Below is an overview of important dates for the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2020-21 important dates, please scroll down or click here.
One printed copy of the district calendar will be mailed out to each district family prior to the beginning of the school year.
September:
2 – Labor Day (closed)
3 & 4 – Conference Day (no school for students)
5 – Opening Day for Students
30 – Rosh Hashanah (closed)
October:
9 – Yom Kippur (closed)
14 – Columbus Day (closed)
November:
8-District-Wide Opening Conference Day (no school for students)
11 – Veterans’ Day Observed (closed)
27-29 – Thanksgiving Recess (closed)
December:
23-31 – Winter Recess (no school for students)
January:
1 – Winter Recess Continued (no school for students)
20– Martin Luther King Day (closed)
21-24 – Regents Exams
February:
17– Presidents’ Day (no school for students)
March:
*3/24 -3/31 ELA Assessments
April:
6-10 – Spring Recess (no school for students)
*4/20 -4/27 Math
May:
**5/18-5/29 4 & 8 Science
25 – Memorial Day (closed)
June:
**6/1 – Grades 4 & 8 Science Written Exams
**6/2 Regents Day
17-25 – Regents Exams
25- Last Day of School (EL)
26– Rating Day
*NYS exam dates indicated are a “testing window”. Students are not tested every day. Some students will be testing on a Computer-Based platform.
**The Science performance test for grades 4 & 8 will be given between 5/20 and 5/29.
Total Days:
Student Days: 187
9/1-6/30 Conf. Days: 4
Total Days: 191
Student Emergency Days: 11
Staff Emergency Days: 9**
* *Only up to 9 unused emergency days will be “given back.” However, all 11 days can and will be used in the event of an emergency.
Give back days:
Give-back days will be announced as they are scheduled via the district’s website and SchoolMessenger notification system.
For a printable copy of the one-sheet calendar, please click here.
2020-21 Important Dates
One printed copy of the district’s calendar will be mailed home to each enrolled family over the summer. The digital district calendar is available here.
September
9, 10, 11 – Conference Days, no school for students
14 – Opening Day (first day of school for students)
19 – Rosh Hashanah
28 – Yom Kippur (closed)
October
12 – Columbus Day (closed)
November
11 – Veterans Day Observed (closed)
25 – Scheduled Half Day
26-29 – Thanksgiving Recess
December
24-31 – Winter Recess
January
1 – Winter Recess Continued
18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (closed)
26-29 Regents Exams
February
12 – Conference Day (no school for students)
15 – Presidents Day (closed)
March
29-31 – Spring Recess
April
1-2 – Spring Recess Continued
19-26 – ELA Exams*
May
3-10 – Math Exams*
25-28 – Eighth-Grade Science Assessments* (Performance)
31 – Memorial Day (off)
June
1-4 – Eighth-Grade Science Assessments* (Performance), Continued
7 – Eighth-Grade Science Assessments* (Written)
16-24 – Regents Exams
23 – 25 – Half-Day (Elementary and Middle School)
25 – Regents Rating Day (no school for high school students)
*NYS exam dates indicated are a “testing window.” Students are not tested every day. The majority of students will be testing on a computer-based platform.
Take back days
If the district has used 5 emergency days by Feb. 1, Presidents Day will become a student day to allow an additional emergency closure
If all days have been used before spring break, we will begin taking back on Monday, March 29 and continue forward on the calendar until all days are extinguished.
Give back days
Give back days will be allotted in the following order:
May 28
May 27
April 5
March 26