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

The first day of school in Harrisburg is August 21. 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 Harrisburg 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

• 8/10 - 8/15: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/16 - 8/17: Inservice Day
• 8/18: No School for Students or Staff
• 8/21: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/12: Elementary School Open House
• 9/13: Middle School Open House
• 9/14: High School Open House
• 9/27: No School for Students (Inservice Day)

October

• 10/11: Half Day for Students (Inservice Day)

November

• 11/2: Half Day for Students (Conferences)
• 11/3: No School for Students (Conferences)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/15: No School for Students (Inservice Day)
• 11/22: Early Dismissal
• 11/23 - 11/27: No School (Thanksgiving)

December

• 12/4 - 12/16: Keystone State Testing Window
• 12/13: Half Day for Students (Inservice Day)
• 12/22: Early Dismissal
• 12/25 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/3: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/15: No School (Inservice Day)
• 1/25: Half Day for Students (Conferences)
• 1/26: No School for Students (Conferences)
• 1/31: No School for Students (Inservice Day)

February

• 2/14: Half Day for Students (Inservice Day)
• 2/16: No School
• 2/19: No School (President's Day)

March

• 3/14: No School for Students (Inservice Day)
• 3/28 - 4/2: No School (Spring Break)

April

• 4/2: No School (Spring Break)
• 4/9 - 5/4: PSSA State Testing Window

May

• 5/9: Half Day for Students (Inservice Day)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/5: Last Day of School, Early Dismissal
• 6/6: Last Day for Faculty/Clerical Time
• 6/10: Graduation Day

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