Benicia School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in Benicia is August 21. Feel free to mark it on your calendar as one of the most dreaded days of the year for students and teachers — and feel free not to feel guilty about marking it as one of your favorites. The Benicia Unified School District has released its 2017-2018 calendar for public schools.

The calendar includes important dates such as winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals and parent-teacher conferences.

Here is the full list of dates to know for this school year:

August

• 8/15 - 8/16: LHS registration
• 8/16: New Employee Orientation
• 8/17: Teacher Work Day #1
• 8/18: Teacher Work Day #2
• 8/21: First Day of School
• 8/24: BMS Back to School Night
• 8/31: BHS Back to School Night

September

• 9/1: BHS Minimum Day
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 9/14: Elementary Back to School Night
• 9/26: LHS Back to School Night
• 9/28: BMS Back to School Night

October

• 10/20: End of First Quarter

November

• 11/10: No School (Veteran's Day)
• 11/14 - 11/6: Elementary Minimum Days (Conferences)
• 11/15: End of First Trimester
• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December

• 12/22: End of First Semester
• 12/25 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Birthday)

February

• 2/8: BHS Open House, BHS 8th Grade Parent Night/Electives Fair
• 2/9: BHS Minimum Day
• 2/12: No School (Lincoln's Birthday)
• 2/13: No School for Students (Professional Development)
• 2/19: No School (Presidents' Day)

March

• 3/2: End of Second Trimester
• 3/16: End of Third Quarter
• 3/30: No School (Spring Holiday)

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Break)
• 4/23: No School

May

• 5/7 - 5/18: AP Testing BHS
• 5/10: BMS Open House
• 5/24: Elementary Open House
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/7: LHS Graduation, BMS 8th Grade Promotion
• 6/8: Last Day of School
• 6/9: BHS Graduation

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