August 2011			Print August September
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12 9/10 ACT Test Regular Deadline	13
14	15	16	17	18 Trojan Band Band Camp (Percussion, Flagline, Officers) 10am–3pm	19 Trojan Band Band Camp (Percussion, Flagline, Officers) 10am–3pm	20
21	22 Trojan Band Band Camp (All Band Members) 7am–3:30pm	23 Trojan Band Band Camp (All Band Members) 7am–3:30pm	24 Trojan Band Band Camp (All Band Members) 7am–3:30pm	25 Trojan Band Band Camp (All Band Members) 12:30–3:30pm	26 9/10 ACT Test Later Deadline Trojan Band Band Camp (All Band Members) 7am–3:30pm Pass and Review / Band Social Call time:  5:45pm	27
28	29 First Day of School	30	31 Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm

August		September 2011			Print September October
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Varsity Football Away Game vs. Richard Montgomery Pep Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room	3
4	5 Labor Day Holiday No School Trojan Band Labor Day Parades Call time: 7am	6	7 SHOWTime Pd 1 Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm	8	9 SHOWTime Pd 2 10/1 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline Varsity Football Home Game vs. Springbrook (at Richard Montgomery) Trojan Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room Canceled due to rain	10 ACT Test
11	12 Career Center The Catholic Univ of America, 8am McDaniel College, 10:15am Manhattan College, 11:45am Univ of Maryland – College Park, 1:15pm, GHS cafeteria Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm	13	14 SHOWTime Pd 3 Career Center Towson Univ, 11:30am George Mason Univ, 1:30pm Back to School Night, 6:30pm (in the gym)	15 Career Center Mount Saint Mary's Univ, 9:30am The Paul Mitchell "Temple", 10:50am (hallway outside Career Center) Notre Dame of Maryland Univ, 1pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm	16 SHOWTime Pd 4 10/22 ACT Test Regular Deadline Varsity Football Away Game vs. Sherwood Pep Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room	17
18	19 Homecoming Spirit Week Career Center The George Washington Univ, 8am Randolph-Macon College, 12:45pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm	20 Homecoming Spirit Week Career Center Washington College, 10am PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	21 Homecoming Spirit Week SHOWTime Pd 5 50/1 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm Instrumental IMPA Meeting 6 pm, Chorus Room (F-10)	22 Homecoming Spirit Week Career Center Castleton State College, 8am Stevenson Univ, 10am	23 Homecoming Spirit Week SHOWTime Pd 6 Career Center Kent State Univ, 8am Middlebury College, 10:45am Homecoming Varsity Football Home Game vs. Magruder (at Richard Montgomery) Trojan Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room	24 Homecoming Dance, 7–11pm, upper gym
25	26 Career Center St. Mary's College of Maryland, 8am Eastern Univ, 10am Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8 pm	27 Career Center Northwood Univ, Florida, 9:15am Salisbury Univ, 12:30pm Virginia State Univ On-the-Spot Admissions Event, 6pm	28 Career Center Univ of Baltimore, 8:30am Christopher Newport Univ, 10:45am Early release; dismissal after lunch	29 Rosh Hashanah No School	30 SHOWTime Pd 7 10/22 ACT Test Late Deadline Varsity Football Away Game vs. Churchill Pep Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room

