Approved by the Board of Trustees
December 13, 2007

PORTERVILLE COLLEGE

KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

2008-2009 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

MONTHS OF INSTRUCTION

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MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

NOTATIONS

AUGUST

1

2

6 days of instruction

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

2 flex days

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Aug. 21-22 – Flex Days

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Aug. 25 – Instruction Begins, Fall

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

SEPTEMBER

1

2

3

4

5

6

Sept. 1 – Labor Day Holiday

25 days of instruction

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

OCTOBER

1

2

3

4

27 days of instruction

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

NOVEMBER

1

21 days of instruction

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Nov. 11 – Veterans Day Holiday

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Nov. 27-28 – Thanksgiving Holidays

30

DECEMBER

1

2

3

4

5

6

Dec. 8-Dec. 12 – Final Exams, Fall

11 days of instruction

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Dec. 12 – End of Fall Semester

90 total days of instruction – Fall

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Dec. 13-Jan. 18 – Winter Recess

2 flex days – Fall

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Dec. 25-26 – Christmas Holidays

92 total semester days – Fall

28

29

30

31

JANUARY

1

2

3

Jan. 1-2 – New Year’s Day Holidays

12 days of instruction

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1 flex day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Jan. 16 – Flex Day

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Jan. 19 – Instruction Begins, Spring

25

26

27

28

29

30

31