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2008 School Calendar

The King David School Calendar details the many events which take place at the School during the year.

Copies of The School's 2008 Wall Calendar are available at the front offices of each campus. You can also download the calendar in PDF Format by clicking the link below:

> 2008 School Calendar<

Calendar Dates are also listed below.

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January
Tuesday 1	New Year’s Day – Public Holiday
Monday 7	School Office Opens
Monday 14 – Tuesday 15	Pre-School Staff Days
Wednesday 16	Pre-School Opens
Monday 21 – Wed 30	Holiday Program
Wednesday 23	Book Collection; Uniform Shop Open
Thursday 24	Uniform Shop Open
Saturday 26	Australia Day
Monday 28	Australia Day – Public Holiday
Tuesday 29	Uniform Shop Open
Wednesday 30	Year 7 Orientation
Thursday 31	TERM 1 Begins

February
Monday 4	Year 5–6 Orientation
Monday 4 – Friday 8	Year 7 Camp
Tuesday 5	Year 3–4 Orientation
Wednesday 6	Prep –Year 2 Orientation
Friday 8	New Parents’ Coffee Morning
Monday 11	Year 9–10 Orientation
Tuesday 12	Year 8 Orientation
Wednesday 13	VCE Year 12 Orientation
Thursday 14	Kinder Orientation
Friday 15	Southwick Campus Open Morning
Sunday 17	New Parents Cocktail Evening
Monday 18	Back to School Service
Tuesday 19	Southwick Campus Photos
Wednesday 20	Pre-school Orientation
Thursday 21	Year 11 Orientation
Friday 22	KDS Swimming Carnival Year 5–12; Magid Campus Open Morning
Monday 25 – Friday 29	Year 6 Camp
Tuesday 26	Magid Institute Photos
Friday 29	BDPSSA Swimming; Southwick Campus Open Morning

March
Monday 3 – Thursday 20	Year 9 Camp
Tuesday 4 March	Casual Day for Fete
Wednesday 5 March	Central Zone Swimming
Friday 7	Magid Campus Open Morning
Friday 7– Monday 10	KDS Parents’ Association Camp
Monday 10	Labour Day Public Holiday (School Closed)
Thursday 13	EISM Swimming Carnival
Friday 14	KDSPA Women’s Brunch; Southwick Campus Open Morning
Monday 17	BDPSSA Diving
Tuesday 18	Casual Day for Fete
Wednesday 19	Magid Campus Photos; EISM Sports Finals Years 10–12
Thursday 20	EISM Sports Finals Years 8-9
Friday 21	Purim; Public Holiday (School Closed)
Monday 24	Public Holiday (School Closed)
Tuesday 24	Purim Celebrations at School
Thursday 27	Southwick Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday 28	Magid Campus Open Morning
Sunday 30	King’s Carnival School Fete
Monday 31– Friday 4	Year 8 Camp

April
Thursday 3	Magid Institute Parent Teacher Interviews (A–K)
Friday 4	Southwick Campus Open Morning
Sunday 6	Scholarship Exam; (Daylight Saving Time Ends)
Monday 7	Magid Campus Parent Teacher Interviews (A-K)
Tuesday 8	Magid Institute Parent Teacher Interviews (L- Z)
Wednesday 9	Magid Campus Parent Teacher Interviews (L-Z); EISM Swimming Championships; Southwick Model Seder
Thursday 10	Year 12 Music Recital; Magid Campus Pesach Celebrations
Friday 11	Term 1 Ends
Monday 14 –Thursday 17	Holiday program
Friday 18	Pesach preparation – Pre-school & Office Closed
Monday 21– Friday 25	Pre-school & Office Closed
Friday 25	ANZAC Day Public Holiday - School Closed
Monday 28	Staff Conference
Tuesday 29	Terms 2 Begins
Wednesday 30	Year 7 2009 Information Evening

May
Thursday 1	Yom Hashoa Communal Event
Friday 2	Yom Hashoa; Magid Campus Open Morning
Monday 5	Yesh Information Night
Wednesday 7	Yom Ha’Zikaron; Yom Ha’Atzmaut Communal Event
Thursday 8	Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Friday 9	KDS Athletics Carnival Years 5-12; Southwick Campus Open Morning
Monday 12	EISM Athletics; Senior Drama Production
Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15	AIM Tests Year 3,5,7,9; Senior Drama Production
Friday 16	Magid Campus Open Morning
Monday 19 – Friday 23	Year 5 Camp
Monday 19	BDPSSA Cross-Country
Thursday 22	EISM Athletics Championships
Friday 23	Lag B’Omer; Magid Campus Open Morning
Tuesday 27	Central Zone Cross-Country
Thursday 29	Night of the Unique Thinkers
Friday 30	Southwick Campus Open Morning

