2017 2018 school calendar | semester 1revised 1/11/2018 ~ january ~ 9 classes resume: 3rd quarter...

2017-2018 School Calendar | Semester 1

26351 Junipero Serra Road • San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Phone: 949.493.9307 • Fax: 949.493.9308 • www.jserra.org

~ August ~ 2-4 New International Student Orientation

2 Transfer Student Orientation (Center Room)

4 Link Crew Training (Pavilion)

5 Senior Paint Day-Parking

7 Freshman Student Orientation I & Mass

7 Freshman Parent Orientation & Mass

8 Freshman Student Orientation II

8 10, 11, & 12 Grade Orientation (Center Room)

9 Freshman Day Retreat (Mariners Church)

10 1st Day of School+

10 Club Fair (Center Room)

11 Powerful Essay Writing Tips (Senior English)

14 1st Freshman Parent Welcome Dinner

15 Opening Mass/Alumni Mass (Pavilion)

15 TNL Kick-Off (Doheny State Beach)

15 2nd Freshman Parent Welcome Dinner

15-16 School Photos (Center Room)

16 3rd Freshman Parent Welcome Dinner

17 Coffee with Courtney (Center Room)

19 Welcome Back Mass and Bash (Pavilion)

21 4th Freshman Parent Welcome Dinner

22 TNL (Chick-fil-A, Laguna Niguel)

23 Make-Up Photos (Center Room)

24 Last day to make schedule changes

24 Back to School Night

25 Diocesan Convocation (Student Holiday)

26 Welcome Back Dance (Pavilion)

25 Varsity Football vs. Corona del Mar (Away)

29 TNL (Center Room)

29 Senior College Prep Meeting (Center Room)

30 Senior College Prep Meeting (Center Room)

31 Senior Parent Night—Counseling Dept.

~ September ~ 1 Varsity Football vs. Alemany (Home)

4 Labor Day (School Holiday)

5 TNL (Center Room)

7 Freshman Parent Night—Counseling Dept.

~ September ~ 8 Varsity Football vs. Bishop Amat (Home)

12 College Chat: College Testing (Library)

12 XLT Kick Off (Center Room)

13 NHS Initiation Mass (Pavilion)

14 JSPA 1st Quarterly Meeting (Center Room)

15 Varsity Football vs. Vista Murrieta (Away)

19 TNL (Doheny State Beach) 19 Red Cross Blood Drive (Center Room) 20 Patrons Day Mass & Celebration (Pavilion)

22 Principal/President Coffee (Library)

22 Varsity Football vs. Los Alamitos (Home)

25 Faculty In-Service (Student Holiday) 27-29 Sophomore Retreat (Oakbridge)

29 Choral Fall Concert (St. Edwards the Confessor)

~ October ~ 2-6 Awareness Week 3 TNL (Center Room) 4 Grandparents Mass (Pavilion) 6 Last Day of the First Quarter+ 6 Varsity Football vs. Servite (Away) 9 2nd Quarter Begins+ 10 TNL (Center Room) 11 All School Testing (Buildings 1 & 3) 11 Parent Teacher Conferences (Pavilion) 12 College Fair (Pavilion) 13 Last day to make schedule changes 13 Varsity Football vs. OLU (Away) 17 8th Grade Visitation Day 17-20 Kairos 37 (Oakbridge)

19 Middle School Collaboration Breakfast

19 TNL Movie Night (Room 1223) 20 Varsity Football vs. Mater Dei (Away) 21 Mock Trial Tournament 21 Orchestra Fall Concert (Off Campus) 23-27 Spirit Week

24 XLT (Center Room)


26 Open House (Pavilion & Academic Campus)

27 Fall Pep Rally (Pavilion)

27 Homecoming Varsity Football vs. SMCHS

28 Homecoming Dance (Pavilion)

~ October ~ 28 Class of 2007 Reunion

30 JSerra Annual Golf Tournament (El Niguel)

30 TNL (Center Room)

~ November ~ 1-30 Operation Christmas Love

1 All Saints Mass

1-4 Fall Play (Arts Project of Orange County)

2 JSPA 2nd Quarter Meeting (Center Room)

3 Student Holiday

3 Varsity Football vs. St. John Bosco (Home)

7 College Chat: Testing/Rev Prep (Library)

7 TNL (Doheny State Beach)


11 Mock Trial Tournament (Center Room)

12 Athletic Open House (Pavilion)

15 Junior Ring Mass (Pavilion)

15-17 Junior Retreat (Off Campus)


17 Dance Fall Concert (Lag. Hills Comm. Center)

20-24 Thanksgiving Break

27 Classes Resume

29 Eucharistic Procession

29 XLT (SMCHS)

30-1 Freshman Overnight Retreat (Off Campus)

~ December ~ 1 JSPA Advent Tea (Center Room)

5 TNL (Ruby’s, San Juan Capistrano) 7 JSPA Christmas Luncheon & Boutique 8 Immaculate Conception Mass (Pavilion) 12 TNL (Center Room) 14 Last Day of Online Instruction+ 14 Ugly Sweater Day

15 Elective, Magnet, and Online First Semester Finals

15 Christmas Choral Concert (Off Campus) 18-20 First Semester Finals

20 Kids 4 Kids Party (Center Room)

22 Christmas Break Begins

*Dates are subject to change.* +Applicable to Online Instruction.

