Bishop Shanahan High School
Calendar 2017-2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18Summer Reading Test Gr.9 (8:30-10:30)
Gr.10-12(11:30-1:30)
Flocco’s Shoe Sale 9-12:00 in Commons
19
Band Camp 6-9
20 21 22
23 24 25 26
Band Camp 6-9
27 28 29
30 31
July 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Last day to submit
PIAA Physical Forms
2
Band Camp 6-9
3 4 5
6 7 8
Summer Reading Test Gr.9 (8:30-10:30)
Gr.10-12(11:30-1:30)
9 10 11 12
13 14
First day of Fall
Sports
15 Assumption of
Blessed Virgin Mary
16
Band Camp 6-9
17 18 19
Football Scrimmage
vs. Norristown @
BSHS
Cheer Practice
20 21
All Administrators Opening Mtg. 9:00am Fall Coaches Meeting
6:30 pm
22Roster Changes
Gr. 12 (9-11:45) Gr. 10 & 11 (12:45-4) Summer Reading Test
Gr.9 (8:30-10:30) Gr.10-12(11:30-1:30)
23
Show Auditions 6-9
24
Gr. 9 Roster Changes A-J (8-11:45) K-M (12:45-4)
25
Gr. 9 Roster Changes N-R (8-11:45) S-Z (12:45-4)
7pm Football vs. W.
Philadelphia @ BSHS
26
27 28
Freshmen Welcome
Night
29 Freshmen
Welcome Night
Faculty Development at BSHS
30
Show Auditions 6-9
31
7pm Football @ Glen
Mills
August 2017
Student Council Camp 8/7—8/11 / Band Camp 8/7—8/11 (4-9pm)
Choral Clinic (Mixed Chorus 12:00-2:00) (Ensemble 2:00-3:00)
Cheer Camp August 20th—23rd All Squads
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 Labor Day
School and Offices
Closed
5
Teacher Orientation @ Bishop Shanahan Show Call Backs
6 Special Schedule
First day of school Grade 9 full day Grade 9 pictures
7 Special Schedule 10,11,12 students report
Grade 10 pictures
Show Call Backs
8 Bell 1 Full Day All Grades
Grade 11 Physicals Due
Grade 11 pictures
7pm Football @ Pottstown
9
10 11 Bell 1
Show First Rehearsal
Show Parent Meeting
7pm BSPA Board
12 Bell 1
Endowment Fund
Golf Outing
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Confessions
13 Bell 1
Confessions
Academic Board
14 Bell 1
Back to School
Gr. 9-10 7-9:30 pm
15 Bell 3
Opening Liturgy
Student Council Appli-
cation Due
7pm Football vs. WC East
@ BSHS
16
17 18 Bell 1 19 Bell 4
Uniform Inspections
Class Meetings
Gr 9 Per 1
Gr 11 Per 2
20 Bell 4
Student Council Elections
Class Meetings
Gr 10 Per 1
Gr 12 Per 2
Department Meetings
21 Bell 1
Back to School
Gr. 11-12 7-9:30 pm
7:30 AM Board of
Directors Meeting
22 Bell 1
Distribution of ring orders
and senior grad products
information in homeroom
7pm Football vs. Dtown
East @ BSHS
23
24 25 Bell 1
26 Bell 1 27 Bell 1
Faculty Meeting
28
No Classes Faculty
Professional Develop-
ment
29 Bell 1
7:40 Leadership Council
7pm Alumni Bingo
7pm Football @ Henderson
30
September 2017
Performance Series Assessment Window #1 September 6—October 13
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Neumann Scholarship
Exam 1:00—4:00
2 Bell 1 3 Bell 1
7th and 8th period
NHS practice till 4:00
7pm College Fair
4 Bell 1
7pm National Honor
Society Inductions
5 Bell 1
Respect Life Rally
6 Bell 3
Rosary Day
7pmFootball @ AvonGrove
7pm BSPA Painting with a
twist in commons
7
SAT @ BSHS 8:00
AM
8
Stand up and Cheer
Day
9 Bell 1
7pm BSPA General
Meeting
10 Bell 1
Academic Board
1st Quarter Failure
Warnings Due
11 Special Schedule
PSATS Grades 9-11
Grandparents Day
Senior Retreat
6pm Student Council
Gen Meeting in Cafe
12 Bell 1
7th and 8th period
student leadership
practice
13 Bell 3
Student Leadership
Installation 8:30 AM
7pm vs Dtwon West
@ BSHS
14
15 16 Bell 1
6:30 PM PHEAA