June
Monday 2	Yom Yerushalayim
Wednesday 4 – Friday 6	Year 10 – 11 Exams
Thursday 5	Year 7 Kabbalat Torah
Friday 6	Southwick Campus Open Morning; Shavuot Celebrations; BDPSSA Winter Round Robin
Monday 9	Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday (School, Office and Daycare Closed)
Tuesday 10	Student Free Day; Pre-school Open
Wednesday 11 – Friday 13	Year 9–11 Exams; VCE Exams
Friday 13	Magid Campus Open Morning; GAT exam
Thursday 19	School Formal
Friday 20	Magid Campus Open Morning
Monday 23 – Friday 27	Yearar 10 Careers Expo
Friday 27	Term 2 Ends; Wassertheil Public Speaking Competition
Monday 30	Holiday Program

July
Tuesday 1 – Friday 11	Holiday Program
Monday 14	Staff Conference (Pre-School Closed)
Monday 7 – Monday 14	Netzer Winter Camp
Tuesday 15	Term 3 Starts
Monday 21 – Wed 23	Magid Institute Literary Festival
Friday 25	Southwick Campus Open Morning
Wednesday 30	Year 8/10 Subject Information Evening
Thursday 31	VTAC Information Evening

August
Monday 4	Year 12 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Tuesday 5	Snowsport Championships
Wednesday 6 - Friday 15	Year 10 Camp
Friday 8	Magid Campus Open Morning
Friday 15	Pre-school Grandparent Shabbat
Monday 18 - Friday 22	Book Week at Southwick & Magid Campuses
Tuesday 19	Magid Campus Parent Teacher Interviews (L–Z)
Friday 22	Year 2 Family Shabbat
Sunday 24	KDSPA Fashion Parade
Monday 25	BDPSSA Athletics
Tuesday 26	Magid Parent Teacher Interviews (A–K)
Friday 29	Southwick Campus Open Morning

September
Monday 1	EISM Golf Day
Thursday 4	Southwick Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday 5	McDonald’s Cup Basketball Championship
Tuesday 9	Year 9–11 Parent Teacher
Wednesday 10	VCE Arts Evening; EISM Cross Country; Central Zone Athletics
Thursday 11	Junior School Sports Day (Prep–Year 4)
Friday 12	Magid Campus Open Morning
Monday 15 - Thursday 18	Senior School Musical
Friday 19	Term 3 Ends
Monday 22 – Friday 26	Holiday Program
Monday 29	Erev Rosh Hashana (Office and Pre-school Closed)
Tuesday 30	Rosh Hashana (Office and Pre-school Closed)

October
October 1	Rosh Hashana (Office and Pre-school Closed)
Thursday 2 – Friday 3	Holiday Program
6 October – 2 November	VCE Oral and Performance Exams from
Monday 6	TERM 4 STARTS
Wednesday 8	Erev Yom Kippur (School Closes 12 noon)
Thursday 9	Yom Kippur (School Closed)
Tuesday 14	Succot (School Closed)
Thursday 16	Year 11 Theatre Studies Evening
Friday 17	BDPSSA Summer Sports begin
Tuesday 21	Shemini Atzeret/Simchat (School Closed)
Friday 24	Last Day Year 12; Southwick Campus Grandparents Shabbat
Wednesday 29	Sports Awards Evening; Year 4 Camp starts
Thursday 30 – Friday 31	Year 3 & 4 Camp
Friday 31	Kinders Grandparents Shabbat, VCE Exams begin

November
Monday 3 – Thursday 6	Middle School Musical
Tuesday 4	Melbourne Cup Day (School Closed)
Wednesday 12	Kindergartens Concert
Tuesday 18	Year 7 Kabbalat Torah
Wednesday 19	Junior School Musical
Thursday 20 – Friday 28	Year 9 – 11 exams; VCE Exams end 21 November
Monday 24	Staff Conference Day (Pre-school and Office Open)

December
Mon 1 – Wed 3	Year 11 Camp
Tuesday 2	Year 7 2009 Orientation Day
Thursday 4	Shakespeare Evening
Sunday 7	Close Encounters with Music
Wednesday 10	Kindergarten Picnic; Presentation Evening
Sunday 14	Secondhand Book Sale
Tuesday 16	TERM 4 ENDS (12 Noon); Staff Conference
Wednesday 17	Last Day Pre-school; Staff Conference
Wednesday 17 – Friday 19	Holiday program
Monday 22	Chanukah begins