2025-2026 School Calendar
A month-by-month look at the 2025-26 school year
July 2025
JULY 3: Schools closed – Independence Day (observed)
JULY 4, 11, 18, 25: Schools and central offices closed
August 2025
AUG. 1: Schools and central offices closed
AUG. 4-8: New Teacher Academy
AUG. 11-15: Teacher workweek/Professional learning and workdays
AUG. 13: Division-based professional learning day
AUG. 18: First day of school
AUG. 29: Student and teacher holiday
September 2025
SEPT. 1: Schools closed – Labor Day
October 2025
OCT. 2 : Student and teacher holiday – Yom Kippur/Jewish High Holiday
OCT. 13: Student holiday – Teacher professional learning (in-person professional learning)
OCT. 20: Student and teacher holiday – Diwali
OCT. 24 : End of quarter/Student half-day/Flexible staff clerical day*
November 2025
NOV. 3: Schools and central offices closed – Wellness day
NOV. 4 : Student holiday/Teacher professional learning - Election Day
NOV. 26-28: Schools closed - Thanksgiving holiday
December 2025
DEC. 22-31: Schools closed - Winter Break
January 2026
JAN. 1-2: Schools closed - Winter Break
JAN. 5: Schools reopen following Winter Break
JAN. 14: End of semester/Student half-day/Flexible staff clerical day*
JAN. 19: Schools closed - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 2026
FEB. 16: Schools and central offices closed – Wellness day
FEB. 17: Student holiday/Teacher professional learning (in-person professional learning)
March 2026
MARCH 19 : End of quarter/Student half-day/Flexible staff clerical day*
MARCH 20: Student and teacher holiday - Eid al-Fitr
MARCH 30-31: Schools closed - Spring Break
April 2026
APRIL 1-3: Schools closed - Spring Break
May 2026
MAY 25: Schools closed - Memorial Day
MAY 29: Last day of school – Student half-day/Staff clerical day
June 2026
JUNE 1: Last day for teachers
JUNE 8 : Summer Academy begins at select schools (ends July 16)
JUNE 18: Schools closed - Juneteenth
JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26: Schools and central offices closed
*Flexible staff clerical days may occur in the school building or remotely.