Licking Heights Local School District Calendar 2025

Wed, January 01, 2025
New Year's Day

Tue, January 07, 2025
Orthodox Christmas
Many Orthodox Christians in the United States celebrate Christmas Day on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. This date works to be December 25 in the Julian calendar, which pre-dates the Gregorian calendar. It is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who is believed to be the son of God.

Mon, January 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, in the United States, is the third Monday in January and honors the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr. A Baptist minister who advocated the use of nonviolent means to end racial segregation.

Wed, January 29, 2025
Lunar New Year
Many of our families of East Asian heritage celebrate Lunar New Year on Jan. 29. Lunar New Year is also called Chinese Chunjie, Vietnamese Tet, Korean Solnal, Tibetan Losar, and the Spring Festival. It is a festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, 15 days later.

Mon, February 17, 2025
President's Day
Washington’s Birthday is a U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Increasingly, the holiday has become an occasion to celebrate the birthdays of both President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. Many Americans call the holiday Presidents’ Day.

Wed, February 26, 2025
Maha Shivaratri
Our Hindu families celebrate Maha-Shivaratri on Feb, 26. This is the most important sectarian festival of the year for devotees of the Hindu god Shiva. The 14th day of the dark half of each lunar month is specially sacred to Shiva, but when it occurs in the month of Magha (January–February) and, to a lesser extent, in the month of Phalguna (February–March), it is a day of particular rejoicing. Maha Shivaratri is celebrated as the convergence of Lord Shiva into Goddess Shakti

Fri, February 28, 2025
Ramadan Starts
Our Muslim families observe Ramadan from Feb. 28-March 30. Ramadan is considered one of the holiest months of the year for Muslims. In Ramadan, Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an, and fast from food and drink during the sunlit hours as a means of drawing closer to God and cultivating self-control, gratitude, and compassion for those less fortunate. Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar, which is based on a 12-month lunar year of approximately 354 days. Because the lunar year is 11 days shorter than the solar year, each lunar month moves 11 days earlier each year. The month traditionally begins and ends based on the sighting of the new moon. This year, Ramadan is expected to begin at sundown on Feb. 28/Mar. 1 and end at sundown on Mar. 30 or 31st. The final evening of Ramadan consists of a celebration called Eid al-Fitr, when the traditional month-long fast is ended with a feast. The exact beginning and ending times of the month of Ramadan are based on the sighting of the first crescent Moon on the last night of the eighth month (Sha’ban). Specifically, Ramadan is said to begin at the first observance of the crescent Moon over Mecca, Saudi Arabia (or on a date pre-determined by astronomical calculation). Because of this, start and end dates are not set in stone and may vary by a day.

Wed, March 05, 2025
Lent Starts
Many of our Christian families observe Lent from March 5-April 17. Lent, in the Christian church, is a period of penitential preparation for Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides a 40-day period for fasting and abstinence, in imitation of Jesus Christ’s fasting in the wilderness before He began His public ministry. In Eastern churches, Lent begins on the Monday of the seventh week before Easter and ends on the Friday that is nine days before Easter.

Thu, March 13, 2025
Purim
Our Jewish families celebrate Purim on March 13-14. Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the 5th century BCE, were marked for death by their Persian rulers.

Fri, March 14, 2025
Holi
Our Hindu families celebrate Holi on March 14. Every spring, people across India and around the world celebrate the Hindu festival Holi, throwing colored water and powders on one another in joyous celebration. On this one day—the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Phalguna—societal rankings such as caste, gender, age, and status are eschewed in the spirit of making merry together, and everyone is fair game to be doused with color.

Thu, March 27, 2025
Lailat all Qadr
Our Muslim families recognize Lailat all Qadr on March 27. Lailat all Qadr is otherwise known as the Night of Power and is considered to be the Islamic calendar’s Holiest eve. During this night, Angel Jibril revealed the Holy Qur'an’s first verses to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This night falls within Ramadan’s final 10 days, and although the exact date is unidentified, it is commonly thought of as the Holy month’s 27th day. This "Night of Power" is considered the most appropriate time of the entire year to pray for salvation and blessings. A Muslim’s past sins are believed to be forgiven if the person prays throughout the night. Many people assemble at mosques during the Isha prayer, with many prayers being made until midnight.

