February events & lesson ideas

Month

Finishing up Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)

National Bullying Prevention Month

National Economic Education Month - see Economics Arkansas or EconEdLink or EconEdMonth or Federal Reserve Education

National Popcorn Poppin' Month

Adopt a (Shelter) Dog Month - see the American Humane Society or Pine Bluff Animal Control's Facebook page or Petfinder's listings for the Pine Bluff Shelter

The whole month of October should be Fall  (in 2025: Sept. 22 - Dec. 21)

Weeks

Fire Prevention week (includes October 9th, but date ranges change each year) - See NFPA and Sparky

Digital Citizenship Week - See Common Sense Media for exact dates (Oct. 20-24th in 2025)

Days

October 1 - National Homemade Cookies Day (according to EconAR)

October 10th - National Angel Food Cake Day (according to Economics Arkansas)

October 14th - National Dessert Day (according to Economics Arkansas, according to National Day calendar)

October 18th - National Chocolate Cupcake day (according to Economics Arkansas)

October 21st - National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day (according to EconAR) AND National Boston Cream Pie Day (according to EconAR)

October 31st - Halloween

Other topics

Bats - see Oct. 25-29, 2021

Pumpkins - Pumpkin Jack lesson

Skeletons, bones (human or animal)

Monsters

Scarecrows 

Leaves (changing colors)

See Brownielocks for additional month-long, weekly, and daily celebrations for this month

My plans:

Jan. 28-Feb. 3 (W-T) - (continued from January/same) - Black History lessons

Feb. 4-10, 2026 (W-T, Parent/Teacher Conf. on Tues. 10th) - Black History lessons

Feb. 11-13, 2026 (W-F) - Black History lessons (or Valentines stories?)

Feb. 16-20, 2026 (M-F) - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break  (BUT I WORK Th & F, 19th-20th) Changed to Monday the 16th off, and students making up snow days Feb. 17th - 20th.

Feb. 23-27, 2026 (M-F) - (SUB Tuesday, 24th - Librarian Job Alike)  Black History lessons (ATLAS interim testing T - F, so we'll likely have a flipped resource schedule and students will not be able to be on CBs.