Workshop
17 Bell 1
Faculty, new Seniors,
Absent Underclassman
Yearbook Photo
Karaoke Lunches
18 Bell 3
Homecoming Assembly
Department Meetings
19 Bell 1
Class Color Day
New Student Breakfast
20 Special Schedule
Pep Rally
7pm Homecoming
Game vs. Oxford
21
7pm Homecoming
Dance
22
Alumni Remem-
brance Brunch @
BSHS
23 Bell 1 24 Bell 1
Winter Uniform be-
gins
25 Bell 1
Admissions Game
Juniors Per 1&2
Jr. Parents Welcome
Faculty Meetings
All Catholic Chorus Audi-
tions at St. Huberts4pm
26 Bell 1
6PM Principal Pastor DRE Dinner
All Catholic Strings
Auditions 4pm
4pm Kairos Begins
27 Bell 1
Kairos
7pm Football @
Coatesville
28
Shanahan Scholarship
Test 8:00 - 12:00
Kairos
29
Kairos Ends
30 Bell 1
Metanoia Rally all
Freshmen & Sopho-
mores
31 Bell 1
Halloween full day
Senior Privilege Dress
Up
October 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 No Classes Solemnity of All Saints
2 Bell 1
OCE Visit
Quarterly Testing
BSPA Dine and Donate
at PJ’s
3 Bell 1
7:40 Leadership
Council
Quarterly Testing
4
5
Show Tech Rehearsal 12-6 pm
6 Bell 1
Quarterly Testing
Show Dress Rehearsal 6-9 pm
7pm BSPA Board
7 Bell 1
Quarterly Testing
Winter PIAA Forms Due
Show Dress Rehearsal 6-9 pm
8 Bell 1
8:45 AM Scholarship
Breakfast
Academic Board
Show Dress Rehearsal
9 Bell 1
School Musical 10AM
10 Bell 1
End of 1st Quarter
Freshman Student Council Applications Due School Musical 7:30p
11
School Musical 2:00PM
12
Open House and Registration 12-3pm
13 Bell 1 2nd Quarter Begins Winter Coaches Meeting 6:30 PM
14 Bell 1
1st Qtr. Grades Due 8:30am
15 Bell 1
Department Meetings
16 Bell 1
7:30 AM Board of Di-
rectors Meeting
6:00pm Special Show
17 Bell 1
School Musical 7:30p
First day of Winter Sports
18
District Band, Orches-
tra, Chorus Auditions
School Musical 7:30p
19
School Musical 2:00P
20 Bell 1 21 Bell 3
Thanksgiving Liturgy
Powder Puff Game
22 No Classes
Principal Holiday
23 Bell 1
No Classes
Thanksgiving
24
No Classes
25
26 27 Bell 1
Classes Resume
28 Bell 1
TCHS Parents Welcome
Per. 1 Gr. 10
Per. 2 Teacher Acad.
Per. 3 Allied Health
Faculty Meeting
29 Bell 1
30 Bell 1
Freshman installation
practice 7-8 periods
November 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Bell 1
Freshman Advent Liturgy and Installation
7pm WC Christmas
Parade
2
Craft Show 9-3
3 First Sunday Advent
Craft show snow date
9-3
Cheer Regionals
4 Bell 1
Senior Advent Mass
Period 8
7pm BSPA Board
5 Bell 1
Parent Teacher Conference 3:00-8:00
6 Bell 1
Sophomore Advent
Mass Period 1
Academic Board
7 Bell 1
Junior Advent Mass
Period 2
8 No Classes
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception
4pm Kairos begins
9 Downingtown Christ-
mas Parade
All Catholic Band Audi-
tions
Kairos
10
Kairos
Tech Week
11 Bell 1
Kairos
12 Bell 1
Battle of the band
auditions 4-7
13 Bell 7
Christmas Concert
Matinee
Department Meetings
14
No Classes Profes-
sional Development
15 Bell 1
7pm Christmas Con-
cert and Art Expo
16
17 18 Bell 1
Confessions
19 Bell 1
Confessions
Battle of the band
auditions 4-7
20 Bell 1
Faculty Meeting
21 Bell 1
Post Battle of the
Bands
22 Bell 3
Lessons and Carrols
Christmas Holiday
begins at Dismissal
23
24 25
Christmas
26
Holiday
27
Holiday
28
Holiday
29
Holiday
30
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December 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Solemnity of Mary 2 Bell 1
Classes Resume
Full Day
3 Bell 1
