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Charlotte County Public Schools

Absences for Religious Holidays

Religious Holidays

The following list of religious holidays will result in an excused absence from school in accordance with SB Policy 5225 (Absences for Religious Holidays)

  • Martyrdom of the Bab 
  • Hajj Day
  • Tish'a B'Av
  • Yawm al-Arafa
  • Eid al-Adha
  • Asalha Puja Day
  • Guru Purnima
  • Eid-e-Ghadeer
  • Transfiguration of the Lord
  • 1st Muharram
  • Ashara Mubaraka
  • Onam 
  • Naga Panchami
  • Obon
  • Feast of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Dormition of the Theotokos
  • Yawm Aashura
  • Ulambana
  • Raksha Bandhan
  • Krishna Janmashtami
  • Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus
  • Lammas
  • Ecclesiastical Year begins
  • Paryushana
  • Rosh Hashana
  • His Holiness Sakya Trizin's Birthday
  • Feast of Trumpets
  • Sh'mini Atzeret
  • Nativity of Mary
  • Ganesh Chaturthi
  • Yom Kippur
  • Day of Atonement
  • Nativity of the Theotokos
  • Sukkot
  • Feast of Tabernacles
  • Mabon
  • The Elevation of the Holy Cross
  • Chehlum Imam Hussain
  • Last Great Day
  • Simchat Torah
  • Navaratri
  • Milad an-Nabi
  • Maulid al-Nabi Birth of B'ab
  • Installation of Scriptures of Guru Granth
  • Urus-Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin
  • All Saints' Day
  • Samhain-Beltane
  • All Souls' Day
  • Pentecost 
  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
  • Fast of the Holy Apostles
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom
  • Day of Covenant
  • Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
  • Ascension of 'Abdul'l Baha
  • Nativity Fast begins
  • First Sunday of Advent
  • Hanukkah
  • Holy Convocation
  • Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh Sahib
  • Feast of Epiphany
  • Feast of Theophany
  • Nativity of Christ
  • Feast of the Nativity
  • Maghi
  • Makar Sankranti and Pongal
  • World Religion Day
  • Tu B'shvat
  • Chinese/Lunar New Year
  • The Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple
  • Imbolic-Candlemas
  • Midwinter Ceremonies
  • Vasant Panchami
  • Nirvana Day
  • Ayyam al Beez
  • Jonah's Passover
  • Urus - Syedna Taher Saifuddin
  • Intercalary Days
  • Yawm al-Mab'ath
  • Shrove Tuesday
  • Maha Shivaratri
  • Lailat al Miraj
  • Ash Wednesday
  • Clean Monday
  • L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday
  • Purim
  • Holi
  • Hola Mohalla
  • Lailat al Bara'ah
  • Ostara 
  • Naw-Ryz
  • Nowruz
  • Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
  • The Annunciation of the Theotokos
  • Khordad Sal
  • Souramana Yugadi
  • Chandramana Yugadi 
  • Ramadan
  • Litha
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah
  • Pentecost
  • Shavuot
  • Goverdhan Puja
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah
  • Milad Imam-uz-Zamaan
  • Diwali
  • The Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple
  • Visakha Puja
  • Buddha's Birthday/Buddha Day
  • Palm Sunday
  • Ramnavami 
  • Memorial of the Feast of the Lord's Passover
  • Holy Thursday
  • Mahavir Jayanti
  • Holy Friday
  • Passover/Days of Unleavened Bread
  • Lord's Evening Meal
  • Passover
  • Lazarus Saturday
  • Theravadin New Year
  • First Day of Unleavened Bread
  • Days of Unleavened Bread
  • Easter
  • Palm Sunday
  • Easter Monday
  • First Day of Ridvan
  • Shahadat - Amirul Mumineed
  • Holy Thursday
  • Holy Friday
  • The Last Friday of the Great Lent
  • Last Day of Unleavened Bread
  • Laylatul Qadr
  • Easter
  • Milad Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin
  • The 11th Panchen Lama's Birthday
  • Bright Monday
  • Hanuman Jayanti
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan
  • Laylatul Qadr
  • Aakhir Jumo'a Beltane
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan
  • Eid al-Fitr
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday
  • Immaculate Conception
  • Yule
  • Christmas
  • The Nativity of Christ
  • Zarathosht Diso
  • Gantan-sai
  • Mary, Mother of God
  • Yom Ha'Azmaut
  • Declaration of the Bab
  • Ascension of Our Lord