Grade 5 Field trip to Golf Country
2026-06-17 09:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)

Grade 4 to AMC
2026-06-18 09:15 - 11:00

Grade 5 Moving on Ceremony
2026-06-22 09:00 - 10:00
Doors Open at 8:45

Last day for Grades 1-5 (Half day)
2026-06-23

Bates PTO Meeting
2026-07-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-08-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-08 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-10-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-11-10 18:30 - 19:30

Back to School Fair at Sarah Parker Remond Playground
2026-08-19 16:00 - 20:00

First Day of School-Grades 1-12
2026-09-03

Second Day for Grades for 1-5
2026-09-04
Full Day

No School | Labor Day
2026-09-07

Popsicles with the Principal
2026-09-08 17:00 - 18:00

First Day of Kindergarten & PRE-K
2026-09-10

Grade 4 Instrument Demo
2026-09-11 09:40 - 10:10

Instrument Rental Night at Collins
2026-09-14 18:00 - 20:00 | CMS Cafeteria

Bates PTO Meeting
2026-09-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-10-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-11-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Online/Virtual

Curriculum Night
2026-09-16 17:30 - 19:00

Bates Elementary School Open House
2026-09-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Bates Elementary School, 53 Liberty Hill Ave, Salem, MA, United States

Early Release and Town Hall
2026-09-23
Dismissal time for PreK and K is at 10:55 a.m.
Dismissal time for Grades 1-5 is at 11:05 a.m.

Picture Day
2026-09-30

Grade 5 to HMNH Forest Ecology
2026-10-07 08:45 - 13:30
Leave as close to 845 as possible (going to try for 830 bus time)
3 programs 10, 1045 and 1130
lunch at location
Return by 1:30pm

No School
2026-10-12, 2026-11-03, 2026-11-11

Change is Simple
2026-10-16
3rd grade: Ecosystems (tent program)
A: 8:30-9:30
B: 9:30-10:30
C: 12:15-1:15
4th grade: Energy (house/appliances)
A: 8:30-9:30
B: 10:40-11:40
C: 1-2
5th grade: (Soil/worms)
A: 8:45-9:45
B: 10:45-11:45
C: 1-2

Early Release Day and Enrichment Sponsored by PTO
2026-10-30
PreK and Kindergarten Dismissal | 10:55 AM
Grades 1-5 Dismissal | 11:05 AM
