FEBRUARY
25 Grad Nite Meeting, teachers’ lounge,
DHS, 7:00 pm
Meeting for volunteers for the DHS Drama
Prelim Competition, 7:00 pm,
student lounge
26 SEPAC Presentation, BRAIN GYM
7:00-9:00 pm, Duxbury Free Library
MARCH
2 School Council, 4:00 pm, Rm #303
3 DEF SPELLING BEE, 6:15 pm, PAC
4 School Committee Mtg., 7:00 pm,
Alden School
5 PTA Mtg., 9:30 am, 9:15, Volunteer
Orientation, Rm #303
5-15 DEF Entertaining for Education
6 K-5 Term ends
12 Smarter Than a Fifth Grader,
6:30-8:30 pm, PAC
14 TOWN MEETING
20 NO SCHOOL,
Professional Development Day
21 Town Elections
23 K-5 Report Cards,
School Council, 4:00 pm, Rm #303
24 Incoming Kindergarten
Orientation, 7:00 pm, Café
25 Early dismissal, 12:00 pm,
Parent/Teacher Conferences
26 Early dismissal, 12:00 pm,
Parent/Teacher Conferences
28 TOWN ELECTIONS
28/29 Duxbury/Booster Annual
Spring Antique Show,
DHS, Sat. 10 – 5 pm,
Sun. 11 – 4 pm
PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO SCHOOL
on MARCH 20, 2009, due to a full day of
professional development for the teachers. The
school calendar was printed incorrectly.
TIME CHANGES FOR THE 2009-2010
SCHOOL YEAR
At its meeting on Wednesday, February 4, 2009,
the School Committee voted to change the start
and end times of the district's four schools. The
new times will be as follows
Alden School
7:30 AM to 1:45 PM
Duxbury Middle School 8:15 AM to 2:45 PM
Duxbury High School
8:15 AM to 2:45 PM
Chandler School
9:10 AM to 3:25 PM
Six years ago, a committee had read a great deal
of research explaining that adolescents perform
better and are healthier if their unique sleep needs
are met. No change in start and end times was
implemented at that time. Just over a year ago,
Superintendent Skeiber, Assistant Superintendent
Walsh, and the co-chairs of the respective sch