Important Dates
IWA School Calendar · 2025–2026
August 2025
Aug 4
Senior Yearbook Pictures (MPR)
Aug 5
Faculty & Staff Retreat
Aug 6–7
Freshmen & New Student Orientation · 8–3
Teacher Work Days / Lesson Prep
Aug 6
Back to School BBQ · 6–8:30PM
Aug 8
Freshwomen Retreat · 8:30–3:00
Aug 11
First Day of Fall Sports (tryouts)
Faculty/Staff Meeting / PD
Aug 12
Faculty/Staff Meeting / PD
Aug 13
First Day of School (11:45 dismissal)
School Picture Day · Big Sister/Little Sister Picnic
Aug 15
Mass — Feast of the Assumption · 10AM
Aug 19
Meet the Teachers · 6–8:30PM
Parents of Student–Athletes Meeting
September 2025
Sep 1
No School — Labor Day
Sep 2–3
Sophomore Retreat
Sep 10
Founder’s Day Mass · 10AM
No Late Start
Sep 15–19
Spirit Week
Sep 19 · 11:45 dismissal
Sep 20
Homecoming Dance
Sep 21
Homecoming Mass, Parade & Powderpuff
Sep 22
No School — Homecoming Holiday
Sep 28
Open House (Sunday)
Sep 29
No School — Open House Holiday
October 2025
Oct 2–4
Fall Play
Oct 7
Hispanic Heritage Mass · 10AM
Oct 10
End of 1st Quarter
Oct 11
IWA Hall of Fame
Oct 14
Fall Testing Day
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct 16–20
No School — Fall Break
Oct 18
NHS Light the Night Walk
Oct 23–24
OEI Unite 4 Justice Conference
Oct 24
Confirmation Rally
Mother/Daughter Event · 6–11PM
Oct 29
Prayer + Donuts with Dad · 8AM
November 2025
Nov 3
Basketball Tryouts Begin
Month of Remembrance Prayer Service
Nov 10
Swim/Dive Tryouts Begin
Nov 11
Junior Class Retreat
Nov 12
National Signing Day
Nov 13–14
One Acts · 7PM
Nov 15
Sophomore Dance
Nov 19–21
Kairos Retreat — Senior Class
Nov 22
Night at the Races — Basketball Fundraiser
Nov 25
Black Catholic History Mass · 10AM
Nov 26–28
No School — Thanksgiving Break
December 2025
Dec 2
Christmas Concert & Art Show · 7PM
Dec 8
Immaculate Conception / Caring Hands Mass
Dec 15
PAD Day
Dec 16–18
Final Exams
Dec 19
Make-Up Exam Day
Dec 22–31
Christmas Break
January 2026
Jan 1–4
No School — Christmas Break
Jan 5
School Resumes — 2nd Semester Begins
Jan 8
Young Alumnae Mass · 10AM
Jan 19
No School — Martin Luther King Day
OEI Day of Service
Jan 20
No School — Faculty/Staff Retreat
Jan 22–24
March for Life Pilgrimage
Jan 25–31
Catholic Schools’ Week
Jan 27 · CSW Mass · 10AM
Jan 29
Blood Drive — Impact Life (MPR)
Jan 30
Booster Club Trivia Night
February 2026
Feb 4
Women & Girls in Sports Day
Feb 13
OEI Poetry Slam
Feb 16
No School — Presidents Day
Feb 18
Ash Wednesday Mass · 10AM
No Late Start
Feb 20
Father/Daughter Dinner Dance
Feb 26–28
Spring Musical · 7PM
Feb 27 · VIP Day
March 2026
Mar 2
Spring Sports Tryouts Begin
Mar 2–6
Mission Week
Mar 4 · Prayer + Muffins with Mom · 8AM
Mar 6
End of 3rd Quarter
Mar 9–13
Campus Ministry Week
Mar 10 · Campus Ministry Mass 10AM · Parent/Teacher Conferences
Mar 13
Ring Day · 10AM
Mar 16–20
Spring Break
Mission Trip — Spring Break Service Trip
Mar 25
IWA Feast Day Mass · 10AM
No Late Start
Mar 26
NHS Inductions · 7PM
Mar 28
Alumnae Easter Egg Hunt
April 2026
Apr 1
Stations of the Cross
Apr 2–6
No School — Easter Weekend
Apr 11
Auction — Mass & Dinner
Apr 15
Senior & Senior Parents Mass
Apr 17
Prom
Apr 21
ACT / Spring Testing Day
Apr 23
Spring Boutique
Apr 28
Fine Arts Knight — Concert & Art Show · 7PM
Apr 29
Grandparents’ Mass · 10AM
May 2026
May 1
Awards Ceremony / Senior Sensation · 11:45 Dismissal
IWA Golf Tournament
May 4
Junior/Senior PAD Day
May 5–7
Junior/Senior Exams
May 8
Rose & Candle Ceremony · 10AM
May 11–22
Junior Service Project
May 17
Baccalaureate Mass · 2PM @ St. Ann Church
May 18
Graduation · 7PM @ IWA
Freshwomen/Sophomore PAD Day
May 19–21
Freshwomen/Sophomore Exams
May 22
Make-Up Exam Day
May 25
Memorial Day