration deadline for 12/3 test
11/24-11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday, schools closed
December 2011
12/2 NYC High School applications due to Guidance Counselors
12/3 SAT & Subject Tests
12/3 ISEE (@ Poly Prep, Marymount, Brearley, Riverdale)
12/8 ISEE registration for 1/21 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
12/10 ISEE (@ Staten Island Academy, Town School)
12/15 ISEE registration for 1/21 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
12/16 SSAT registration deadline for 1/7 test (late reg. until 12/23)
12/17-1/2 Winter Recess, most Independent Schools
12/24-1/2 NYCDOE Winter Recess
January 2012
1/3 Classes resume
1/7 SSAT
1/13 ACT registration for 2/11 test – Not in NY (late reg. until 1/20)
1/13 SAT registration deadline for 1/28 test
1/14 ISEE (@ Poly Prep)
1/16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools closed
1/13 SSAT registration deadline for 2/4 test (late reg. until 1/20)
1/21 ISEE (@ Spence)
1/24-1/27 NYS Regents Exams
1/28 SAT & Subject Tests
1/30 NYCDOE spring semester end for high school students (no school, grades 9-12)
1/31 NYCDOE spring semester begins for high school students
February 2012
2/4 SSAT
2/8 ISAAGNY decision date for all Grade 2-8 applicants
2/10 SSAT registration deadline for 3/3 test (late reg. until 2/17)
2/11 ACT – Not offered in New York City
2/13-2/14 Midwinter Recess for many Independent Schools
2/11 ISAAGNY decision date for all K-1 applicants
2/11 ISAAGNY parent reply date for all K-1 applicants (by noon)
2/16 (“not before 2/16”) ISAAGNY decision date for all Grade 9-11 applicants
2/20-2/24 NYCDOE Midwinter Recess
2/24 SAT registration deadline for 3/10 test
March 2012
3/2 ISAAGNY parent reply date for all Grade 2-8 applicants (by noon)
3/3 SSAT
3/9 ACT registration deadline for 4/14 test (late reg. until 3/23)
3/10 SAT (no SAT Subject Tests)
3/11 ISEE registration for 4/14 test date (Deadline is 3 weeks prior to test date, but space at each location is limited. When filled, you will be given alternate test site and/or date so sign up as early as possible to make sure you get the where and when you want.)
3/16 ISAAGNY reply date for all Grade 9-11 applicants (by noon)
3/17-4/1 Spring Recess, some Independent Schools
3/30 SSAT registration deadline for 4/21 test (late reg. until 4/6)
April 2012
4/6 – 4/15 NYCDOE Spring Recess
4/14 ACT
4/14 ISEE (@ Friends Seminary)
4/17-4/18 NYS ELA Exam, grades 3-8
4/20 SAT registration deadline for 5/5 test
4/21 SSAT
4/23-4/24 NYS Math Exam, grades 3-8
May 2012
5/4 ACT registration deadline for 6/9 test (late reg. until 5/18)
5/5 SAT & Subject Tests
5/7-5/18 AP Exams
5/22 SAT registration deadline for 6/2 test
5/18 SSAT registration deadline for 6/9 test (late reg. until 5/25)
5/23-6/1 NYS Science Performance Test, grades 4 & 8
5/28 Memorial Day, schools closed
End of May-Early June Last Day of classes/Finals/Graduation, most Independent Schools
June 2012
6/2 SAT & Subject Tests
6/4 NYS Science Written Test, grades 4 & 8
6/7 Chancellor’s Conference Day for staff development, public schools closed to students
6/9 ACT
6/9 SSAT
6/13-6/22 NYS Regents Exams
6/27 NYCDOE Last day of school