2023/24 School Calendar
Updated: 2023-Aug-18
1st Period
September
- Start of work—teachers (meetings)
- Welcome to the families
- Beginning of the school year (2nd—8th grade)
- Beginning of the school year (1st grade)
- St. Michael Party
It expresses the courage to face inner fears (symbolized in the iron spear of St. Michael when he dominates the dragon).
October
- Holiday (Implantation of the Republic)
- WOW Day
Is a day shaped by student commitment. Once a year, committed people collect donations in many different ways, giving them to Waldorf institutions throughout the world.
November
- Holiday (All Saint's Day)
- School Break (November 02 and 03, 2023)
- St. Martin's Day—Lantern Festival
It symbolizes solidarity and spirit of sharing at a time when the naked nature shows us a path to the inner light.
- Advent Espiral and Wheel of Light
December
- Holiday (Restoration of Independence)
- St. Nicholas Day
- Holiday (Immaculate Conception Day)
- Quarterly Party—Christmas
- School Break—Christmas (from December 17, 2023 to January 02, 2024)
2nd Period
January
- Start of classes
- Epiphany
It symbolizes the welcoming and reverence in the Child, the Man in becoming, latent in her.
- Municipal Holiday of Vila do Bispo
February
- Carnival Party
- School break—Carnival (from February 12 to 14, 2024)
March
- Father's Day
- Quarterly Party—Easter
- School break—Easter (from March 24 to April 07, 2024)
3rd Period
April
- Start of classes
- Holiday (Liberty Day)
May
- Holiday (Labor’s Day)
- Mother's Day
- Tang and Ascension Day
- Pentecost Celebration
Celebration of friendship and joy of being together with others. Message of peace and truth, symbolized by the white dove.
- Holiday (Corpus Christi)
June
- Children's Day
- Holiday (Portugal’s Day)
- Party—St. John
Celebration of warmth by the purifying fire (St. John bonfires) and celebration of abundance in the harvest that begins.
This calendar may be subject to change for reasons of force majeure.
Some events will still be scheduled with the agreement of the community, namely markets and others related to fundraising.
The calendar is also available in the following digital formats:
School Calendar in PDF