September		October 2011			Print October November
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 SAT and Subject Tests
2	3 Jazz Band MCPS Honors Jazz Band Auditions Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8pm	4 English HSA Career Center American Univ, 10am College of William and Mary, 11am	5 Biology HSA SHOWTime Pd 1 Career Center Frostburg State Univ, 8:30am The King's College, 10:30am Saint Francis Univ, 11:15am Amherst College, 1:30pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 2:20-3:30pm	6 Algebra HSA Career Center Rider Univ, 8:30am Westminster College of the Arts, 8:30am Montgomery Scholars, 10am Bowie State Univ, 12:30pm Varsity Football Home Game vs. Clarksburg (at Clarksburg) Trojan Band Call time: 4:45pm at GHS Band Room	7 HSA Make-ups SHOWTime Pd 2 11/5 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline Career Center Lycoming College, 11am Paul Mitchell (The Temple) of Frederick, MD, 8:50am	8
9	10 Career Center Univ of Colorado at Boulder, 7:30am Radford Univ, 10am Band & Orchestra Pizza fundraiser orders due to Mr. Grande	11 Career Center East Carolina Univ, 8:30am Coppin State Univ, 11am Shenandoah Univ, 12:30pm	12 PSAT/NMSQT Test for grades 10 & 11, GHS, 7:30am Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8pm	13 Career Center Methodist Univ, 8am Univ of Maryland, Baltimore County, 9:30am Shepherd Univ, 10:45am Univ of Florida, 12pm Juniata College, 1:30pm Lincoln Univ On-the-Spot Admissions Event, Wootton HS, 6pm	14 SHOWTime Pd 3 Career Center College of New Jersey, 1:15pm Nat'l Honor Society NHS Applications due by 2:20pm Varsity Football Away Game vs. Northwest Pep Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room	15
16	17 Career Center Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 7:45am West Virginia Wesleyan College, 8:30am York College of Pennsylvania, 10:30am Gettysburg College, 12pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8pm	18 Career Center Montgomery College, 10am Hispanic College Fair Preview Night, Universities at Shady Grove, 6pm PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	19 SHOWTime Pd 4 Career Center Hispanic College Fair, Universities at Shady Grove Monmouth Univ, 7:30am Hofstra Univ, 9am Univ of South Carolina, 12:30pm Vaughn College of Aeuronautics and Technology, 1:30pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 2:20-3:30pm Instrumental IMPA Meeting 7 pm	20 Career Center The Univ of Tampa, 7:30am Univ of Pittsburgh, 9:30am Siena College, 10:30am Savannah College, 11:30am	21 MSTA Convention Schools Closed 11/5 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline	22 ACT Test Varsity Football Home Game vs. Seneca Valley (at Richard Montgomery); game starts at 2pm Trojan Band Call time: 12pm at GHS Band Room
23	24 Career Center Univ of Mary Washington, 10:30am Virginia Wesleyan College, 1:15pm	25 Career Center Ferrum College, 9:15am	26 SHOWTime Pd 5 Career Center Virginia Commonwealth Univ, 11am Hood College, 1pm Trinity Univ in Washington, DC On-the-Spot Admissions Event, Northwood HS, 6pm Band & Orchestra Pizza fundraiser order pickup GHS main entrance, 5:30pm Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 6-8pm	27 Career Center Stony Brook Univ, 8:30am Alderson-Broaddus College, 12pm	28 SHOWTime Pd 6 Career Center Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 10:30am Washington Univ in St. Louis, 11:30am Varsity Football Away Game vs. Quince Orchard Pep Band Call time: 5pm at GHS Band Room First marking period ends	29
30	31 Professional Day No School for Students

October		November 2011			Print November December
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 ASVAB Exam, location TBA, 7:30am Career Center Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, 10:30am Allegany College of Maryland, 11:30am	2 SHOWTime Pd 7 Jazz Band All State Jazz Band Auditions Trojan Band Marching Band Practice 2:20-3:30pm or 6-8pm	3	4 SHOWTime Pd 1 12/10 ACT Test Regular Deadline Career Center Williams College, 11am Loyala Univ Maryland, 8:45am Varsity Football Home Game vs. Wootton (at Richard Montgomery) Trojan Band Call time: 4:45pm at GHS Band Room	5 SAT and Subject Tests
6	7 Career Center Iona College, 11am	8 12/3 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline Career Center Roger Williams Univ, 9am Band & Orchestra MCPS Junior Honors Band & Orchestra Auditions	9 SHOWTime Pd 2	10 Report cards distributed	11 SHOWTime Pd 3 Career Center St. John's Univ – Queens, 8:30am Jazz Band Gaithersburg Veterans's Day Performance(Jazz Band) Play-off Game (at Churchill) Pep Band Call time: 5 pm	12 Band & Orchestra Junior All State Band & Orchestra Auditions
13	14 Career Center Bridgewater College, 8:15am	15 Career Center Hampton Univ, On-the-Spot Admissions Event, Richard Montgomery HS, 6pm Band & Orchestra MCPS Senior Honors Band & Orchestra Auditions PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	16 SHOWTime Pd 4 Career Center Western New England Univ, 9am	17 Career Center Morehouse College On-the-Spot Admissions Event, GHS Cafeteria, 6pm	18 SHOWTime Pd 5 12/10 ACT Test Late Deadline Career Center Mercyhurst College, 8:30am BioMedical Scholars Program, Montgomery College, 9:30am The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 11:30am	19 Band & Orchestra Junior All State Band & Orchestra Auditions
20 12/3 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline	21	22	23 Early release; dismissal after lunch	24 Thanksgiving Holiday No School	25 Thanksgiving Holiday No School	26
27	28	29	30 SHOWTime Pd 6 Career Center Morgan State Univ On-the-Spot Admissions Event, Walter Johnson HS, 6pm

November		December 2011			Print December January
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 SHOWTime Pd 7	3 SAT and Subject Tests at GHS Instrumental Gaithersburg Jingle Jubilee
4	5	6 Career Center Cleveland Institute of Art, 8am	7 SHOWTime Pd 1 Career Center Univ of Maryland – Eastern Shore On-the-Spot Admission Event, Springbrook HS, 6pm	8	9 SHOWTime Pd 2	10 ACT Test Jazz Band MCPS Jazz Band Festival Call time: 9:30am at Sherwood HS – Concert Dress *
11	12	13	14 SHOWTime Pd 3	15 Career Center FINANCIAL AID NIGHT, 7pm	16 SHOWTime Pd 4	17
18	19	20 PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	21 SHOWTime Pd 5	22 Band & Orchestra GHS Winter Concert Performers' call time: 6 pm, Concert Dress *	23 SHOWTime Pd 6	24
25	26 Christmas Holiday No School	27 Winter Break No School	28 Winter Break No School	29 Winter Break No School	30 Winter Break No School 1/28 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline	31

