Motivational Events: 1st Semester

AUGUST
-National Inventors Month
-1-30: Ramadan (Islam) Eid al Fitr: 3 day festival at end 
-12-13: Perseid Meteor Showers
-13-16: Bon Festival: Festival of Lanterns: Japan: honors the ancestors
-21: Hawaii admitted to the US, becoming the 50th state in 1959
-26: Womens Equality Day, 19th amendment right to vote

SEPTEMBER
-Library Card sign up month
-National Emergency Preparedness Month: FEMA
-Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
-2: Christa McAuliffe's birthday: NEA teacher, perished in the Challenger expedition
-6: Labor Day
-8: International Literacy Day
-11: Patriot Day
-11-17: Arts in Education Week
-15-Oct15: Hispanic Heritage Month
-16: Mexican Independence Day
-17: Citizenship/Constitution Day: 1787 members of Congress signed the Constitution of the US
-21: International Day of Peace: United Nations
-23: Autumnal Equinox
-25: Little Rock School Desegregation
-26: Family Day: eat dinner with your kids to prevent drug use
-29-30: Roshashanah: Judaism New Year

OCTOBER
-Bullying Prevention Month
-Cyber Safety Awareness Month
-2: Gandhi's birthday: International Day of Nonviolence
-4-10: World Space Week
-5: World Teacher Day
-5: International Walk to School Day
-8: Yom Kippur: Judaism Day of Atonement
-9-15: Earth Science Week
-10: Metric Week
-11: Columbus Day
-16: World Food Day
-16-22: Character Counts Week
-16-22: Teen Read Week
-16-22: Chemistry Week
-17: Multicultural Diversity Day
-17-21: School Bus Safety Week
-20: Day of Writing
-22: Make a Difference Day
-24: United Nations Day
-28: Statue of Liberty Day
-31: Halloween

NOVEMBER
-Native American Heritage Month
-6: Eid al Adha: Islam Feast of Sacrifice
-6: End of Daylight Savings Time
-8: Election Day
-9: Mix it up at lunch Day
-9: Fall of the Berlin Wall
-11: Veterans Day
-13-19: American Education Week
-14-20: Geography Awareness Week
-17-Dec29: Velvet Revolution: Czechoslovakia
-19: Gettysburg Address Anniversary
-24: Thanksgiving
-26-Dec24: Muharran: Islam New Year

DECEMBER
-Books Across America Month
-5-11: Computer Science Week
-7: Pearl Harbor Day
-10: Human Rights Day: United Nations
-15: Bill of Rights Day
-16: Boston Tea Party Anniversary
-17: Wright Brothers Flight Anniversary
-20-28: Hanukkah: Judaism Festival of Lights
-22: Winter Solstice
-25: Christmas
-26: Disbanding of Soviet Union
-26-Jan1: Kwanzaa: Africa First Fruits Celebration
-31: New Years Eve