1 Teacher Work Day -
Students Half Day Dismissal
4-8 Spring Break (annually 1st week of
April for Peninsula school divisions) -
Schools & Ofces Closed (12 month
employees to use leave April 7-8)
30 Memorial Day 11-12 High School Graduations (Tentative)
16,17,20 ECC, Elementary & Middle -
Early Dismissal
High School - Half Day Dismissal
20 Last Student Day
21 Last Teacher Day
3 Election Day/Teacher Work Day -
Students do not report
11 Teacher Planning/Professional Dev.
25 Schools Closed, Half Day for Ofces
26-27 Thanksgiving Observance
Schools & Ofces Closed
21-31 Winter Break - Students do not report
21-22 Schools Closed, Half Day for Ofces
1 Winter Break
18 Martin Luther King Day
28 Teacher Work Day -
Students do not report
29 Regional Professional Development
Day - Students do not report
1 Second Semester begins
15 President's Day - Schools & Ofces
Closed
3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Summer Hours
7, 14 Summer Hours
20 New Teachers Report
27 All Teachers & Teacher Assts. Report
7 Labor Day
8 All Students Report
9 Half Day Dismissal - Parent
Conferences (held throughout
the week)
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2015-2016
SCHOOL CALENDAR
July 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
August 2015
S M T W T F S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
September 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
October 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
February 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
March 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
April 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
9 Weeks Report Cards
Period Ends # of
Days
Reports
Issued
1 Nov. 2 40 Nov. 11
2 Jan. 27 47 Feb. 8
3 Apr. 1 44 Apr. 19
4 June 20 50
Religious observances occurring on 2015-2016 student
school days:
Rosh Hashanah - Sept. 14 Hanukkah - Dec. 7
Yom Kippur - Sept. 23 Ash Wednesday - Feb. 10
Eid al-Adha - Sept. 24 Ascension Day - May 5
Sukkot - Sept. 28 Ramadan - June 7
181 Student Days (Includes one {1} inclement weather day)
All schools need to schedule at least one evening
conference period in October.
*NOTE: If make-up days are necessary, they will be made up
at the superintendent’s direction. For example, President’s
Day may be designated as a make-up day, if needed. If the
inclement weather day scheduled in 2015-2016 is not needed,
then June 20, 2016 would be a student holiday and teacher
workday.
First Day of School
Schools & Ofces Closed
Half Day Dismissal
Early Dismissal
Schools Closed,
Ofces Open
Schools Closed, Half Day
Ofces Only
Key Dates
January 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
REVISED 10-20-15
11 Half Day Dismissal - Parent
Conferences (held throughout
the week)