West Contra Costa School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in West Contra Costa 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 West Contra Costa 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: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/16: Professional Development
• 8/17: Professional Development, In Service Training Day
• 1/18: Teacher Work Day
• 8/21: First Day of School Minimum Day
• 8/23: Terence Martin Day

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/7: Elementary Schools Minimum Day (Back to School Night)
• 9/14: Middle Schools Minimum Day (Back to School Night)
• 9/28: High Schools Minimum Day (Back to School Night)

October

• 10/9: No School (Teacher Non Work Day)
• 10/24: End of First Quarter
• 10/25: Middle/High School Minimum Day (Mark Report Cards)
• 10/31: Grades K-8 Minimum Day

November

• 11/1: No Elementary School for Students (Conference Day)
• 11/2 - 11/8: Elementary School Minimum Days (Conference)
• 11/8: End of First Trimester
• 11/10: No School (Veterans’ Day)
• 11/22: Minimum Day All Schools
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)

December

• 12/15: Minimum Day All Schools
• 12/18 - 12/29: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year's Day)
• 1/2: Classes Reconvene
• 1/12: End of Second Quarter
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Holiday)
• 1/16: No Middle and High School for Students (Secondary Work Day)

February

• 2/19 - 2/23 No School (Presidents’ Week Recess)

March

• 3/2: End of Second Trimester
• 3/22: Middle Schools Minimum Day (Open House)
• 3/29: High Schools Minimum Day (Open House)
• 3/30: End of Third Quarter

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Recess)
• 4/9: Middle/High School Minimum Day (Mark Report Cards)
• 4/19: Elementary Schools Minimum Day (Open House)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/7: Last Day of School, Noon Dismissal

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