2008-2009 Academic Calendar

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2008-2009 Academic Calendar

First Semester - 70 Days

Day

2008-2009

Labor Day 1

Monday

1 Sept

First semester classes begin

Tuesday

2 Sept

Last day to add

Monday

15 Sept

Low grade reports due to Registrar

Wednesday

8 Oct

Fall Break

Monday & Tuesday

20 & 21 Oct

Last day to drop-CMC, Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps

(Thursday)

(23 Oct)

(Last day to drop for HMC students)

(Friday)

(21 Nov)

Thanksgiving Recess

Thursday & Friday

27 & 28 Nov

Pre-enrollment & Advising2

Monday-Friday

17 Nov - 5 Dec

(Last day of classes Pomona and Scripps)

(Wednesday)

(10 Dec)

(Reading days Pomona and Scripps)

(Thursday & Friday)

(11 & 12 Dec)

(Last day of classes HMC, CMC and Pitzer)

(Friday)

(12 Dec)

Final examinations begin

Monday

15 Dec

Final examinations end

Friday

19 Dec

Noon - grades due to Registrar

Friday

26 Dec



Second Semester - 71 Days

Day

2008-2009

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (observed)

Monday

19 Jan

Second semester classes begin

Tuesday

20 Jan

Last day to add

Monday

2 Feb

Low grade reports due to Registrar

Wednesday

4 March

Last day to drop for CMC, Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps

(Thursday)

(12 March)

(Last day to drop for HMC students)

(Friday)

(17 April)

Spring Break

Monday-Friday

16-20 March

Cesar Chavez Holiday (observed)

Friday

27 March

Pre-enrollment & Advising2

Monday-Friday

13 April - 2 May

Last day of classes

(Wednesday)

(6 May)

Reading days

(Thursday & Friday)

(7 & 8 May)

Noon - senior grades due to Registrar (except HMC)

Friday

8 May

(9 a.m. HMC senior grades due to HMC Registrar)

(Monday)

(11 May)

Final examinations begin

Monday

11 May

Final examinations end

Friday

15 May

Commencement

Saturday

16 May

Noon - all other grades due to Registrar

Tuesday/Thursday3

21 May



*/**Pomona and Scripps observe a two-day reading period at the end of the fall semester (Thursday and Friday before exams).

All undergraduate colleges observe a two-day reading period at the end of the spring semester (Thursday and Friday before exams).

1 Labor Day occurs before classes begin in 2007 and 2008; classes meet on Labor Day in 2009-2011

2 Preenrollment dates are subject to change.

3 Grades are due 6 calendar days after last final exam.

4 The Cesar Chavez Holiday is observed on the last Friday in March.