AUGUST
24: Back to School Party — Ice Cream Social at DCNS 6:00p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
27-29: Teacher conferences
27: New Family Orientation Coffee – 11:00 a.m. at school

SEPTEMBER
2: School begins for 3- and 4-year-old classes
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
8: School begins for All By Myself (ABM) classes
8: Optional 4th day for 3-year olds begins
8: Sally Foster Gift wrap sale begins (packets go home in red bags)
8: September Newsletter distributed
9: Tuesday Lunch Bunch begins for 4-year olds
11: Thursday Lunch Bunch Enrichment begins for 4-year olds
24: School begins for Time with Tots class (Session 1)
24: Ladies' Night Out — 7:00 p.m. at Studio Beads/Red Star Tavern, Deerfield
29: Sally Foster Gift wrap orders due
30: NO SCHOOL — Rosh Hashanah

OCTOBER
7: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
9: NO SCHOOL — Yom Kippur
13: NO SCHOOL — Columbus Day
15: Parent Night/Open House at school for parents only — 7:30 p.m.
21: Undernighter for 4-year-old class, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
24: Profit Sharing event — Fuddruckers, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 
Week of 27th: Sally Foster items delivered
27: October Newsletter distributed
29: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at RT Lounge/Westin, Wheeling

NOVEMBER
4: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
5: Coffee with Mindi for 3s parents  — 9:15 a.m.
6: Coffee with Mindi for 4s parents — 1:15 p.m.
8: DCNS Community Open House 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
10: Coffee with Mindi for ABM parents — 9:40 a.m.
11: NO SCHOOL — Veteran's Day
15: Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser, Brunswick Bowl 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
17: Priority registration for 2009-2010 school year begins
19: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Bluegrass, Highland Park
25-28: NO SCHOOL — Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
3 & 4: Parent-Teacher Phone Conferences
10: December Newsletter distributed
13 & 14: Barnes & Noble Gift Wrapping
15: Open registration for 2009-2010 school year begins
17-19: Holiday parties for all classes
22: NO SCHOOL — Winter break begins (12/22 – 1/4/09)

JANUARY Happy 2009!
5: School resumes
6: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
6: Tuesday Lunch Bunch begins for 4-year olds
7: Lunch Bunch begins for 3-year olds
8: Thursday Lunch Bunch Enrichment begins for 4-year olds
15: Family event at school-time TBD
16: NO SCHOOL — Teacher in-service day
19: NO SCHOOL — Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
21: Time with Tots — Session One ends
28: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Stoney River, Deerfield

FEBRUARY
DATE TBD Undernighter for 4-year old class
DATE TBD Profit Sharing Event
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
4: Time with Tots — Session Two begins
11: Undernighter for 4-year-old class, 5:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
16: NO SCHOOL — President's Day
23–24: Picture Days with Karen Rodgers
25: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Di Pescara, Northbrook

MARCH
DATE TBD Undernighter for 3-year old class
2: NO SCHOOL — Pulaski Day
2: March Newsletter distributed 
2: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
14: DCNS Community Open House 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
25: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Pinstripes, Northfield
25: NO SCHOOL — parent-teacher conferences
26: NO SCHOOL — parent-teacher conferences

APRIL
DATE TBD Annual Spring Benefit
6–10: NO SCHOOL — Spring Break
13: School resumes
13: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
29: Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at J. Alexander's, Northbrook
29: Gidwitz Field Trip for 4s

MAY
DATE TBD Undernighter for ABM Class
4: May Newsletter distributed
4: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.
6: Mother's Day Sing
12–14: Lunch Bunch ends for 3- and 4-year olds
16: Annual Trike-A-Thon/Family Fun Day — location and time TBD
20: Time with Tots — Session Two ends
22: Last day of school
27: Last Ladies' Night Out — 7:30 p.m. at Lincolnshire Gourmet, Highland Park

JUNE
1: Board of Directors meeting — 7:30 p.m.