Calendars
Select from the following calendars about Dimond events:
- Upcoming Dimond Events
- April 2008 Activities Calendar (PDF)
- May 2008 Activities Calendar (PDF)
- Special Events for the Class of 2008
- Anchorage School District Calendar
- 2007-2008 Test Dates (PDF)*
*These files are provided in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To download free Adobe Acrobat Reader software, visit http://www.adobe.com/.
2007-2008 Dimond Events
July
2007 |
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| 20 | Summer School Ends | |
| 23 | Activities Office opens for Fall Sports sign-up (see Activities Page for details) |
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| 30 | Practice begins for Fall Sports (see Activities Page for specific start dates and paperwork deadlines) | |
August
2007 |
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| 6 | Registration for Seniors | Daily Registration Schedule: Note: School pictures will be taken during registration. |
| 7 | Registration for Juniors | |
| 8 | Registration for Sophomores | |
| 9 | Registration for Freshmen | |
| 16 | Teachers return to school | |
| 22 | First Day of School | |
| 27 | First Monday PLC/Late Start—Classes start at 8:15 | |
| 29 | School Picture Make-ups—MPR1 All day | |
September
2007 |
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| 3 | Labor Day Holiday—No School | |
4-7 |
Homecoming Spirit Week | Spirit Days: Board Game Theme Monday: No School/Labor Day Tuesday: Operation (doctor/nurse) Wednesday: Yahtzee (black/white) Thursday: Trivial Pursuit (sports) Friday:Twister (Class Colors) |
| 8 | Homecoming: Flag Football Game, 1:00 PM; Football Game, 2:30 PM @ DHS Alumni Field; Dance 8:00-11:00 PM, Dimond Commons (Dance tickets will be on sale all week in the Commons; $10 single, $15 couple) | |
| 11 | Back to School Night/Open House—7:00-8:30 PM | |
| 13 | School Picture Retakes —MPR1 All day | |
| 26 | Fall Academic Awards: 12:00 PM, DHS Gym | |
October
2007 |
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| 2 | High School Graduation Qualifying Examination (HSGQE) Retakes: Reading | |
| 3 | HSGQE Retakes: Writing | |
| 4 | HSGQE Retakes: Math | |
| 9 | College/Financial Seminar for parents & students of 11th and 12th graders, MPR #1 | |
| 12-13 | An Evening of One Act Comedies (see flier) | |
| 19 | End of First Quarter—No School | |
| 20 | PSAT test for 10th and 11th grade students | |
| 23-25 | Winter play auditions (see flier) | |
| 24 | AP Test Fees due (Click here for details) | |
| 27 | Lifetime Personal Fitness Test (Written & Fitness Tests), 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Hanshew M.S. Lobby | |
November
2007 |
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| 8 | Parent Teacher Conferences: 11:45 AM-2:30 PM, 4:00 PM-7:00 PM (Student dismissal at 11:00 AM) | |
| 9 | Inservice Day—No School | |
| 9-10 | Anchorage Model United Nations Assembly @ DHS | |
| 14 | Scholarship Portfolio Workshop for 12th grade parents & students - MPR #1, 7:00 PM | |
| 16 | Pep Assembly, 1:20 PM, Dimond Gym | |
| 16 | Aloha in Novemba Dance: 8:00-11:00 PM, Dimond Commons | |
| 22 | Thanksgiving Holiday—No School | |
| 23 | Thanksgiving Holiday—No School | |
| 30 | You Can't Take it With You, click here for details | |
December
2007 |
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| 1 | You Can't Take it With You, click here for details | |
| 5 | Lifetime Personal Fitness Test (Written Test Only), 2:10 PM Dimond High Room C205 | |
| 6-8 | You Can't Take it With You, click here for details | |
