LTHS Board Approves 2025-26 School Year Calendar

LOCKPORT, IL — At its Monday meeting, the Lockport Township High School Board of Education approved school calendars for the 2025-26 school year and the 2026-27 school year.

Superintendent Robert McBride said some of the new things on the calendar include no student attendance for the week of Thanksgiving.

"We've learned that since all of our feeder districts do that, it's really caused some attendance problems; and that's not a blame, it's just a reality," McBride said.

The District surveyed parents about the school year calendar, and one of the most important things parents wanted was alignment in the calendar with the feeder districts, McBride said.

Here is a look at some dates to know for the 2025-26 school year:

• Freshman orientation, Aug. 5-6
• Welcome Back Days, Aug. 7-8
• First day of school for students, Aug. 18
• Labor Day, no school, Sept. 1
• Early release, Oct. 9
• No School, Oct. 10
• Columbus Day, no school, Oct. 13
• No school, Thanksgiving holiday, Nov. 24-28
• Winter break, no school, Dec. 22-Jan. 5, 2026
• First day of second semester, Jan. 6, 2026
• MLK Day, no school, Jan. 19, 2026
• Presidents' Day, no school, Feb. 16, 2026
• Teacher institute day, no school, Feb. 27, 2026
• Casimir Pulaski Day, no school, March 2, 2026
• No school, March 20, 2026
• Spring break, March 30-April 3, 2026
• No school, April 6, 2026
• Memorial Day, no school, May 25, 2026
• Last day of school, May 28, 2026