Sat, March 29, 2025
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Our Muslim families recognize Eid al-Fitr on March 29. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.

Sun, April 06, 2025
Ram Navami
Our Hindu families observe Ram Navami on April 6. Rama Navam is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama on the ninth day of the Hindu month of Caitra, which usually falls in March or April. Rama is the first son of King Dasaratha and Queen Kausalya of Ayodhya and is believed to be the seventh incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. This festival celebrates the birth of Lord Rama who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This festival is celebrated during the time of March-April (the 9th day of the first month of the Hindu calendar). Lord Rama, who became king of Ayodhya, was known for His exemplary qualities. He was popular, brave, kind, just, intelligent, patient, loving, obedient, and dutiful. Lord Rama is always worshiped with his consort Sita, brother Lakshmana, and devotee Hanuman. The worship of Lord Rama is accompanied by the worship of the Sun god since Ram was considered to have descended from the sun, or is in the Solar dynasty. Ram Navami celebrations include reading the great epic Ramayana and staging plays of the Ram Lila, or the pastimes of the life of Lord Rama. In Nepal Ram Navami is also celebrated as the beginning of the New Year Bikram Sambat. According to this calendar, this year is 2080, and 2081 will begin by April 13th, 2024.

Sat, April 12, 2025
Passover Starts
Our Jewish families observe Passover from April 12-20. The eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, April 22 - 23, 2024. Passover (Pesach) commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. In Hebrew it is known as Pesach (which means “to pass over”), because God passed over the Jewish homes when killing the Egyptian firstborn on the very first Passover eve.

Mon, April 14, 2025
Cambodian New Year
Our Khmer families celebrate Cambodian New Year from April 14-16. In Cambodia, Khmer New Year is the greatest traditional festival, and also the greatest national holiday. It is three days of festival and sometimes can be four days. Khmer New Year begins on April 13th or can begin on April 14th, depending on the “MohaSangkran,” which is the ancient horoscope.

Fri, April 18, 2025
Good Friday
Our Christian families recognize Good Friday on April 18. Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Sun, April 20, 2025
Easter
Easter is the principal festival of the Christian church, which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion.

Mon, May 26, 2025
Memorial Day
Memorial Day, initially referred to as Decoration Day, was observed by many communities after the Civil War, when the nation suffered more than 620,000 military deaths, roughly 2 percent of the total population at the time. John A. Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of Republic, chose May 30, 1868, as a day to decorate the graves of Union troops across the nation. From this beginning, Memorial Day is now designated as an annual day of remembrance to honor all those who have died in service to the United States during peace and war.

Sun, June 01, 2025
Shavuot
Our Jewish families observe Shavuot from June 1-3. Shavuot is a two-day holiday that commemorates the date when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai over 3,000 years ago. Shavuot is a two-day holiday, beginning at sundown following the 5th of Sivan and lasting until nightfall of the 7th of Sivan. In Israel it is a one-day holiday, ending at nightfall of the 6th of Sivan.

Fri, June 06, 2025
Eid al-Adha
Our Muslim families recognize Eid-ul-Adha on the tenth day in the final (twelfth) month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar; Dhu-al-Hijjah. The day that celebrations fall on is dependent on a legitimate sighting of the moon, following the completion of the annual Holy Pilgrimage of Hajj - which is an obligation for all Muslim’s who fit specific criteria, one of the important Five Pillars of Islam.

Fri, July 04, 2025
Independence Day

Sat, August 16, 2025
Janmashtami
Our Hindu families recognize Janmashtami on Aug. 16. Janmashtami is the Hindu festival celebrating the birth (janma) of the god Krishna on the eighth (ashtami) day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada (August–September).