| 14 | Pep Assembly, 1:20 PM, Dimond Gym | |
| 15 | Crystal Ball: 8:00-11:00 PM, Dimond Commons | |
| 19-20 | Final Exams for First Semester (No early finals will be administered) | |
| 21 | End of Second Quarter—No School | |
| 21 | Beginning of Winter Break | |
January
2008 |
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| 7 | School Reopens—Beginning of Second Semester | |
| 12 | FAFSA workshop for 12th grade parents and students – MPR#1, 7:00 PM | |
| 21 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday/Alaska Civil Rights Day—No School | |
| 25 | Pep Assembly, 1:20 PM, Dimond Gym | |
| 25 | Dance of the Decades: 8:00-11:00 PM, Dimond Commons | |
| 31 | AP Fair—MPR1, 7:00 PM | |
February
2008 |
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| 12 | Accuplacer Test—C205, 2:15 PM (Juniors only) | |
| 13 | Lifetime Personal Fitness Test (Written Test Only), 2:10 PM Dimond High Room C205 | |
| 14 | Lifetime Personal Fitness District-wide Test Out (Written & Fitness Tests), 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ East High Commons | |
| 18 | Presidents Day—No School | |
| 21 | National History Day at Dimond | |
| 27 | Future Freshman Night: 6:00-8:00 PM, Dimond Auditeria, Commons, and Gym | |
| 25-29 | Sadie Hawkins Spirit Week | Spirit Days Monday: TBA Tuesday: TBA Wednesday: TBA Thursday: TBA Friday: Pink and Blue Day |
| 29 | Sadie Hawkins: 8:00-11:00 PM, Dimond Commons | |
March
2008 |
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| 3 | Senior Fun Day parent meeting, 7:00 PM in the Large Conference Room | |
| 4 | Academic Awards Assembly, 12:00 PM in the Gym | |
| TBA | Dimond Poetry Slam | |
| 7 | End of Third Quarter—No School | |
| 7 | Beginning of Spring Break | |
| 17 | School Reopens—Beginning of Fourth Quarter | |
| 25 | Accuplacer Test—C203 & C205, 2:15 PM (Juniors only) | |
| 25 | Senior Fun Day parent meeting, 7:00 PM in the Large Conference Room | |
| 27 | Parent Teacher Conferences: 11:45 AM-2:30 PM, 4:00 PM-7:00 PM | |
| 28 | Inservice Day—No School | |
| 28 | UAA College & Career Fair | |
| 1 | High School Graduation Qualifying Examination (HSGQE): Reading | |
| 2 | HSGQE: Writing | |
| 3 | HSGQE: Math | |
| 4 | HSGQE: Science | |
| 8 | Senior Fun Day parent meeting, 7:00 PM in the Large Conference Room | |
| 15 | Departmental Awards Ceremony: Period 5 in the Gym | |
| 17 | Honor Graduate Awards: 6:00 PM in the Auditeria | |
| 19 | Lifetime Personal Fitness Test (Written & Fitness Tests), 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Hanshew M.S. Lobby | |
| 21 | Maroon & Gold Night: 7:00 PM in the DHS Commons | |
| 22 | Senior Fun Day parent meeting, 7:00 PM in the Large Conference Room | |
| 25 | Prom Court Assembly, 1:20 PM, Dimond Gym | |
| 26 | Prom—8:00 PM-12:00 AM, Anchorage Museum of History and Art | |
| 30 | Awards Night, 7:00 PM in the Auditeria | |
| 30 | Lifetime Personal Fitness Test (Written Test Only), 2:10 PM Dimond High Room C205 | |
May
2008 |
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| 1 | Senior Fun Day @ Kincaid Park (Download Permission Slip) | |
| 2 | Cross-over Assembly | |
| 2-3 | Dimond Night Live: 7:00 PM in the Auditeria | |
| 5-16 | AP Testing | |
| 6 | Japanese Immersion Program Completion Ceremony | |
| 9 | Last day of school for seniors (Class of 2008) | |
| 13 | Baccalaureate Ceremony, 7 PM at Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
| 14 | Graduation—7:00 PM, Sullivan Arena | |
| 21-22 | Final Exams (No early finals will be administered) | |
| 22 | Last day of school for students | |
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