IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

I. Rationale

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) ensures the effective implementation of the K to 12Basic Education Curriculum for every learner to acquire quality, accessible, relevant, andliberating basic education. The implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum providesopportunity and sufficient time for the learner to acquire and master lifelong learning skillsfor the 21st century as well as time for other learning opportunities beyond the classroomfor more holistic development, and/or to prepare the graduates for higher education, middlelevel skills development, and the world of work. Hence, schools are encouraged to adhereto the school calendar to comply with the required number of school days for the optimumattainment of the learning standards as well as to ensure the observance of national/localschool events and activities/celebrations. The school calendar also reflects the events andmonthly celebrations/observances for the year.

2. The policy aims to provide direction and guidance to schools in planning their respectiveactivities relative to curricular operations and other celebrations/observances within therequired number of school days.

II. Scope

3. The implementing guidelines for this school calendar shall be applicable to both public andprivate elementary and secondary schools nationwide.

4. Private schools may deviate from this School Calendar. However, they may not startclasses earlier than the first Monday of June nor later than the last day of August, asprovided in Republic Act (RA) No. 7797 entitled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendarfrom Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty (220) ClassDays. Said schools should notify in advance their respective regional offices (ROs)regarding any deviation from the school calendar.

Ill. Definition of Terms

5. For the purpose of this policy, the operational definition of the following terms are as follows:

a. Awards Committee - a committee organized by the school head to establishprocesses of, standards, and timelines in determining qualifiers for awards as wellas to deliberate on the qualifications of candidates for awards and recognition.

b. Co-curricular Activities - activities and learning experiences that are undertakenside by side with the curricular activities. These learning experiences complementwhat learners are learning in school.

c. Curricular Activities - opportunities and experiences undertaken by the learners inthe classrooms, laboratories, and workshops, as well as school-based and out-of­school activities conducted to ensure the learners' acquisition of the K to 12 lear

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(Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Order No. 007, s. 2019)

(Enclosure No. 2 to DepEd Order No. 007, s. 2019)

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Monthly School Calendar of Activities For School Year 2019-2020

Activity

• Brigada Eskwela • Oplan Balik Eskwela

• I st Parent-Teacher Conference • Beginning of classes for SY 2019-2020• Eidul Fitar (upon proclamation of the

President of the Republic of the Phil.)• Special Administration of Philippine

Educational Placement Test (PEPT)• Independence Day (regular holiday)

Department of Education Founding Anniversary• Early Language Literacy and Numeracy

Assessment (ELLNA) • National Achievement Test (NAT) Gracie 6• NAT Gracie I 0

• Deworming of School Children• OK sa DepEd

• 1st Quarter Examinations • Eid'd Adha (upon proclamation of the

President of the Republic of the Phil.) • Distribution or Cards (2nd Parent-Teacher

Con forencc) • Ninoy Aquino Day (special non-working

holiday) • Nat io11al I le roes Dav (regular holiday) • National Career Assessment Examination__ { NCAE) f<x Cira de _9 _ _ ·� - --- -�- - -- - · -- -

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3 rd Sunday4 th Sunday

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World Teachers' Day . ----

2nd Quarter Examinations Start of the Scmcstral Break

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In-Service Training for Teachers

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• Distribution of Cards (3rd Parent-TeacherConference)

• Resumption of Classes

• All Saints Day (special non-working holiday) • Basic Education Exit Assessment for Grade 12

(BEEA) • Administration of Philippine Educational

Placement Test (PEPT)- Luzon - Visayas and Mindanao

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3'" Quarter [45 days

JUNE 2019 s M T w T F Sa

__!__. 2 3 4 5 + 79 10 11 !X 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

School days: 18,

JULY 2019 s M T w T F Sa

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

School days: 23

AUGUST 2019 s M T w T F Sa

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 I� 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4>( 22 23 24 25 � 27 28 29 30 31

School days: 20

SEPTEMBER 2019 s M T w T F Sa I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 �School days 21

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School days: 20

Legend: X -Declared Holidays/ No Cl11sse.s

0 • School activities for learners, teachers, personnel other stakeholders + Observ;rnce/Celebrntion .subject to a Presidential Procla1nation

(Enclosure No. 3 to DepEd Order No. 007, s. 2019)

Celebrations/Observances Provided by Law

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Celebrations/Observances

Health Workers Day

Commemoration of the Philippine-Australia Friendship Day

National Flag Day Celebration

World No Tobacco Day

National Dengue Awareness Month National Kidney Month W.A.T.C.H. (We Advocate Time Consciousness and Honesty) Month World Environmental Day Philippine Independence Day National Safe Kids Week Department of Education Founding Anniversary

---·-· International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit 'frafficking Commemoration of the Historic Siege or Baler and Philippinc-fu2anish FricndshiQ Da� ------------·-

T--�-- •-•••-•-• National Disaster Resilience Month -----

Nutrition Month ----- ---··-----

National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Weck

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Commemoration of the Philippine-Japan Friendship Day ----- -------

Career Guidance Week for_High School Students Linggong Musikang Pili12ino

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Buvvan ng Wikang Pambansa

ASEAN Month National Adolescent Immunization Month Breastfeeding Awareness Month National Lung Month

Sight Saving Month Sight Conservation Week White Cane Safety Dav National Indigenous Peoples Day Philippine International Youth Day

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Legal Bases

Republic Act No. (RA) 10069 Presidential Proclamation (PP) No. 1282,s.2016 RA 8491 PP No. 374, s. I 965 Executive Order No. (EO) 179, s. 1994 Res WHA42.19, 1988

PP No. 1204, s. 1998 PP No. 184, s. 1993

PP No. 1782, s. 2009 PP No. 1149, s. 1973 PP No. 28, s. 1962 PP No. 1307, s. 2007 Administrative Order (AO) No. 322, s. 1997 PP No. 264, s. 1988

RA 9187

E.O. No. 29, s. 2017 PP No. 491, s. 1974 PP No. 361, s. 2000 PP No. 1870, s. 1979

PP No. 854, s. 2005 DO 25, s. 2013 PP No. 933, s.2014

Proklamasyon Big. 1041, s. 1997 PP No. 282, s. 2017 DOH Calendar 2019 RA 10028 PP No. 1761 s. 1978 DOH Calendar 2019 DOH Calendar 2019 PP No. 40, s. 1954 RA 6759 RA 10689 PP No. 229, s. 2002