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Alexandria School Calendar For 2025-2026: Key Dates To Know
As the summer wraps up, here are the dates Alexandria students and parents should know for the new school year.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Summer will soon wrap up for students around Alexandria. The first day of school at Alexandria City Public Schools is Monday, Aug. 18.
All Alexandria schools start the new school year in late August, except Samuel Tucker Elementary, which runs on a modified school year and started on July 22. Families should look out for the ACPS Express newsletter on Aug. 15 for back-to-school reminders. Back-to-school forms will be available starting on Aug. 18, and completed forms are due by Sept. 30.
Here are some of the important 2025-2026 school year dates to get on the calendar:
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- Aug. 15, 2025: Step up to kindergarten
- Aug. 18, 2025: First day of school
- Aug. 20, 2025: First Day of preschool (ACPS Early Childhood Center and Virginia Preschool Initiative Classes)
- Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2025: Labor Day holiday break
- Sept. 23, 2025: Rosh Hashanah holiday
- Oct. 2, 2025: Yom Kippur holiday
- Oct. 13, 2025: Indigenous Peoples’ Day student holiday, school conferences
- Oct. 20, 2025: Diwali holiday
- Nov. 4, 2025: Election Day student holiday, teacher work day
- Nov. 11, 2025: Veterans Day student holiday
- Nov. 26-28, 2025: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 22, 2025-Jan. 2, 2026: Winter break
- Jan. 19, 2026: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Jan. 23, 2026: Student holiday, professional learning day for staff
- Jan. 26, 2026: Student holiday, teacher work day
- Feb. 16, 2026: Washington's Birthday and Presidents Day holiday
- Feb. 25, 2026: Two-hour early dismissal for students, school conferences
- March 4, 2026: Two-hour early dismissal for students, school conferences
- March 20, 2026: Eid al-Fitr holiday
- March 27, 2026: Two-hour early release
- March 30-April 3, 2026: Spring break
- April 6, 2026: Student holiday, teacher work day
- May 25, 2026: Memorial Day holiday
- May 26, 2026: Student holiday, teacher work day (possible snow make-up day)
- May 27, 2026: Eid al-Adha holiday
- June 9-12, 2026: Two-hour early dismissal for high school final exams
- June 11-12, 2026: Two-hour early dismissal, afternoon teacher work day
- June 12, 2026: Last day of school
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