New Year’s Day
2026-01-01

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2026-01-19

National Freedom Day
2026-02-01
National Freedom Day commemorates the Signing of the 13th Amendment abolishing Slavery

Langston Hughes Day
2026-02-01
Langston Hughes (Famous Black Poet and Activist)

Uriah Jones Day
2026-02-02
Uriah Jones (Made 1968 Olympic Team and became the first black fencer to win a US National title in foil in 1971)

Rosa Parks Day
2026-02-04
Rosa Parks (Mother of the Civil Rights Movement)

Peter Westbrook Day
2026-02-05
Peter Westbrook (American Saber fencer, First African American to win an Olympic fencing medal, bronze in 1984, 5-time Olympian)

Bob Marley Day
2026-02-06
Honors the musician whose reggae music promoted peace, unity, and social justice worldwide.

Alice Walker Day
2026-02-09
Alice Walker (American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist)

Coach Charles Shapiro's Birthday
2026-02-13

Presidents’ Day
2026-02-16

Mardi Gras
2026-02-17
A festive celebration marked by parades, music, and cultural traditions leading up to Lent.

Michael Jordan Day
2026-02-17
Michael Jordan (MJ) is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets.

Lunar New Year
2026-02-17
Celebrates the Lunar New Year, welcoming the Year of the Horse with traditions symbolizing strength and energy.

Ramadan
2026-02-17 - 2026-03-19

Toni Morrison Day
2026-02-18
Toni Morrison (Nobel Peace Prize winner, Writer, Editor, Professor, and Activist)

Ash Wednesday (Start of Lent)
2026-02-18
Observes the beginning of Lent, a season of reflection and preparation in the Christian calendar.

Frederick Douglass Day
2026-02-20
rederick Douglass (American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century

John Lewis Day
2026-02-21
John Lewis (towering American Civil Rights leader and Statesman who represented Georgia in Congress from 1987 to his death).

Nina Simone
2026-02-21
Nina Simone (American pianist, singer, songwriter)

Purim
2026-03-02 - 2026-03-03

Eid al-Fitr
2026-03-19 - 2026-03-20

Easter Sunday
2026-04-05

Passover (Pesach)
2026-04-09

Shavuot
2026-05-21 - 2026-05-23

Congratulations to Biaya Tiya Atlanta International School Class of 2026
2026-05-22

Annual Memorial Day Tournament
2026-05-23

Memorial Day
2026-05-25

Eid al-Adha
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-27

Juneteenth National Independence Day
2026-06-19
