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(NAR) VOL. 10 NO. 2 / APRIL - JUNE 1999

[ DECS ORDER NO. 16, S. 1999, February 23, 1999 ]

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR SY 1999-2000



  1. For school year 1999-2000 the following dates and periods will be observed:

    1. The school year for elementary and secondary levels will begin on Monday, June 7, 1999 and end on March 31, 2000. It shall consist of two hundred five (205) class days inclusive of the 5-day Mid-year Program Review and Evaluation as per DECS Order No. 36, s. 1997.

    2. The Christmas break will begin on Thursday, December 23, 1999 and classes will resume on Monday, January 3, 2000.

    3. The summer classes for the secondary level will begin on Wednesday, April 5, and end on Tuesday, May 30, 2000. The summer class will consist of a 3-hour session per unit for 45 days including Saturdays to conform with the increased number of contact hours and class days as announced in DECS Order No. 2, s. 1993 and RA 7797, respectively.

  2. In addition to legal and special holidays authorized in Executive Order No. 203 promulgated on June 20, 1987, the observance of other school holidays will be allowed provided the minimum number of class hours and class days are observed.

  3. The dates given in this calendar will be compulsory for public elementary and secondary schools. Private schools may deviate from this calendar provided they do not open earlier than the 1st Monday of June nor later than the 3rd Monday of June of each year and that they meet the minimum number of class days and the appropriate DECS office is notified in advance.

  4. The 1999-2000 DECS School Calendar and the distribution of class days by month and grading period are hereby inclosed.

  5. Immediate and wide dissemination of the content of this Order is directed.
Adopted 23 Feb. 1999

(SGD.) ANDREW GONZALEZ, FSC
Secretary

 
1999-2000 School Calendar
  

June 7

All classes begin

12

Independence Day (legal holiday)

 

 

August 12 & 13

1st Quarter Examinations

30

National Heroes Day (legal holiday)

 

 

October 21 and 22

2nd Quarter Examination

 

 

November 1

All Saints Day (special holiday)

30

Bonifacio Day (legal holiday)

 

 

December 6

Education Week begins

23

Christmas Vacation begins

25

Christmas Day (legal holiday)

30

Rizal Day (legal holiday)

31

Last Day of the year (special holiday)

 

 

January 1

New Year's Day (legal holiday)

3

Classes resume

20 and 21

3rd Quarter Examinations

 

 

March 21 and 22

Grade VI and Fourth Year Final Examinations

30 and 31

Final Examinations

31

205th class day

 

 

April 5

Grade VI and Fourth Year Final Examinations

9

Araw ng Kagitingan (legal holiday)

20

Holy Thursday (legal holiday)

21

Good Friday (legal holiday)

 

 

May 1

Labor Day (legal holiday)

30

Summer Classes end

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