*Mass will be held every Wednesday at 10:25 a.m. unless otherwise noted

on the calendar or on the JSerra website.

1/11/2018 Revised

~ January ~ 9 Classes Resume: 3rd Quarter Begins+

11-12 Freshman Overnight Retreat (Off Campus)

12 Last Day to Make Schedule Changes+

15 MLK Day (School Holiday)

16 Counseling College Chat: Naviance Training

16 TNL (Chick-fil-A, Laguna Niguel)

20 High School Placement Test #1

21 Open House (Pavilion & Academic Campus)

23-26 Kairos 38 (Off Campus)

25 PSAT Score Back Night for Sophomore & Juniors (Center Room)

26 Used Uniform Sale (Center Room)

30 XLT (Chapel)

~ February ~ 1-3 Winter Play (Black Box)


3 High School Placement Test #2

5-9 Spirit Week

6 TNL (Center Room)

8 NCAA Night for Prospective College Athletes


9 Winter Pep Rally (Pavilion)

10 Winter Formal Dance (Off Campus)

13 Fat Tuesday (Athletic Fields)

14 Ash Wednesday

14-16 Junior Retreat (Off Campus)

15 Winter Showcase (Soka University)

16 Faculty In Service (Student Holiday)

19 President’s Day (School Holiday)

20 TNL Movie Night (Room 1223)

22 JSerra Speaker Series (Pavilion)

23 Lenten Tea (Center Room) 27 ACT Testing [grades 9,10,11] 27 Parent Teacher Conferences (Pavilion)

27 XLT (Chapel)

~ March ~ 6 TNL (Doheny Beach)

8 End of Third Quarter+

9 Student Holiday

10 Celebrate JSerra (Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel)

12 4th Quarter Begins+

13-16 Kairos 39 (Off Campus)

13 Red Cross Blood Drive (Center Room) 15 Coffee with Courtney (Center Room) 15 Testing Information Night (Center Room) 17 Father Daughter Dance (Center Room) 22 JSerra Speaker Series (Pavilion) 23 Hoos’Gow Day 24 Swallow’s Day Parade (Off Campus) 27 XLT (Chapel) 29-4/9 Easter Break 29 Holy Thursday (Student Holiday) 30 Good Friday (School Holiday)

~ April ~ 10 Classes Resume

11-13 Sophomore Retreat (Off Campus)


13 Powderpuff Football Game (Varsity Field)

14 Concert on the Quad

16-20 Spirit Week

17 TNL (Chick fil-A, Laguna Niguel) 19 Coffee with Courtney (Center Room) 20 Spring Pep Rally (Pavilion) 20 Dance Spring Concert (Off Campus) 21 High School Placement Test #3 24 TNL (Center Room)

24 College Chat-Counseling Dept. (Library)

26 Incoming Student Night

~ May ~ 1 Final XLT (Chapel)

2-4 Spring Musical (Valley High School, Santa Ana)

2 May Crowning Mass (Pavilion)

~ May ~ 3 College Testing Information Night

5 Mother Son Brunch

7-18 AP Testing

8 TNL (Center Room)

9 Underclassman Awards Ceremony (Pavilion)

11 Used Uniform Sale (Center Room)

15 Final TNL (Doheny Beach)

18 Last Day of Classes for Seniors

18-19 Pops Concert (Off Campus)

21 Senior Camino (Abbey)

22 Senior Trip to Catalina 23 Senior Mass & Awards Ceremony (Pavilion)

24 Elective, Magnet, and Online Second

Semester Finals

24 Last Day of Online Instruction+

24 Prom (Off Campus)

25 Student Holiday

28 Memorial Day (School Holiday)

29-31 Final Exams

31 Graduation Rehearsal (Pavilion)

31 Choral Farewell Concert (Off Campus)

~ June ~ 1 Baccalaureate Mass (Pavilion)

2 Graduation (Pavilion)

3 Grad Night

18 Summer School Session 1 Begins

~ July ~ 4 Independence Day (School Holiday)

6 Summer School Session 1 Ends

9 Summer School Session 2 Begins

26 Summer School Session 2 Ends










*Mass will be held every Wednesday at 10:25 a.m. unless otherwise noted

on the calendar or on the JSerra website.

*Dates are subject to change.* +Applicable to Online Instruction.

Please continue to check the JSerra website www.jserra.org for the most current information.

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