Upper St. Clair School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in Upper St. Clair is August 29. 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 Upper St. Clair 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

• 8/16: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/17: New Teacher Induction
• 8/23: Teacher Inservice #1 (Staff Opening Day)
• 8/24: Teacher Inservice #2 (Act 80)
• 8/25: Teacher Inservice #3 (Act 80)
• 8/28: Teacher Inservice #4 (Classroom Management #1/Flex)
• 8/29: First Day of School for Students

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/7: Elementary Open Houses (Early Dismissal @ 12:45 p.m.)
• 9/14: High School Open House (Early Dismissal @ 12:35 p.m.)
• 9/27: First Marking Period Progress Reports
• 9/28: Boyce Open House (Early Dismissal @ 1:15 p.m.)

October

• 10/5: Fort Couch Open House (Early Dismissal @ 1:15 p.m.)
• 10/13: Half Day Early Dismissal for Students (Act 80, Teachers' Professional Development)
  • High School: 10:55 a.m.
  • Elementary Schools: 11:30 a.m.
  • Middle Schools: 11:55 a.m.
• 10/27: First Marking Period Ends
• 10/30: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #5 (Classroom Management #2)
• 10/31: No School for Students (Parent/Teacher Conferences/Inservice #6)

November

• 11/7: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #57
• 11/10: First Marking Period Report Cards
• 11/22: Half Day Early Dismissal for Thanksgiving Recess
  • High School: 10:55 a.m.
  • Elementary Schools: 11:30 a.m.
  • Middle Schools: 11:55 a.m.
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

December

• 12/5: Second Marking Period Progress Reports
• 12/25 - 1/1: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/12: First Semester & Second Marking Period Ends
• 1/15: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #8 (Classroom Management #3)
• 1/16: Second Semester Begins
• 1/26: Second Marking Period Report Cards

February

• 1/15: Third Marking Period Progress Reports
• 1/16: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #9
• 1/19: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #10

March

• 3/2: Half day Early Dismissal for Students
  
  • High School: 10:55 a.m.
  • Elementary Schools: 11:30 a.m.
• Middle Schools: 11:55 a.m.
• 3/23: Third Marking Period Ends
• 3/26 - 3/30: No School (Spring Recess)

April

• 4/2: No School for Students, Teacher Inservice #11 (Classroom Management #4)
• 4/13: Third Marking Period Report Cards

May

• 5/3: Fort Couch Celebration of Learning (Early Dismissal @ 1:15 p.m.)
• 5/4: Fourth Marking Period Progress Reports
• 5/10: Elementary Schools S.T.A.R. Night (Early Dismissal @ 12:45 p.m.)
• 5/24: Boyce Celebration of Learning (Early Dismissal @ 1:15 p.m.)
• 5/25: Snow Make-Up Day #1
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/7: High School Commencement
• 6/12: Last Day of School for Students (Pending Snow Make-Up Days)
• 6/13: Teacher Inservice #12 (Classroom Management #5), Snow Make-Up Day #2
• 6/14: Teacher Inservice #13, Snow Make-Up Day #3
• 6/18: Kennywood Day
• 6/26: Report Cards Available on USC Parent Portal for High School and Middle Schools/Mailed for Elementary Schools

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