Failure Warnings Due
@ 8:30 am
4 Bell 1 5 Bell 1
Faculty and Staff Christmas Celebration
6
Cheer State Qualifier
7 8 Bell 1
7pm BSPA General
Meeting
9 Bell 1
Battle of the Bands
Solo Practice
10 Bell 1
Academic Board
11 Bell 1 12 Bell 1
Leadership Meeting
7:40 AM
13
14
Performance Series
Window 1/16 –2/16
15
Martin Luther King Holiday School Closed
16 Bell 1 17 Bell 1
Semester in class ex-
ams
Department Meetings
18 Bell 1
Semester Tests
7:30 AM Board of direc-
tors meeting
19 Bell 3
Respect Life Mass March for Life DC
4pm Kairos Begins
20
Kairos
21
Kairos
22 Bell 1
Kairos
23 Bell 1
Battle of the Bands
Practice Bands
24 Bell 1
Semester Tests
Faculty Meeting
25 Bell 1
Semester Tests
26 Bell 1
Semester Test Make
up
End of 2nd Quarter
27
7:30 Father Daughter
Dance
28
Mother Son Breakfast
CYO Cheer Competition
29 Bell 1
3rd Quarter Begins
30 Bell 1
2nd Quarter grades
due 8:30 AM
31 Bell 1
January 2018
Catholic Schools Week January 28th—February 3rd Battle of the bands practice all week
District Band Festival Marple Newtown 1/11—1/13
District Chorus Festival Conestoga 1/25—1/27
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Bell 1 2 Bell 1
6:30 Battle of the
Bands
3
4 Super Bowl Sunday
All Catholic Band
5 Bell 1
BSPA Board
6 Bell 1
Class Meeting
Gr 9 Per 1
Gr 11 Per 2
7 Bell 1
Academic Board
Class Meeting
Gr 10 Per 1
Gr 12 Per 2
8 Bell 1 9 Bell 1
Gr 11 Roster Meeting
Period 1
7:40 Leadership
Council
10
Jr./ Sr. Winter Ball
7-10PM
11 12 Bell 1
Carnevale
13 Bell 1
Presidents Society
Reception
Gr10 Rstr Mtg Per 1
Gr 9 Rstr Mtg Per 2
14 Bell 3
Ash Wednesday
15 Bell 1
Department Meetings
Presidents Society
Reception Snow Date
16 Bell 1
Close of Performance
Series Window
17
18
First Sunday Lent
All Catholic Orchestra
Chest Mont Cheer
19
Presidents Day No
Classes Faculty Pro-
fessional Develop-
ment
20 Bell 1 21 Bell 1
Faculty Meeting
DECA States 2/21—
2/23
22 Bell 1
DECA States
23 Bell 1
Spring PIAA Forms
Due
DECA States
24
25
Cheer Kedron Com-
petition Ridley
26 Bell 1
6:30 PM Spring
Coaches Meeting
27 Bell 1 28 Bell 1
Academic Board
February 2018
Catholic Schools Week January 28th—February 3rd
Cheerleaders Florida Varsity only 2/9 –2/13 / District Orch 2/8—2/10
Cheerleaders Florida Varsity only 2/9 –2/13
Region Band Festival Garnett Valley 2/22—2/24
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Bell 1 2 Bell 1
BSPA Bingo
3
Freshman Sophomore
Dance
Forensics National
Qualifier
4 5 Bell 1
First day of Spring
Sports
6 Bell 1
7:00 pm Mandatory
Senior Prom Meeting
Failure Warnings Due
@ 8:30 am
7 Bell 1
Department Meeting
8 Bell 1 9 Bell 1
7:40 Leadership
Council Meeting
10
11
St. Patrick's Day Pa-
rade
All Catholic Chorus
12 Bell 1
Confessions
13 Bell 1
Faculty Meeting
Confessions
14 Bell 1
7th Grade Visitation
No Classes for students
15 Bell 1
7:30 AM Board of Direc-
tors Meeting
16 Bell 1
6:30 Mr. BSHS
17
Student Art show at
LaSalle
18 19 Bell 1 20 Bell 1 21 Bell 1
Open House 7pm
Quarterly Testing
22 Bell 1
Quarterly Testing
23 Bell 1
Quarterly Testing
24
Auction
25
Passion Sunday
26 Bell 1
Quarterly Testing
27 Bell 3 Way of the
Cross
28 No Classes
Faculty Retreat
29 Holy Thursday 30 Good Friday 31
March 2018
March 8-10 Regional Chorus BB PIAA Districts 3/9-3/10
BB PIAA Districts 3/13—3/14
Band Trip 3/25—3/31
March 22-24 Regional Orchestra
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Easter Sunday
Performance Series
