Schools
Palos School Calendar 2018-19: First Day Of School, Vacations
When's the first day of school in Palos? Plus, other must-know dates for students, parents and teachers.
PALOS, IL — The first day of school at Alan B. Shepard High School and Amos Alonzo Stagg High School is August 15, while the Palos School District starts school August 20, — and whether you and the kids are looking forward to the new school year or are dreading the end of summer, you’ll want to mark the dates on your calendar ASAP. These school dstricts have released their 2018-2019 calendars for public schools.
The calendars include important dates such as winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals and parent-teacher conferences.
Find out what's happening in Palosfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Here is the full list of dates to know for this school year:
Palos School District
August
Find out what's happening in Palosfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- 8/20: First Day of School
September
- 9/3: No School (Labor Day)
- 9/14: Early Dismissal (School Improvement Day)
October
- 10/5: No School (Teacher Institute Day)
- 10/8: No School (Columbus Day)
- 10/26: Early Dismissal (School Improvement Day)
November
- 11/8: No School/Parent Teacher Conferences
- 11/9: Early Dismissal/Half Day Parent Teacher Conferences
- 11/21 - 11/23: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)
December
- 12/7: Early Dismissal (School Improvement Day)
- 12/24 - 12/31: No School (Holiday Recess)
January
- 1/1 - 1/4: No School (Holiday Recess)
- 1/7: No School (Teacher Institute Day)
- 1/21: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
- 1/25: Early Dismissal/Half Day Parent Teacher Conferences
February
- 2/15: Early Dismissal (School Improvement Day)
- 2/18: No School (Presidents' Day)
March
- 3/4: No School (Casimir Pulaski Day)
- 3/25 - 3/29: No School (Spring Recess)
April
- 4/19: No School (Good Friday)
May
- 5/24: Early Dismissal
- 5/27: No School (Memorial Day)
- 5/30: Early Dismissal
- 5/31: Last Day of School
Alan B. Shepard High School
August
- 8/15: First Day of School (Freshmen)
- 8/16: All Students Report
September
- 9/3: No School (Labor Day)
October
- 10/4: Parent Teacher Conferences/ Early Dismissal
- 10/5: No School
- 10/8: No School (Columbus Day)
November
- 11/6: No School (Election Day)
- 11/21: Early Dismissal (1 p.m.)
- 11/22 - 11/23: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)
December
- 12/24 - 12/31: No School (Holiday Recess)
January
- 1/1 - 1/4: No School (Holiday Recess)
- 1/17: Early Dismissal (11:15 a.m.)
- 1/21: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
February
- 2/14: Parent Teacher Conferences / Early Dismissal (12 p.m.)
- 2/18: No School (Presidents' Day)
March
- 3/25 - 3/31: No School (Spring Recess)
April
- 4/2: No School (Election Day)
- 4/19 - 4/22: No School (Easter Break)
May
- 5/24: Last Day of School
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
August
- 8/15: First Day of School (Freshmen)
- 8/16: All Students Report
September
- 9/3: No School (Labor Day)
October
- 10/8: No School (Columbus Day)
- 10/9: No School/Parent Teacher Conferences
November
- 11/21 - 11/23: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)
December
- 12/21 - 12/31: No School (Holiday Recess)
January
- 1/1 - 1/8: No School (Holiday Recess)
- 1/21: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
February
- 2/18: No School (Presidents' Day)
March
- 3/4: No School (Casimir Pulaski Day)
- 3/5: No School/Parent Teacher Conferences
- 3/22: Early Release (1 p.m.)
- 3/25 - 3/29: No School (Spring Recess)
April
- 4/1: No School (Spring Recess)
- 4/19: No School (Good Friday)
May
- 5/27: No School (Memorial Day)
- 5/29: Last Day of School
Want to get a jump start on the new school year? Check out Patch's Ultimate Back-to-School 2018 Guide for everything from backpacks to notebooks so that everyone has what they need.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
