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

The first day of school in New York City is September 7. 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 New York City School District has released its 2017-2018 calendar for public schools.

The calendar includes winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals, parent-teacher conferences and other important dates.

Here is the full list of dates to know for this school year:

September

• 9/7: First Day of School; Early dismissal for kindergarten, Partial day for pre-k
• 9/8: First full day for kindergarten, Partial day for pre-k
• 9/21-22: Rosh Hashanah - No School

October

• 10/9: Columbus Day observed - No School

November

• 11/7: Election Day - No School for Students
• 11/9-10: Parent-Teacher Conferences for High School
• 11/13-14: Parent-Teacher Conferences for District 75 school programs
• 11/15-16: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Elementary school
• 11/29-30: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Middle school
• 11/23-24: Thanksgiving Recess - No School

December

• 12/25-29: Winter Recess - No School

January

• 1/1: Winter Recess Continued - No School
• 1/2: School resumes
• 1/15: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
• 1/22-25: New York State Regents and RCT Exams
• 1/26: Scoring Day for High Schools - No School for High School Students
• 1/29: Chancellor's Conference Day in High School - No School for High School Students
• 1/30: Spring term begins for high school students

February

• 2/19-23: Midwinter Recess - No School

March

• 3/6-7: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Middle school
• 3/8-9: Parent-Teacher Conferences for High School
• 3/12-13: Parent-Teacher Conferences for District 75 school programs
• 3/14-15: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Elementary
• 3/21: SAT exam
• 3/30: Spring Recess - No School

April

• 4/2-6: Spring Recess - No School
• 4/11-13: New York State English Language Arts Exams

May

• 5/1-3: New York State Mathematics Exams
• 5/28: Memorial Day - No School

June

• 6/7: Anniversary Day - No School for Students
• 6/11: Clerical Day - No School for Elementary and Middle School Students
• 6/12-21: New York State Regents and RCT Exams
• 6/15: Eid al-Fitr - No School
• 6/22: Regents Rating Day - No School for High School Students
• 6/26: Last Day of School

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