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

The first day of school in Garden City is September 5. 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 Garden City Union Free 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

• 8/30: Superintendent Conference Day and Teacher Work Day
• 8/31: Superintendent Conference Day and Teacher Work Day

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day of School for Students
• 9/21 - 9/22: No School (Rosh Hashanah)

October

• 10/9: No School (Columbus Day)

November

• 11/7: No School (Election Day/Parent Teacher Conferences)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

December

• 12/25 - 1/1: No School (Holiday Recess)

January

• 1/1: No School (Holiday Recess)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Day)

February

• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (Winter Recess)

March

• 3/7: No School (Parent Teacher Conferences)
• 3/29: No School (Snow Make-Up Day)
• 3/30 - 4/6: No School (Spring Recess)

April

• 4/1 - 4/6: No School (Spring Recess)

May

• 5/25: No School (Snow Make-Up Day)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/22: Last Day of School for Students

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