School Calendar For 2025-26 In Winnetka, Glencoe: Key Days To Know

WINNETKA, IL — Back-to-school planning is already underway in New Trier Township, with calendars now available to help parents prepare for the first day of classes in each of its seven public school districts.

School starts on Aug. 20 for students at New Trier High School and half of its feeder districts, with a pair of districts starting the next week and another waiting until after the Labor Day holiday to begin.

In addition to annual federal holidays, here are some of the important dates to get on the calendar ahead of the start of the 2025-26 school year in public school districts in Glencoe, Northfield, Wilmette and Winnetka:

New Trier Township High School District 203

• First Day: Aug. 20, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Fall Break: Oct. 3, 2025
• End of First Quarter: Oct. 17, 2025
• Institute Day: Nov. 7, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26 through Nov. 28, 2025
• End of First Semester: Dec. 18, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 20, 2025 through Jan. 5, 2026
• Township Institute Day: Feb. 13, 2026
• End of Third Quarter: March 13, 2026
• Spring Break: Mar. 28 to April 7, 2026
• Last Day: June 2, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »

Sunset Ridge School District 29

• First Day: Aug. 20, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Teacher Institute Day: Oct. 3, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Oct. 23, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 2, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Feb. 12, 2026
• Township Institute Day: Feb. 13, 2026
• Spring Break: Mar. 30 to April 6, 2026
• Last Day: June 4, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »

Glencoe School District 35

• First Day: Aug. 26, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• No School: Oct. 3, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Nov. 7, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Nov. 10, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 5, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences/Institute Day: Feb. 13, 2026
• Spring Break: Mar. 30 to April 6, 2026
• Teacher Institute Day: April 22, 2026
• Last Day: June 10, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »

Winnetka School District 36

• First Day: Sept. 2, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Insitute Day: Sept. 22, 2025
• No School: Oct. 2, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Oct. 30 and Nov. 31, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 20, 2025 through Jan. 5, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Feb. 26 and Feb. 27, 2026
• Spring Break: Mar. 28 to April 6, 2026
• Emergency Days, if needed: June 15 to June 22, 2025
• Full schedule PDF »

Avoca School District 37

• First Day: Aug. 20, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Yom Kippur: Oct. 2, 2025
• Institute Day: Oct. 31, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 6, 2026
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Jan. 19, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences: March 25, 2026
• Institute Day: March 27, 2026
• Spring Break: Mar. 30 to April 7, 2026
• Last Day: June 5, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »

Kenilworth School District 38

• First Day: Aug. 28, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Oct. 24, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 2, 2026
• Township Institute Day: Feb. 13, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Feb. 27, 2026
• Spring Break: March 30 to April 3, 2026
• Last Day: June 4, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »

Wilmette School District 39

• First Day: Aug. 21, 2025
• Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 23, 2025
• Institute Day: Oct. 3, 2025
• Parent Teacher Conferences: Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, 2025
• Institute Day: Nov. 24, 2025
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 25 through Nov. 28, 2025
• Winter Break: Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 2, 2026
• Institute Day: Feb. 17, 2026
• Parent Teacher Conferences: March 27, 2026
• Spring Break: March 30 to April 6, 2026
• Last Day: June 5, 2026
• Full schedule PDF »