Final Exam Schedule
Please note: first semester final exams are in January; second semester SENIOR final exams are in May, and all others are in June.  Tip: To print a single month, click on the Print link in the calendar heading for that month.
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September 2008 |
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Labor Day
No School
Ramadan begins
Instrumental Labor Day Parades Call time:
8:00 am
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3
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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4
Back to School Night, 6:30 pm
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5
 Home Game
Springbrook Instrumental Call time:
5:00 pm |
6
New Calendar Here's the item 9:30 a.m. |
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Choral Chamber Singers parent / student meeting Mandatory *7:00 pm
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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11
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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12
Away
Game
Wheaton Instrumental Call time:
5:00 pm |
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15
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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Home Game
HomecomingBlair Instrumental Call time:
5:00 pm |
20
Instrumental Pep Band Taping of "It's Academic" Call time:
9:30 am
(Tentative) Return around 1:00 pm Homecoming Dance
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Career Center Washington College visits GHS
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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24
Career Center American University visits GHS Career Center Shepherd University visits GHS
Instrumental
Marching Band Practice
7-9 pm
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25
Career Center Mount St. Mary's visits GHS |
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Career Center Ithaca College visits GHS Career Center Maryland – Eastern Shore visits GHS Away
Game
Churchill Instrumental Call time:
5:00 pm |
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Early release; dismissal after lunch
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Rosh Hashanah
No School
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
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October 2008 |
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Choral 
Application Deadline for All State Junior Groups |
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Yom Kippur
No School
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Choral
Application Deadline for All State Senior Groups Career Center Wentworth Institute of Technology, 8am Career Center Albright College, 10:30am Career Center East Carolina University, 11:15am Career Center University of South Carolina, 12:30pm |
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Career Center Montana State University, 8am Career Center Salisbury University, 9:30am Career Center John Carroll University, 11:30am |
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Career Center College of Notre Dame, 8am Career Center New York University, 9:15am Career Center Wilson College, 10am Career Center Towson University, 1:30pm |
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Career Center Colorado State University, 10am Career Center Montgomery College Scholars, 8am Career Center University of Delaware, 1:30pm |
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MSTA Convention
No School
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Career Center UMBC, 9:30am Career Center York College, 12pm |
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Career Center George Washington University, 8:30am Career Center Lenoir Rhyne (NC) University, 9:30am Career Center High Point University, 10:30am |
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Choral MCYC Concert 7:30 p.m. Northwood HS Career Center Northeastern University (MA), 7:45am Career Center Wesleyan College (GA), 1:30pm |
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Career Center George Mason University, 8:40am Career Center Loyola of Maryland, 11am |
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Career Center St. Francis University (PA), 9am |
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Career Center Howard University, 7:45am Career Center Marymount University, 9:45am Career Center Bryant University, 1pm |
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
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November 2008 |
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Friday |
Saturday |
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Choral SCC's Harvest of Harmony Show at Lisner Auditorium |
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3
Professional day for teachers – No school for students
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4
General Election Day – No School
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Career Center Old Dominion University, 1pm |
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Career Center Christopher Newport University, 1:30pm |
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Career Center SUNY Stony Brook, 8am Career Center Cleveland Institute of Art, 9:00am Career Center Bowie State University, 9:30am Career Center Utica College (NY), 10:45am Career Center Virginia Tech University, 1:30pm |
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Career Center Morgan State University, 10:30am Career Center Bridgewater College, 1pm |
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Career Center Montgomery College, 10am Career Center Morehouse College (on the spot admissions), 7pm |
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Choral Junior All State Chorus Auditions |
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Career Center ASVAB test, 7:30am |
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Career Center Baltimore International, 9am |
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Choral Senior All State Chorus Auditions |
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Career Center Lycoming (PA), 8am |
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Career Center University of Hartford, 1:30p |
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Early release; dismissal after lunch
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Thanksgiving Holiday
No School
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Thanksgiving Holiday
No School
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Choral note: November ??, MCPS Honors Chorus Auditions, 5:00 – 8:45 p.m., date to be announced
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December 2008 |
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Career Center Allegany College, 9am |
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Poms Mini-camp Performance, Girls Basketball Game, 7pm. Campers arrive 630pm. |
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Choral  Winter Concert Mandatory *7:00 pm |
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Poms Holiday Performance, Girls Basketball Game, 7pm. |
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Career Center Montgomery College, Gudelsky Institute - Technology, 11am |
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Career Center Financial Aid Workshop, 6:30pm |
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Career Center GHS Alumni Day, 9am |
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Hanukkah Begins
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Poms Holiday Performance, both games. |
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Choral Caroling at GHS during school day Mandatory *
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Christmas Holiday
No School
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Christmas Holiday
No School
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Winter Break
No School
Kwanzaa Begins
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Winter Break
No School
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Winter Break
No School
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31
Winter Break
No School
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
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January 2009 |
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New Year's Day
No School
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Winter Break
No School
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Poms Competition Routine, Varsity Boys Basketball, 7pm. |
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13 Poms Competition Routine, both games, 515pm and 7pm. |
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Exams Period 1 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 2 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Poms Seneca Valley Competition, 10am - 3pm. |
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Martin L. King, Jr. Day
No school
Choral  Inaugural Gala, Washington, D.C., (Chamber Singers only) Mandatory * |
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Exams Period 3 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 4 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Exams Period 5 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 6 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Exams Period 7 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 8 Exam and Make-ups 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Poms Competition Routine, both Varsity Games, 515pm & 715pm. |
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Professional day for teachers – No school for students
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Poms Competition Routine, Boys Varsity Basketball Game, 7pm. |
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Poms Blake Competition, 10am - 3pm |
Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
Exams note: Exams will be administered in numerical sequence 1 through 8. In the event of a two-hour delayed opening, we will administer two exams each day using the following schedule:
Exam 1: 9:25 – 11:30 am | Lunch: 11:30 am – 12:00 noon | Exam 2: 12:05 – 2:10 pm
If there is a school closing, the exams scheduled for the day of the closing(s) will be administered when school reopens, and the schedule will be pushed back.
