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

The first day of school in Wichita is August 23. 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 Wichita Public 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

• 8/7 - 8/9: Registration
• 8/10 - 8/11: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/14 - 8/22: Teacher Inservice
• 8/22: Orientation for 6th & 9th Grade Students
• 8/23: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/20: Official Enrollment Count

October

• 10/20: No School for Students, End of First Grading Period
• 10/23: No School for Students (District Inservice Day)

November

• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/20: No School (Conference Release Day)
• 11/21 - 11/24: No School (Fall Recess)

December

• 12/15: No School for Students, End of First Semester
• 12/18 - 1/1: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/1: No School (Winter Recess)
• 1/2: No School for Students (District Inservice Day)
• 1/3: Students Return
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

February

• 2/19: No School (Presidents Day)
• 2/20: No School for Students (District Inservice Day)

March

• 3/16: No School for Students, End of Third Quarter
• 3/19 - 3/23: No School (Spring Recess)

April

• 4/13: No School (Conference Release Day)

May

• 5/16: Last Day of School
• 5/17: Last Day for Teachers
• 5/18 - 5/22: Possible Make-up days due to Inclement Weather

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