December		January 2012			Print January February
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 New Year Holiday No School	3	4 SHOWTime Pd 7	5	6 SHOWTime Pd 1	7
8	9	10 English HSA	11 Biology HSA SHOWTime Pd 2 Instrumental FOMS Cluster Concert	12 Algebra HSA	13 SHOWTime Pd 3 1/28 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline 2/11 ACT Test Regular Deadline	14
15	16 Martin L. King, Jr. Day No school	17 PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	18 English HSA Make-Up SHOWTime Pd 4	19 Biology HSA Make-Up	20 Algebra HSA Make-Up SHOWTime Pd 5 2/11 ACT Test Late Deadline 2nd Marking Period Ends	21
22	23 Professional day for teachers No school for students	24	25 SHOWTime Pd 6 Instrumental GMS Cluster Concert	26	27 SHOWTime Pd 7	28 SAT and Subject Tests
29	30	31 9th Grade Report Card Night When: Jan. 31st 2012 Where: Cafeteria Time: 6:30pm

January		February 2012			Print February March
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 SHOWTime Pd 1 Report cards distributed	2 AP Parent Night 7 pm in the cafeteria	3 SHOWTime Pd 2	4
5	6	7	8 SHOWTime Pd 3	9	10 SHOWTime Pd 4 3/10 SAT Test Regular Registration deadline	11 ACT Test
12	13	14	15 SHOWTime Pd 5	16	17 SHOWTime Pd 6	18
19	20 President's Day No School	21 PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	22 SHOWTime Pd 7	23	24 SHOWTime Pd 1 3/10 SAT Test Late Registration deadline	25
26	27	28	29 SHOWTime Pd 2

February		March 2012			Print March April
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Early release; dismissal after lunch	3 SAT Test
4	5	6	7 SHOWTime Pd 3	8	9 SHOWTime Pd 4 4/14 ACT Test Regular Deadline	10 SAT Test
11	12	13	14 SHOWTime Pd 5	15	16 SHOWTime Pd 6	17
18	19	20 PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	21 SHOWTime Pd 7	22	23 SHOWTime Pd 1 4/14 ACT Test Late Deadline	24
25	26	27	28 SHOWTime Pd 2	29 3rd marking period ends	30 Professional day for teachers No school for students	31

March		April 2012			Print April May
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 Spring Break Schools Closed	3 Spring Break Schools Closed	4 Spring Break Schools Closed	5 Spring Break Schools Closed	6 Easter Holiday Schools Closed 5/5 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline	7
8	9 Easter Holiday Schools Closed	10	11 SHOWTime Pd 3	12 Report cards distributed	13 SHOWTime Pd 4	14 ACT Test
15	16	17 PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	18 SHOWTime Pd 5	19	20 SHOWTime Pd 6 5/5 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline	21
22	23	24	25 SHOWTime Pd 7	26	27 SHOWTime Pd 1	28
29	30

April		May 2012			Print May June
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 SHOWTime Pd 2	3	4 SHOWTime Pd 3 6/9 ACT Test Regular Deadline	5 SAT and Subject Tests at GHS
6	7 AP Exams	8 AP Exams 6/2 SAT and Subject Tests Regular Registration deadline	9 AP Exams SHOWTime Pd 4	10 AP Exams	11 AP Exams SHOWTime Pd 5	12
13	14 AP Exams	15 AP Exams PTSA Meeting, 7pm, (in the Media Center)	16 AP Exams SHOWTime Pd 6	17 AP Exams	18 AP Exams SHOWTime Pd 7 6/9 ACT Test Late Deadline	19
20	21 Senior Finals Pds 7 and 8	22 Senior Finals Pds 5 and 6 6/2 SAT and Subject Tests Late Registration deadline	23 Senior Finals Pds 3 and 4	24 Senior Finals Pds 1 and 2	25 SHOWTime Pd 1 Last day for Seniors, make-up exams only	26
27	28 Memorial Day No School	29	30 SHOWTime Pd 2	31

May		June 2012			Print June
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 SHOWTime Pd 3	2 SAT and Subject Tests
3	4 Review Day	5 Graduation, 10am DAR School Closed Trojan Band Call time: TBA	6 Period 1 exam 7:25-9:40 Period 2 exam 9:55-12:10	7 Period 3 exam 7:25-9:40 Period 4 exam 9:55-12:10	8 Period 5 exam 7:25-9:40 Period 6 exam 9:55-12:10	9 ACT Test
10	11 Period 7 exam 7:25-9:40 Period 8 exam 9:55-12:10 Makeup exams	12 Makeup exams	13 Last Day of School for Students	14 Professional Day for Teachers	15	16
17	18	19	20	21 Report cards mailed	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Last updates:

Career Center College Visits information:  September 11, 2009

Choral Music information:  October 08, 2009

Exam Schedule information:  August 18, 2010

Instrumental Music information:  September 10, 2010