WALWORTH BARBOUR AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN ISRAEL ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2021-2022
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Date Event Instruct. Days
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2-9 New Faculty Orientation to Israel Total
A 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10-16 Orientation/All Faculty Meetings
U 15 16 170 181 192 201 21 17 First Day of School for MS/HS
G 22 232 241 252 261 272 28 18 First Day of School for ES/Early Years 16 teacher days
29 301 312 20 Muharram (Islamic New Year) 11 11
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 7 Labor Day (US Holiday)
11 22 31 4 6-8 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year, no school)
S 5 6 7 8 92 101 11 15/16 15: Early R.11:00/16: Yom Kippur (no school)
E 12 132 141 152 16 171 18 20 ½ day Virtual 12:00 Release /Eve of Sukkot
P 19 202 21 221 232 241 25 21 Sukkot (Jewish Holiday, no school) 16 teacher days
26 272 28 291 302 28 Simchat Torah (Jewish Holiday, no school) 16 27
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
11 2
O 3 42 51 62 71 82 9 21 Early Release 12:00/Faculty In-service
C 10 111 122 131 142 151 16 22 Faculty Workday/Prof. Dev (no school for students)
T 17 182 191 202 211 22 23 26 HS/MS End of 1st Qtr. 21 teacher days
24 252 261 272 281 292 30/31 31 Halloween 20 47
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 11 Veterans Day (US Holiday(
31 Oct. 11 22 31 42 51 6 16 ES End of 1st Trimester
N 7 82 91 102 111 122 13 18 Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences/ Early R. 12:00
O 14 151 162 171 182 19 20 19 Conferences (students, parents, teachers)
V 21 221 232 241 25 26 27 25-26 Thanksgiving (US Holiday, no school) 20 teacher days
28 292 301 28 – Dec. 6 Hanukah (Jewish Holiday( 20 67
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
12 21 32 4
D 5 61 72 81 92 101 11
E 12 132 141 152 16 17 18 16-3 Jan. Winter Break (no school)
C 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 Christmas (Christian Holiday) 11 teacher days
26 27 28 29 30 31 Jan 1 11 78
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 New Year’s Day
2 3 41 52 61 72 8 3 Winter Break (no school)
J 9 101 112 121 132 141 15 4 Back to school after Winter Break
A 16 172 181 192 201 212 22 17 Martin Luther King Day (US Holiday)
N 23 241 252 261 272 281 29 18 HS/MS End of 2nd Quarter/Semester 1 20 teacher days
30 312 21 Early Release 12:00/Faculty In-service 20 98
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
11 22 31 42 5
F 6 71 82 91 102 111 12 18 Half Day VL: 12:00 Release/12 -15:00 Fac. In-service
E 13 142 151 162 171 182 19 21 President’s Day (US Holiday), no school
B 20 21 22 231 242 251 26 20-22 WBAIS TIMEMUN Conference, no school 18 teacher days
27 282 18 116
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
11 22 31 42 5 7 ES End of 2nd Trimester
6 71 82 91 102 11 12 10 Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences/ Early R. 12:00
M 13 141 152 161 172 181 19 11 Conferences (students, parents, teachers)
A 20 212 221 232 241 252 26 17 Purim (Jewish Holiday) 23 teacher days
R 27 281 292 301 312 25 HS/MS End of 3rd Quarter 23 139
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 2-30 Ramadan (Islamic Holiday)
11 2 8 Faculty Workday/Prof. Dev (no school for students)
A 3 42 51 62 71 8 9 11-22 Spring Break (no school)
P 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15-22 Passover (Jewish Holiday, no school)
R 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 Easter Sunday (Christian Hol.) 11 teacher days
24 252 261 272 281 292 30 27-28 Eve Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) 10 149
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
11 21 32 41 5 62 7 4 Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)
M 8 91 102 111 122 131 14 5 Israeli Independence Day (Israeli Hol., no school)
A 15 162 171 182 191 202 21 30 Memorial Day (US Holiday)
Y 22 231 242 251 262 271 28 AP Exams/SAT & Subject Tests 21 teacher days
29 302 311 21 170
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
12 21 32 4 5 Shavuot (Jewish Holiday)
J 5 61 72 81 92 101 11 6&8 HS Graduation (6th)/MS Graduation (8th)
U 12 132 140 15 16 17 18 14 Q4 End Last School Day(E/M/H) 12:00 release
N 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 15 Faculty Workday/Prof. Dev (no school for students) 11 teacher days
E 26 27 28 29 30 10 180
180 student days
188 teacher days
Boldface & Blue Shading = Holiday, no school, Light Red Shading = Early Release Days/Faculty In-Service 12:00 – Maroon – Faculty Workdays, no school for students, Green –
Conferences (involves parents, teachers and students) Yellow – Virtual school day (involves parents, teachers and students off campus), Underline = Special Dates
2021-2022 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2021-2022
Features
● The superscript numbers 1 2 indicate days one and two. Day 1 is for block periods A, B, C & D;
day 2 is for block periods E, F, G and H; for the high school.
