Important Dates

2025-2026

  • July 28-31: SJA Welcome Week for Incoming Students
  • August 1: New Faculty/Staff Orientation
  • August 4-5: Faculty Professional Development
  • August 6-7: Student Orientation (Freshmen 8/7; Sophomores and Juniors 8/6; Seniors both days)
  • August 8: First Day of School and Prayer Service, Schedule 2 
  • August 15: Mass, Schedule 4
  • August 16: Parents' Back-to-School Dance, 7 p.m.
  • August 21: Professional Learning Community, Schedule 3
  • August 22: Back-to-School Dance for Students, 7 p.m., SJA
  • September 1: Labor Day Holiday
  • September 2: Faculty Professional Development (no school for students)
  • September 4: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • September 8: Speaker Series, Schedule 6
  • September 9: Sophomore Parent Meeting (lunch session)
  • September 16: Faculty Meeting, Schedule 8
  • September 17: Sophomore Parent Meeting (evening session)
  • September 18: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • September 22-26: Senior Grandparents Week
  • September 24: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • September 24: Academic Awards, 6 p.m.
  • September 25: Freshman Parent Meeting (evening session)
  • September 29: Freshman Parent Meeting (lunch session)
  • September 30: Mass, Schedule 4
  • October 2: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • October 6: Candlelight Ceremony
  • October 8: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • October 10: End of 1st Quarter
  • October 10: Fall Pep Rally, Schedule 3
  • October 12-13: Senior Retreat 
  • October 13: Freshman Grandparents Day
  • October 14: 9th Grade PSAT; 10th and 11th Grades Wellness Day; Senior Service Day; Ambassador Open House Training; After-Testing Professional Development for Faculty
  • October 16: Open House, Schedule 10 
  • October 17-20: Fall Holiday
  • October 28: 9th Grade Wellness; PSAT for 10th & 11th Grades; Senior ACT
  • October 30: The Soiree: A Redsticker Thursday Night, 7 p.m.
  • November 4: Mass, Schedule 4
  • November 10: Freshman Retreat (no school for 10th, 11th and 12th grades)
  • November 13: Professional Learning Community, Schedule 3
  • November 14: Faculty/Staff Retreat (no school for students)
  • November 20: Thanksgiving Prayer Service, Schedule 2
  • November 24-28: Thanksgiving Holiday
  • December 4: Faculty Meeting, Schedule 8
  • December 6: Winter Formal for Juniors and Seniors
  • December 8: Mass, Schedule 4
  • December 10: SJA Fall Dance Concert, LSU
  • December 12 & 15: Exam Preparation Days
  • December 16-19: Midterm Exams
  • December 22-January 2: Christmas Break
  • January 5: Faculty Professional Development (no school for students)
  • January 6 Classes Resume
  • January 8: Science Fair
  • January 14: Mass, Schedule 4
  • January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
  • January 22: Career Day for 9th and 10th, Schedule 6; Job Shadowing for 11th and 12th
  • January 26-31: Catholic Schools Week
  • January 28: Test Prep, Schedule 9
  • February 3: Faculty Meeting, Schedule 8
  • February 4: Senior Parent Night
  • February 5: Test Prep and Senior Wellness, Schedule 9
  • February 16-20: Mardi Gras Holiday
  • February 24: Mass, Schedule 4
  • February 26: Test Prep and Senior Wellness, Schedule 9
  • March 2: Sophomore Retreat (no school for 9th, 11th and 12th grades)
  • March 4: Test Prep and Senior Wellness, Schedule 9
  • March 7: FROSH Dance for Freshmen and Sophomores
  • March 10: Pre-ACT for 9th and 10th grades; ACT for 11th grade (no school for 12th)
  • March 12: Junior Parent Meeting (evening option 1)
  • March 13: End of 3rd Quarter
  • March 16: Junior Retreat (no school for 9th, 10th and 12th grades)
  • March 18: Junior Parent Meeting (evening option 2)
  • March 19: Mass, Schedule 4
  • March 24: Professional Learning Community, Schedule 3
  • March 27: Challenge Day
  • April 2: Holy Thursday Prayer Service, Schedule 6
  • April 3-10: Easter Holiday
  • April 13: Service Hours Due
  • April 14: SJA Spring Dance Concert (LSU)
  • April 16: Senior Farewell/Student Council Speeches/School Service Awards, Schedule 4
  • April 20: FACS Style Show (evening show)
  • April 21: FACS Style Show, Schedule 2
  • April 25: Prom, Catholic Life Center
  • April 27: May Crowning and Service Awards, Schedule 4
  • April 28: Academy Awards, Schedule 6
  • April 29: Seniors' Last Day & Senior Walk, Schedule 7
  • April 30: Senior Mass, Schedule 6
  • May 1: No school for seniors
  • May 1: Ring Ceremony, 6:30 p.m.
  • May 4-7: Senior Final Exams
  • May 12: Faculty Professional Development, Schedule 8
  • May 15 and 18: Exam Preparation Days
  • May 15: Honors Convocation, 6:30 p.m.
  • May 19: Graduation, PMAC, 5 p.m.
  • May 19-22: Final Exams
  • May 22: Last Day of School
  • May 25: Memorial Day

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