2025-2026 School Calendar - Calendar - McDonogh School

2025-2026 School Calendar

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There are 174 days provided for the educational program in the 2025-2026 academic year. Note that the first three snow days in the 2025-2026 school year are anticipated to be true snow days, with no expectation that students will engage with schoolwork on those days.

First Day of School
Monday, August 25

Lower School "Meacher Teacher"
Monday, August 25

Middle School Student Orientation
Monday, August 25

Upper School Class Retreats
Monday, August 25

First Day of Classes
Tuesday, August 26

Convocation
Wednesday, August 27

Labor Day (School Closed)
Monday, September 1

Faculty Professional Day (No Classes)
Monday, September 22

Rosh Hashanah (School Closed)
Tuesday, September 23

Yom Kippur (School Closed)
Thursday, October 2

Diwali (No Classes); Faculty Professional Day 
Monday, October 20

Faculty Professional Development (Two-Hour Delay)
Wednesday, November 12

Middle and Upper School Virtual Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (No Classes for Middle and Upper School)*
Lower School in Session (Buses Operate on Regular Schedule; No Late Buses)

Monday, November 24

Middle and Upper School Virtual Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (No Classes for Middle and Upper School)*
Lower School Grandfriends Day (Early Dismissal, Buses Depart at Noon)

Tuesday, November 25

Fall Break Begins (School Closed)
Wednesday, November 26

Faculty Professional Day (No Classes)
Monday, December 1

Classes Resume
Tuesday, December 2

Winter Break Begins (Early Dismissal at Noon)
Friday, December 19

Classes Resume
Monday, January 5

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (School Closed)
Monday, January 19

Faculty Professional Development (Two-Hour Delay)
Tuesday, January 20

Presidents' Day (School Closed)
Monday, February 16

Lunar New Year (No Classes); Faculty Professional Day
Tuesday, February 17

Spring Break Begins (Early Dismissal at Noon)
Friday, March 13

Classes Resume; Faculty Professional Development (Two-Hour Delay)
Monday, March 23

Good Friday (School Closed)
Friday, April 3

Faculty Professional Day (No Classes)
Monday, April 6

Faculty Professional Development (Two-Hour Delay)
Wednesday, April 22

Eagle Day (Early Dismissal at Noon)
Friday, May 1

Memorial Day (School Closed)
Monday, May 25

Eid al-Adha (School Closed)
Wednesday, May 27

Lower School Closing Ceremony (No Middle School Classes - Early Dismissal at Noon)
Friday, May 29

Eighth Grade Closing Ceremony (No Lower or Upper School Classes)
Monday, June 1

Commencement
Friday, June 5

Juneteenth (School Closed)
Friday, June 19

*More information to come about Lower School Conferences and Middle and Upper School Spring Conferences.