2023-24 school calendar highlights:
- School begins Aug. 21, 2023 (two weeks before Labor Day, which is Sept. 4).
- Winter Break is Dec. 25-Jan. 5.
- Spring Break is April 1-5.
- The last day of school for students is May 31, 2024.
A month-by-month look at the 2023-24 pre-Labor Day calendar
July 2023
- July 4: Independence Day holiday
- July 7, 14, 21 and 28: Offices closed
August 2023
- Aug. 4: Offices closed
- Aug. 7-11: HCPS New Teacher Academy
- Aug. 14-18: Teacher workweek, professional learning and work days
- Aug. 21: First day of school
September 2023
- Sept. 1: Student and teacher holiday
- Sept. 4: Labor Day holiday
- Sept. 25: Yom Kippur, student and teacher holiday
October 2023
- Oct. 25: End of quarter
- Oct. 27: Student half day/teacher clerical day
November 2023
- Nov. 7: Election Day – student holiday, teacher virtual professional learning and clerical day
- Nov. 13: Diwali – student and teacher holiday
- Nov. 22-24: Thanksgiving holiday
December 2023
- Dec. 25-29: Winter Break – student and teacher holiday
January 2024
- Jan. 1-5: Winter Break – student and teacher holiday
- Jan. 8: Schools reopen following Winter Break
- Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Jan. 18: End of semester – student half day/teacher clerical day
- Jan. 24: Student half day/teacher clerical day
February 2024
- Feb. 19: Presidents Day – student holiday, staff professional learning and clerical day
March 2024
- March 21: End of quarter
- March 22: Student half day/teacher clerical day
April 2024
- April 1-5: Spring Break – student and teacher holiday
- April 10: Eid al-Fitr – student and teacher holiday
May 2024
- May 27: Memorial Day holiday
- May 31: Last day of school – student half day and teacher clerical day
June 2024
- June 1: Teacher clerical day
- June 19: Juneteenth holiday
- June 7, 14, 21 and 28: Offices closed
