August 4, 2008	Main Office Opens	8:00-11:30a.m. 1:00-3:00p.m.
August 6, 2008	Counseling Office Opens	8:00-11:30a.m. 1:00-3:00p.m.
TBD - Construction	Teachers Allowed in Building
August 7, 2008	Student Schedule Pick Up	1:00p.m.-7:00p.m. - Cafetorium
August 11, 2008	Student Schedule Pick Up	1:00p.m.-7:00p.m. - Cafetorium
August 12, 2008	New Teacher Orientation/Workday	8:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
August 13, 2008	New Teacher District Orientation	8:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
August 13, 2008	Veteran Teachers' Report	8:00a.m.-2:40p.m.
August 13, 2008	Puma Pride Training	9:00a.m.-11:00a.m. - Gymnasium
August 14, 2008	Teacher Inservice/Dept Meetings/Staff Pics	8:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
August 15, 2008	Staff Development	8:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
August 18, 2008	6th Grade/New Students Puma Pride	9:00a.m.-11:00a.m. - Football Field
August 19, 2008	Start of School for All Powell Students	7:54a.m. 6th 9:54a.m. 7th & 8th
August 19, 2008	Pride Welcome Assembly
August 20, 2008	Back to School Night	6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m.
August 27, 2008	Late Start
September 1, 2008	No School/Labor Day
September 3-18, 2008	Magazine Sales
September 10, 2008	Late Start
September 22, 2008	Picture Make-Up Day
September 24, 2008	Late Start
September 25, 2008	Teacher Initiated Conferences	3:30p.m.-6:30p.m.
October 8, 2008	Late Start
October 15, 2008	Arena Conferences	3:30p.m.-7:30p.m.(Doors close at 7:00PM)
October 16, 2008	Teacher Initiated Conferences	8:00a.m.-2:30p.m.
October 16, 2008	Non Student Day
October 17, 2008	End of Nine Weeks
October 17, 2008	Non Student Day/Teacher Exchange Day
November 12, 2008	Late Start
November 26-28, 2008	No School/Thanksgiving Holiday
December 3, 2008	Late Start
December 18, 2008	End of 1st Semester
December 19, 2008	Non Student Day - Inservice Work Day
December 19 - January 4	Winter Break
January 5, 2009	Return to School from Winter Break
January 14, 2009	Late Start
January 19, 2009	No School/Martin Luther King Day
February 4, 2009	Late Start
February 12, 2009	Teacher Initiated Conferences	3:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
February 16, 2009	No School/President's Day Holiday
February 19, 2009	Arena Conferences	4:00p.m.-7:00p.m.(Doors close at 6:30PM)
February 25, 2009	Late Start
March 6, 2009	Non-Student Day/Teacher Exch Day
March 23-27, 2009	No School/Spring Break
April 8, 2009	Late Start
April 23-26, 2009	8th Grade Washington DC Trip
April 27, 2009	Non Student Day/Teacher Inservice
May 20, 2009	8th Grade Dance	2:45p.m.-4:15p.m.
May 21, 2009	8th Grade Continuation	5:30p.m.-6:30p.m.
May 22, 2009	Last Day of School/End 2nd Semester
May 26, 2009	Last Day for Teachers