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:
May 1, 2026 (April 27-30 M-Th & May 1 F) -
May 4-8, 2026 (M-F) -
May 11-15, 2026 (M-F) -
May 18-20, 2026 (M-W) -
May 21-22, 2026 (Th-F) - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Break
May 25-26, 2026 (M-T) - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Break
May 27-29, 2026 (W-F) -