2023-2024 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

2023-2024 Academic Calendar – Middle School

2023-2024 Academic Calendar – High School

 

FALL SEMESTER 2023

Friday, August 25: Seniors arrive on campus

Saturday, August 26 : Middle School Social

Sunday, August 27: 9-11th graders arrive on campus

Students may not arrive on campus before these designated dates.

August 27 – September 1: High School Student Orientation

August 28: Middle School first day

September 21 – 23: All-School Camping Trip at a nearby state park

October 13 – 15: Scattergood Weekend

November 18 – 25: Thanksgiving Break*

December 16-January 6: Winter Break*

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2024

January 7:  High School students return

January 8:  Second semester starts

February 4 – February 11:  Intersession Trips** 

March 9 – March 16:  Spring Break* 

April 28 – May 4:  Spring Trips/Senior Week***

May 6 – May 28: May Term****

May 29: 8th Grade Graduation

May 29 – June 2:  Sweet Week

June 1:  High School Graduation

 

*Breaks:
Dorms are closed over break and all domestic students must make their own arrangements to stay with friends, family, or guardians during breaks. Scattergood will arrange for home stays for international students that are not traveling home. Staff will provide transportation to/from local airports (CID/Cedar Rapids or MLI/Quad Cities) and bus stations at an extra charge. Travel plans for all High School students are due 2 weeks prior to the start of the break. **Intersession:
All students go on a week long trip. Pass trips have included a service trip to Chicago, enjoying a cabin getaway at a local state park, or going on a magical cross-country skiing trip in northern Minnesota. ***Spring Trips and Senior Week:
While Seniors spend a week bonding and working on special campus projects, all other students spend the week on trips like a backpacking or canoe trip in the Ozarks, or volunteering at Tillers International (a non-profit that develops draft animal farming solutions for developing countries) in Michigan. ****May Term: 
Most Juniors and Seniors head off on three-week wilderness or Latin America trips, and on-campus course offerings are inquiry-based, multidisciplinary options that are new each year. (Recent May Term classes have included Baking Science, Fabulous Fungi, Forest School, and Inside of Music