Pathfinder School Calendar 2024–2025: One Day Closer to Discovery

Pathfinder School Calendar 2024–2025 is not a datebook. It’s the tale of a year of dreams, discovery and learning. Meaning on every page. Something new every day.

It is not a datebook. A rhythm. It makes teachers, students, and parents one family. It’s a joy of learning, community and love of learning.

The First Day of School: New Beginnings, New Faces

Party day, school opening day. A pretty and colorful scene. Smiling teachers welcoming the students. Smiling faces at every hallway, creaky lockers.

Parents’ farewells. Kids walk by new shiny footwear and huge packs that are maybe just a little too big. Seniors welcome freshmen with a wave.

Sitting its toes in things the first week, orientation welcomes all to where to be found. Campus life by Friday again is alive and about. At last, the year somehow comes full circle to beginnings.

Fall Semester: Building Strands on Solid Foundations

Term Start Date End Date Major Breaks & Holidays
Fall 2024 August 26 December 13 Labor Day, Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break

Important Dates:

Orientation Week: August 19–23

First Day of Classes: August 26

Labor Day: Sept. 2

Midterm Reports: Oct. 11

Fall Break: Oct. 21–22

Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 27–29

Final Exams: Dec. 9–13

Winter Break Begins: Dec. 16

Autumn is routine time. Routine is just starting to feel like life to the students. Teachers introduce lessons, projects, and activities into the classrooms. Club meetings are being encountered for the first time. Friendships start. School life comes alive and is full of promise.

By October, school is well underway. There are holidays and leaves of change beauty, but there are midterms. By December, people are settled into their routine. The first major chapter of the school year whizzes holiday by like a parade.

Winter and Spring Semesters: Growing and Fun

Term Start Date End Date Major Breaks & Holidays
Spring 2025 January 13 May 9 MLK Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Easter, Memorial Day

Key Dates:

Resume from Classes: January 13

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 20

Presidents’ Day: February 17

Midterms: March 3–7

Spring Break: March 10–14

Good Friday: April 18

Easter Monday: April 21

Final Exams: May 5–9

Graduation: May 17

Concentration season only for the winter. After the pleasant holiday break, the students have come back refreshed and rejuvenated. Projects begin. Sports and clubs in full action.

Spring party time. Nature shedding. Plays, fests, and games all contribute to a party time on campus. Students are preparing for exams. But looking forward to carnivals, fairs, and graduation day as well.

Breaks and Holidays: Time to Breathe and Refill

Breaks are what we-teachers and students-always eagerly anticipate. Breaks are mini ones but help build ginormous memories.

Labor Day (September): Year’s first holiday weekend.

Thanksgiving (November): Smiley smiley faces, family night, and Thanksgiving.

Winter Break (December): Holiday break and enjoy.

Spring Break (March): Rest time, sun time, and play time.

Easter Weekend (April): Quiet time, season of religion, and reflection.

Memorial Day (May): Thankfulness day and remembrance day.

Families also get recess time back. They all take it easy too before back to work stronger than ever.

Reports, Grades, and Progress: Learning in Motion

Reports Grades

Learning continues and continues and continues here at Pathfinder. Pride and pride of place in all one child’s achievement.

Midterm Reports: Printed half-way through term.

End-of-Term Reports: Report on progress made and work still to be done.

Parent–Teacher Conferences: Time to discuss, plan, and work in collaboration.

Positive and constructive communication. Parents encouraged by newsletters, web sites, and conferences. Valuing effort as well as achievement.

Parents and Families: Pathfinder’s Pulse

Families return the favor to Pathfinder. Parents donate time, take a class, and applaud words of encouragement from the sidelines. They are heart helpers, role models, and group supporters.

Family Highlights:

Family Weekend (October): Parents join class visits, campus walk, and picnic with family.

Monthly Newsletters: Keep parents in the loop on news and activities.

Text Alerts and Emails: So families never miss an important day.

Where home is incorporated into the equation, students thrive. Pathfinder is home and school combined.

Faith and Character: The Guiding Light

Pathfinder is not a book. Pathfinder instills values of character.

Faith Milestones:

Opening Assembly: August

Thanksgiving Service: November

Advent Celebration: December

Easter Reflection: April

Baccalaureate Ceremony: May

All those activities put together bring the community together. Reminds one of humility, kindness, and thankfulness.

Clubs and Extra-Curricular Life: Learning Outside the Classroom

It doesn’t ring the schoolhouse bell at Pathfinder. It just goes south in so many ways.

Most Popular Clubs:

Student Council
Art and Design
Robotics
Theatre and Drama
Debate
Community Service

Major Events:

Back-to-School Night
Fall Carnival
Science Exhibition
Cultural Day
Talent Show
Spring Fair

These are the days to get things done. The kids learn, new bonds are formed, and they learn how to live as a community.

School Spirit and Athletics: Energy and Pride

Pathfinder crazy about sports. Sport unites us. The crowd, the adrenalin rush, the co-operation learning experience are all well worth every season.

Sports by Season

Autumn: Football, Volleyball, Cross Country
Winter: Basketball, Swimming, Cheerleading
Spring: Track, Tennis, Baseball

Being a champion is great. It’s all effort, team, and overall sense of victory.

Learning Tools and Technology: Bright and Assistive

Pathfinder classrooms are half tech and half fantasy. Web devices, tablets, and interactive whiteboards bring learning alive.