Window April 3rd—
May 11
2 Easter Monday
Holiday
3 Bell 1
Classes Resume
4 Bell 1
Academic Board
Quarterly Make Up
5 Bell 1
Spring Respect Life
Rally
Arlington Trip
6 Bell 1
Snow Date 7th Grade
Visitation
End 3rd Quarter
4pm Kairos Begins
7
7th grade practice test
Kairos
8
Kairos
9 Bell 1
Begin 4th Quarter
Kairos
BSPA Board
10 Bell 1
8:30 AM Grades Due
Department Meetings
11 Bell 1
Open House Snow
Date
12 Bell 1
Kimmel Center Prac-
tice at BSHS
13 Bell 1
14
15
Junior Week
16 Bell 1
Junior Boys Retreat
Junior Girls Report
Concert of Excellence
Rehearsal at Kimmel
17 Bell 1
Junior Girls Retreat
Junior Boys Report
Concert of Excellence
at Kimmel Center
18 Bell 1
Junior Blue Dress
Down Day
Faculty Meeting
19 Bell 1
Junior practice per 1-
2
7:00pm Ring Liturgy
20 Bell 1
No Classes for Juniors
only
Junior Ring Dance
21
22 23 Bell 1 24 Bell 1 25 Bell 1 26 Bell 1 27 Bell 1
7:40 Leadership
Council Breakfast
28
29
2:00 PM Band Con-
cert
30 Bell 1
April 2018
DECA ICDC 4/21—4/25
DECA ICDC 4/21—4/25
April 18—21 All State Conference PMEA Lancaster
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Bell 1
Senior Failure Warnings
Due
2 Bell 1
Academic Board
3 Bell 1
7:30 AM Board of Di-
rectors Meeting
4 Bell 3
Marian Liturgy
5
SAT @ BSHS 8:00
AM
6 7 Bell 1
AM AP Chemistry
PM AP Psychology
8 Bell 1
Underclass Failure
Warnings Due
St. Agnes Mass Social
AP AM Spanish
AP PM Art History
AP PM Physics I
9 Bell 7
Spring Concert Matinee
Department Meetings
AP AM English
10
No Classes Holy Day
Ascension of Jesus
AP AM US Govt
11 Bell 1
7pm Spring Concert
AP AM US History
AP AM Studio Art
Close of Performance
Series #3
12
13 14 Bell 1
AP AM Biology
AP PM Physics
15 Bell 1
AP AM Calculus AB
16 Bell 1
Faculty Meeting
AP AM English
17 Bell 1
6:30 PM Academic
Honors Convocation
AP AM Comp Govt
AP PM Stat
18 Special Schedule
Freshman / Sophomore
retreat day
Senior Prom
No classes Juniors and
Seniors
AM AP Micro
AP PM Europ History
19
20
Fine Arts Banquet
21 Bell 1 22 Bell 4
EBCO Elections
Senior Prom Etiquette
Meeting
23 Bell 1
Junior Student Coun-
cil Elections
24 Bell 1 Sophomore
Student Council Elec-
tions
25 No Classes
Principal Holiday
26
27 28
Memorial Day
No Classes
29 Special Schedule
Senior Assessments
EOC ELA & Math
Assessments
30 Special Schedule
Senior Assessments
EOC ELA & Math
Assessments
31 Special schedule
Senior Assessments
EOC ELA Math
Assessments
May 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Bell 3
Senior Sports awards
Senior yearbook dis-
tribution End of Se-
mester 2 for Seniors
2
3 4 Bell 4
Senior Grades
Due 8:30 am
Senior Locker Cleanout
5 Bell 4
Junior Locker Clean
out
Graduation Practice
8:30 am
6 Bell 4 Sophomore
Locker clean out
9AMBaccalaureate Prac-
tice at St. Elizabeth’s
7 pm Baccalaureate
Mass at St. Elizabeth’s
7 Bell 1
Freshman Locker
clean out Senior
Underclass In Class
Exams Graduation
Practice 9:00 am
8 No Classes
Graduation
Ceremonies at Bishop
Shanahan
10:00 am
9
10 11 Special schedule
Underclassman
Exams 10:45 AM
Early Dismissal Fac-
ulty Report Full Day
12 Special schedule
Underclassman
Exams 10:45 AM
Early Dismissal Fac-
ulty Report Full Day
13 Bell 3
End of Year Mass and
Awards Book Return
Final Locker Clean
Outs
14 No Classes
Faculty Clerical Day
15
4th Quarter and 2nd
semester ends
16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
June 2018
Behavior Modification Summer School - June 18-22