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February 2009 |
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Saturday |
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Choral Cluster Concert at GHS Mandatory *7:00 pm Poms Competition Routine, Girls Varsity Game, 7pm. |
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Choral Southern Division HS Barbershop Adjudications at GHS |
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Poms Competition Routine, both games, 515pm & 7pm. |
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Choral  Singing Valentines at GHS Poms (Possibly) Competition Routine, Boys JV Basketball Game, 515pm. |
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Poms County Competition at Richard Montgomery, 6am - 12 noon. |
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President's Day
No School
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Poms Father/Pom Routine, Girls Varsity Game, 7pm. |
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Choral Honors Chorus Concert Watkins Mill HS 7:30 p.m. |
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Choral All State Senior Mixed and Women's Choruses, Baltimore |
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Choral All State Senior Mixed and Women's Choruses, Baltimore Early release; dismissal after lunch
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Choral All State Senior Mixed and Women's Choruses, Baltimore |
Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
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March 2009 |
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Choral All State Junior Chorus Weekend Frederick, MD |
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Choral All State Junior Chorus Weekend Frederick, MD |
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Choral All State Junior Chorus Weekend Frederick, MD |
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Choral District II Choral Festival ** Mandatory *
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Choral District II Choral Festival ** Mandatory *
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Professional day for teachers – No school for students
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
Choral note: ** Date of District II Choral Festival not yet set; will be either March 18 or March 19.
Choral note: March ??, District II Chamber Choir Festival, Fourth Presbyterian Church, date to be announced
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April 2009 |
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Choral District II Second Choir Festival Blair HS Mandatory * |
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Spring Break
No School
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Spring Break
No School
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Spring Break
No School
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Spring Break
No School
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Easter Holiday
No School
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Easter Holiday
No School
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Choral Maryland State High School Choral Festival Mandatory *Choral / Instrumental Spring Musical |
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
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May 2009 |
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Monday |
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Choral / Instrumental Spring Musical |
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Choral / Instrumental Spring Musical |
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Choral  Spring Concert * 7:00 pm
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Exams Senior Exams for Periods 7 & 8 |
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Memorial Day
No School
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Exams Senior Exams for Periods 5 & 6 |
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Exams Senior Exams for Periods 3 & 4 |
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Exams Senior Exams for Periods 1 & 2 |
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Last day of school for Seniors
Exams Senior Make-up Exams |
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Choral note: * Mandatory for those involved. These performances will be factored in as part of the student's grade.
Exams note: The second semester final examinations for seniors will be given during regular class periods.
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June 2009 |
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Monday |
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Saturday |
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Exams Period 1 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 2 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Exams Period 3 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 4 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Exams Period 5 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 6 Exam 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Flag Day
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Exams Period 7 Exam 7:25 – 9:40 am Exams Period 8 Exam and Make-ups 9:55 am – 12:10 pm |
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Last day of school for students
Early release; dismissal after lunch
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Professional day for teachers – No school for students
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Choral note: Chamber Singers and Seniors will perform at Commencement Exercises, date to be announced.
Exams note: Exams will be administered in numerical sequence 1 through 8. In the event of a two-hour delayed opening, we will administer two exams each day using the following schedule:
Exam 1: 9:25 – 11:30 am | Lunch: 11:30 am – 12:00 noon | Exam 2: 12:05 – 2:10 pm
If there is a school closing, the exams scheduled for the day of the closing(s) will be administered when school reopens, and the schedule will be pushed back.
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