Students have in-swing doors to work and look at schedules. Technology tools are used to integrate learning by teachers in order to teach differently. Technology never replaces human, though. Best learning is always face-to-face between humans conversing with other humans.

Teacher Workdays and Professional Development

Good teachers are constantly asking questions about teaching. Pathfinder only provides workdays during the whole school year.

Experts spend the whole day indoors and children learn, read, and prepare for school. Workshops are where new information is merged with learning. Workday is learning students part of the schedule.

Make-Up and Emergency Days: Safety First

Nature never catches us off guard with a surprise every now and then. Wherever nature places its hands on our emergency-and-bad-weather planners, safety first.

Parents notified by text, email, and school app. Absences accounted for with flexible timetabling so all back on track.

Student Well-being and Support: Body, Heart, and Mind

happy children learn best, Pathfinder retains. School is a wonderful supportive community for body and mind.

Special Programs

Wellness Week (October): Health, kindness, and confidence workshops.
Careers Awareness Week (February): Career speakers and visitors.
De-Stress Days (May): Exam time is de-stress time.

Counselors listen and are available twenty-four hours. Never alone one student.

Community and Service Projects: To Serve and Learn

Service to others is fostered by Pathfinder. Giving and caring and thankfulness result.

Highlights:

Food and Toy Drives
Clean Campus Campaign
Nursing Home Visits
Fundraising for Local Causes

Giving and responsibility are taught through these projects. These projects make people understand the need to give.

Seasonal Highlights: A Year Full of Life

Every season of Pathfinder is different.

Fall: Do-overs, energy, and sports.
Winter: Warm classrooms, festival time, and concerts.
Spring: Recess on the playground, smiles, and carnivals.
Summer: Graduation, smile-perfect moments, and sunshine.

Every month is a page. Every activity colors school.

Commencement: Celebrations and New Beginnings

Commencement Celebrations and New Beginnings

May is graduation month. Graduates graduate. Caps fly through the air. Families wait in lines and yell with joy. Teachers smile with pride.

The Baccalaureate Ceremony also reminds us that learning never really ever actually does just ever stop. It just continues in some other way, somewhere else, somewhere else in some other dream.

Values at the Heart of Pathfinder

Value Meaning
Integrity Doing the right thing no matter what the time is.
Respect Being nice to all people.
Responsibility Being answerable for your action and your words.
Perseverance Trying again, no matter how hard.
Service Making others smile and learn.

They’re not suggestions. They’re the Pathfinder cornerstones.

Year at a Glance

Month Event Highlights
August Orientation Week, Opening Assembly
September Club Fair, Fall Sports Open
October Family Weekend, Wellness Week
November Thanksgiving Service, Midterm Reports
December Winter Concert, Holiday Break
January Classes Resume, New Beginnings
February Career Week, Service Projects
March Spring Break, Science Exhibition
April Easter Celebration, Art Show
May Final Exams, Graduation Day

Plan for each month of the year. Rest, work, and celebration in December.

Campus Traditions: Memories That Last

Pathfinder traditions make that little extra amount of difference to school life.

Morning Assembly brings it all together.
Annual Talent Show honors creativity.
Cultural Appreciation Day is coming together in celebration.
Homecoming Week is a celebratory and proud week.
The Book Fair is an adventure for the reader.

These are the fuzzy and cuddly ones. These are the ones which create memories for a lifetime.

Communication and News

All the parents are kept abreast by Pathfinder.

Parent grading and announcement viewing through school portal. Reminder through e-mail for doctor’s appointment. Smileys on Facebook and campus spotlights.

No parent ever finds out anything. School is called every day.

Student Leadership: Learning to Lead

Pathfinder is a model of youth leadership. Pathfinder students learn responsibility and cooperation through student government and peer mentoring.

They organize events, fund-raisers, and buddy mentoring. Backbone, smartness, and self-confidence are Pathfinder leadership.

Staff Recognition and Teacher Appreciation

Teachers receive a reward in May at school. Students thank teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week.

Surprises, flowers, and greeting cards mark the day special. Patience, love, and hard work pay off for teachers.

Guidance and Counselling: Ever Ready

Pathfinder counsellors attend to all Pathfinder students. They chart studies, futures, and feelings.

Guidance classes provide space for the students to express themselves, present facts, and remove fear. Help is always on hand.

Environmental Consciousness: World Affection

Pathfinder also educates us to conserve the natural world. They recycle, conserve energy, and replace trees.

Only one Earth Day a year is nice. It reminds us all to get all of our garbage in order.

End-of-Year Celebrations: Smiles and Success

The weeks they have done before are smile weeks. Paying off achievement is achievement, yearbooks handed out, and a review of everything they’ve accomplished.

Goodbyes and award nights are tears and smiles. All beginnings are endings.

FAQs

When does Pathfinder School begin school in the year?
School begins August 26, 2024, following orientation week.

What some of their holidays and breaks?
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, Easter, and Memorial Day.

What is graduation?
Graduation day May 17, 2025.

Do they have anything that they do when they come home from school?
Yes. Enrichment class, clubs, and sports weekly.

How are they learning this stuff?
Reminders by email, text, and school app.

Pathfinder School Calendar 2024–2025 are not notebook dates. It’s a rhythm of memory, of learning, of joy. Something beautiful gets built day by day — courage, friendship, and dreams.

The year starts with passion and concludes with pride. All the bells, all the classes, all the smiles get broader because they’re part of an enormous picture.

Keep your calendar nearest to your heart. Each day counts at Pathfinder.