The Children’s School
2023-2024 School Calendar
This calendar includes a listing of holidays The Children’s School recognizes for cultural & religious observances. TCS
supports each family’s holy days and celebrations as a diverse and inclusive community. Please let us know if we have omitted a
cultural or religious observance that is important to you.
August
2023
Important Dates
Wed., Aug. 9 – Class Visit Day
Thurs., Aug. 10 – First Day of School
Wed., Aug. 23 – Back to School Night (Early Learning - Third Grade)
Thurs., Aug. 24 – Back to School Night (Fourth - Eighth Grade)
September
2023
Important Dates
Mon., Sept. 4 – School Closed - Labor Day
Mon., Sept. 25 – School Closed - Yom Kippur (Atonement)
Cultural & Religious Observances
Mon., Sept. 11 – Patriot Day (National Day of Service and Remembrance)
Fri., Sept. 15 – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
Identity Awareness Month
National Latinx Heritage Month
(Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
BCC Trait
September – Respect
October
2023
Important Dates
Oct. 5-6 – School Closed for Students - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 9-10 – School Closed - Fall Break
Mon., Oct. 9 – School Closed - Indigenous People’s Day
Wed., Oct. 11 – Students Return from Fall Break
Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 – Spirit Week
Cultural & Religious Observances
Tues., Oct. 31 – Halloween
Identity Awareness Month
National Disability Employment
Awareness Month
LGBTQ+ History Month
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage
Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
Identity Awareness Dates
Wed., Oct. 11 – National Coming
Out Day
BCC Trait
October – Responsibility
November
2023
Important Dates
Fri., Nov. 3 – School Closed for Students - Report Writing Day
Nov. 6-10 – ERB Testing (Upper School Fourth-Eighth Students)
Nov. 13-17 – ERB Makeup (Upper School, Fourth-Eighth Students)
Fri., Nov. 17 – All School Concert - (Early Dismissal)
Fri., Nov. 17 – Early Dismissal - No Discovery/EPIC, Athletics, Enrichment
Nov. 20-24 – School Closed - Thanksgiving Break
Cultural & Religious Observances
Wed., Nov. 1 – Dia de Los Muertos
Wed., Nov. 1 – All Saints’ Day
Thurs., Nov. 2 – All Souls’ Day
Sun., Nov. 12 – Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights)
Identity Awareness Month
National American Indian
Heritage Month
Identity Awareness Dates
Sat., Nov. 11 – Veterans’ Day
Mon., Nov. 20 – Transgender Day
of Remembrance
BCC Trait
November – Empathy
Note: School calendar and key dates are subject to change. Any calendar changes will be updated in this document and communicated in Happenings, the TCS
weekly e-newsletter.
The Children’s School
2023-2024 School Calendar
December
2023
Important Dates
Fri., Dec. 15 – Holiday Sing
Fri., Dec. 15 - Early Dismissal - No Discovery/EPIC, Athletics, Enrichment
Dec. 18-Jan. 3 – Winter Break
Cultural & Religious Observances
Dec. 7-15 – Hanukkah (Jewish Festival of Lights)
12/25 – Christmas (Christian Celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth)
12/26-1/1 – Kwanzaa (African American Heritage Celebration)
Identity Awareness Dates
Fri., Dec. 1 – World AIDS Day
BCC Trait
December – Assertiveness
January
2024
Important Dates
Mon., Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day
Jan. 2 - 3 – School Closed for Students - Professional Development
Thurs., Jan. 4 – Students Return from Winter Break
Mon., Jan. 15 – School Closed - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Cultural & Religious Observances
Fri., Jan. 6 –Three Kings Day, Epiphany (Christian Celebration of the
End of the 12 days of Christmas, Commemorating the Day the Three
Kings Presented Baby Jesus with Gifts)
Mon., Jan. 22 – Lunar New Year (Year of the Wood Dragon)
Identity Awareness Dates
Sat., Jan. 27 – International
Holocaust Memorial Day
BCC Trait
January – Self Control
February
2024
Important Dates
Feb. 15-16 – School Closed for Students - Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Mon., Feb. 19 – School Closed - Presidents’ Day
Feb. 19-20 – School Closed - Mid-Winter Break
Wed., Feb. 21 – Students Return from Mid-Winter Break
Cultural & Religious Observances
Wed., Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Wed., Feb. 14 – Ash Wednesday (Christian Season of Lent)
Identity Awareness Month
Black History Month
BCC Trait
February – Cooperation
March
2024
Important Dates
Fri., March 8 – School Closed for Students - Professional Day
Cultural & Religious Observances
March 10-April 8 – Ramadan
(Islamic Commemoration of the First Revelation of the Quran to
Muhammad)
Sun., March 24 – Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter Sunday and the
start of Holy Week for Christians)
Mon., March 25 – Holi (Hindu & Sikh Festival of Colors)
Fri., March 29 – Good Friday (Christian Commemoration of Jesus
Christ’s Crucifixion)
Sun., March 31 – Easter (Christian Celebration of Jesus Christ’s
Resurrection)
Identity Awareness Month
Nat’l Women’s History Month
Nat’l Developmental Disabilities
Awareness Month
Nat’l Multiple Sclerosis Education
& Awareness Month
Identity Awareness Dates
Sun., March 31 – Transgender
Day of Visibility
BCC Trait
March – Integrity
April
2024
Important Dates
April 1-8 – School Closed - Spring Break
Mon., April 8 – School Closed for Students - Report Writing Day
Tues., April 9 – Students Return from Spring Break
Cultural & Religious Observances
March 10-April 8 – Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
April 22-30 – Passover
Identity Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Identity Awareness Dates
Tues., April 2 – Autism Awareness
Day
Note: School calendar and key dates are subject to change. Any calendar changes will be updated in this document and communicated in Happenings, the TCS
weekly e-newsletter.
The Children’s School
2023-2024 School Calendar
(Jewish commemoration of liberation from slavery in Egypt)
Mon., April 22 – Earth Day
BCC Trait
April – Flexibility
May
2024
Important Dates
Fri., May 3 – Field Day
Thurs., May 23 – Class of 2024 Graduation
Thurs., May 23 – Early Dismissal - No Discovery/EPIC, Athletics, Enrichment
Fri., May 24 – Last Day of School
Fri., May 24 – Early Dismissal - No Discovery/EPIC, Athletics, Enrichment
Mon., May 27 – Memorial Day
Cultural & Religious Observances
N/A
Identity Awareness Month
Asian American and Pacific
Islander American Heritage
Older Americans Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
BCC Trait
May – Putting It All Together
June
2024
Important Dates
Mon., June 10 – Summer Camp Begins
Fri., June 19 – Camp Closed - Juneteenth
(Enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1865 in Texas)
Cultural & Religious Observances
June 16-17 – Eid al-Adha (Islamic Feast of Sacrifice)
Identity Awareness Month
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
July
2024
Important Dates
Thurs., July 4 – Camp Closed - Independence Day
(Publication of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain)
Fri., July 19 – Summer Camp Ends
Note: School calendar and key dates are subject to change. Any calendar changes will be updated in this document and communicated in Happenings, the TCS
weekly e-newsletter.