⮚ School holidays are in bold and shaded in blue.
⮚ Faculty full workdays/in-service are shaded in maroon.
⮚ Early release days & faculty in-service are shaded light pink. Please note that early release days are at 12:00, except for the
day before Yom Kippur, on September 15, when students are released at 11:00.
⮚ Conference Days (which include students, parents and teachers) are shaded green and black diagonal.
⮚ Virtual half school, Sept. 20 & Feb. 18 (includes teachers and students off campus until 12:00), is shaded Yellow.
⮚ Non-observed holidays and/or special days are underlined.
⮚ School begins on Tuesday, Aug. 17 for MS & HS and Aug. 18 for ES and Early Years.
⮚ HS Graduation is on June 6 & MS Graduation is on June 8.
⮚ Conference days (which include parents, students and teachers) are scheduled on Thursday, November 18 (half day) and
Friday, November 19, and on Thursday, March 10 (half day) and Friday, the March 11 for all schools.
Religious and National Holidays 2021-2022
Jewish United States Islam
(all holidays begin on the preceding day at sunset) Columbus Day: October 11, 2021 (All holidays begin on the preceding day at sunset)
Rosh Hashanna (New Year) September 7-8, 2021 Halloween: October 31, 2021 Muharram (Islamic New Year): August 9, 2021
Yom Kippur: September 16, 2021 Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2021 Muhammad’s Birthday: October 19, 2021
Succoth: September 21, 2021 Thanksgiving: November 25 & 26, 2021 Ramadan: April 2 – May 1, 2022
Simchat Torah: September 28, 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 17, 2022 Eid Al-Fitr: May 2, 2022
Hanukkah: November 29 – December 6, 2021 President’s Day: February 21, 2022 Eid Al-Adha: July 19, 2022
Tu Bishvat: January 17, 2022 Memorial Day: May 30, 2022
Purim: March 17, 2022 US Independence Day: July 4, 2022 Hindu
Passover: April 16-22, 2022 Navaratri: October 6-14, 2021
Passover Last Day: April 22, 2022 Christian Diwali (Festival of Lights): November 4, 2021
Lag Ba’omer: May 19, 2022 All Saints Day: November 1, 2021 Vasant Panchami: February 5, 2022
Shavuot: June 5, 2022 Christmas Day: December 25, 2021 Mahashivaratri: March 1, 2022
New Year’s Day: January 1, 2022 Holi: March 18, 2022
Israeli Epiphany: January 6, 2021 Hindi New Year: April 1, 2022
(All holidays begin on the preceding day at sunset) Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2022 Ram Navami: April 10, 2022
Int. Holocaust Commemoration: January 27, 2022 Ash Wednesday: March 2, 2022
Holocaust Remembrance Day, St. Patrick’s Day: March 17, 2022 Bahai
Yom Hashoah: April 28, 2022 Good Friday: April 15, 2022 *Birth of the Báb: November 6, 2021
Soldiers Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron: May 4, 2022 Easter Sunday (Western): April 17, 2022 *Birth of Bahá’u’lláh: November 7, 2021
Israeli Independence Day: May 5, 2022 Easter Monday: April 18, 2022 *Ayyám-i-Há: February 26 – March 1, 2022
Palm Sunday: April 22, 2022 Month of Fasting – March 2 – 20, 2022
Chinese Orthodox Easter (Pascha): June 2, 2022 *Naw-Rúz: March 21, 2022
New Year: February 1, 2022 – Year of the Tiger Ascension Day: May 26, 2022 *First Day of Ridván: April 21, 2022
*Ninth Day of Ridván: April 29, 2022
*Twelfth Day of Ridván: May 2, 2022
*Declaration of the Báb: May 24, 2022
*Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh: May 29, 2022
*Martyrdom of the Báb: July 10, 2022
* work is suspended on these holidays
School, Administrative & Superintendent: Dr. Devin Pratt
Finance & Operations Director: Dorly Amir
dpratt@wbais.net
damir@wbais.net
Emergency Information ES Principal: Jill Stubbs
Early Years Interim Director: Andrea Strutin
jstubbs@wbais.net
astrutin@wbais.net
MS Principal: Ted O’Connell toconnell@wbais.net
HS Principal: Owain Phillips ophillips@wbais.net
Technology Director: Orlee Medalion omedalion@wbais.net
Teaching & Learning Director: Mandy Kern mkern@wbais.net
Human Resources Director: Yifat Ovadia yovadia@wbais.net
Walworth Barbour American Community Relations & Relocations Dir.: Ada Renan arenan@wbais.net
International School in Israel Inc. Communications Coordinator: Aviva Rosensweig arosensweig@wbais.net
65 Hashomron Street, P.O.Box 484, Director Extended Programs: Gideon Scher gscher@wbais.net
Even Yehuda, 4051765
Emergency Numbers:
Police 100
Telephone: 09 890 1000 Ambulance (life threatening) 101
Fax: 09 890 1001 Fire Brigade 102
e-mail: info@wbais.net Herzelia Medical Center 09 959 2904 / 09 959 2555
Website: www.wbais.net
