2009-2010 School Year
AUGUST
30: Back to School Party — at DCNS 6:00p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

SEPTEMBER
1: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
2-4: Teacher conferences
3: New Family Orientation Coffee – 11:00 a.m. at school
8: School begins for 4-year-old class
9: School begins for 3-year-old class
10: Sally Foster Gift wrap sale begins (packets go home in red bags)
14: School begins for All By Myself (ABM) classes
14: September Newsletter distributed
15: Tuesday Lunch Bunch Enrichment begins for 4-year olds
17: Thursday Lunch Bunch begins for 4-year olds
23: School begins for Time with Tots class (Session 1)
28: NO SCHOOL — Yom Kippur
30: Sally Foster Gift wrap orders due
30: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Red Star Tavern, Deerfield

OCTOBER
6: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
12: NO SCHOOL — Columbus Day
20: Parent Night/Open House at school for parents only — time TBA
26: October Newsletter distributed
27: Sally Foster items delivered
27: Undernighter for 4-year-old class
28: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Coopers Hawk in, Wheeling

NOVEMBER
3: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
5: Coffee with Mindi for 3s parents  — 9:15 a.m.
7: DCNS Community Open House 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
10: Coffee with Mindi for 4s parents — 1:15 p.m.
11: NO SCHOOL — Veteran's Day
12: Ladies' Night Out — 7:00 p.m. at Studio Beads, Deerfield
15: Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser, Brunswick Bowl 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
16: Coffee with Mindi for ABM parents — 9:40 a.m.
16: Priority registration for 2009-2010 school year begins
24-27: NO SCHOOL — Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER
1: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
7: Open registration for 2009-2010 school year begins
7 & 8: Parent-Teacher Phone Conferences
10: DCNS Family and Friends Night Out
14: December Newsletter distributed
16-18: Holiday parties for all classes
21: NO SCHOOL — Winter break begins (12/21 – 1/2/10)

JANUARY Happy 2010!
4: School resumes
5: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
5: Tuesday Lunch Bunch Enrichment begins for 4-year olds
6: Lunch Bunch begins for 3-year olds
7: Thursday Lunch Bunch begins for 4-year olds
9: Couples' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at RAM, Wheeling
14: Family event at school — Joel Frankel at 6:00 p.m.
15: NO SCHOOL — Teacher in-service day
18: NO SCHOOL — Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
27: Time with Tots — Session One ends
27: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Stoney River, Deerfield

FEBRUARY
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
3: Time with Tots — Session Two begins
9: DCNS Family and Friends Night Out  — 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Il Forno, Deerfield
15: NO SCHOOL — President's Day
22–23: Picture Days with Karen Rodgers
23:  Undernighters for 4-year old class
24: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Rosebud, Highland Park

MARCH
1: NO SCHOOL — Pulaski Day
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
8: March Newsletter distributed 
12: DCNS Family and Friends Night Out  — 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
13: DCNS Community Open House 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
16: Undernighter for 3-year old class
23: Parent Night Speaker
23: A Special Ladies' Night Out - spouses welcome! Join us after the Parent Night speaker — 7:30 p.m. at Trax, Deerfield
29–4/2: NO SCHOOL — Spring Break

APRIL
5: School resumes
6: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m. 
16: Annual Spring Benefit — 7:00 p.m. at Bella Via, Highland Park
13: NO SCHOOL — parent-teacher conferences
14: NO SCHOOL — parent-teacher conferences
15: NO SCHOOL for ABM Class Only — parent-teacher conferences
28: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Bluegrass, Highland Park

MAY
DATE TBD Undernighter for ABM Class
4: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
5: Mother's Day Sing
10: May Newsletter distributed
18–20: Lunch Bunch ends for 3- and 4-year olds
15: Annual Trike-A-Thon/Family Fun Day — location and time TBD
26: Time with Tots — Session Two ends
26: Last Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at San Gabriel, Bannockburn
28: Last day of school

JUNE
1: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m., DCNS Large Classroom