2021-22 School Yr Calendar

List of all School Year Dates 2021-22

View starting time and terminate times for all schools. All schools accept a 75-minute early release on Wednesdays, except the beginning day of schoolhouse.

August 17 – eighteen  Jump Start for new kindergarten students Read more about Jump Kickoff

September 1 Starting time day of school for 1st – twelfth grade students. September 1 is not an early release Wednesday. Early release will occur every Midweekexcept for the first calendar week of schoolhouse.

September 1 – iii Family Connections Earlier starting schoolhouse, each new kindergartner's family is offered the risk to run into with their student'south instructor. Read more nearly Family unit Connections

September vi Labor Day (no schoolhouse)

September ix First 24-hour interval of school for kindergarten, all preschool students

October 8 Land In-service Day (no schoolhouse)

November 11 Veterans Day (no schoolhouse)

November 12 No schoolhouse

November 22 – 24 Unproblematic briefing days (no schoolhouse for elementary and K-8 students; varies past school) Tips for families to set up for elementary conferences.

November 25 – 26 Thanksgiving pause (no school) Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day

December 17 1-hour early on dismissal (wintertime break)

December 20, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Winter interruption (no schoolhouse)

January 3 (no schoolhouse for students) COVID-nineteen tests bachelor; Read more about this update

January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)

January 27 Day Betwixt Semesters Jan 27 will be the make-upwardly school day for Nov 12 per Schoolhouse Board action.

February 21 – 25 Mid-wintertime break including Presidents' Day (no school)

Apr 11 – xv Spring pause (no school)

May 30 Memorial 24-hour interval (no school)

June 17, 2022 Last day of school (one-60 minutes early dismissal)

Approval and Planning School Year Dates

At the regular School Lath meeting on Feb 10, 2021, the School Board voted to corroborate the district calendars for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.

  • See the Schoolhouse Lath documents with approved 2021-22 and 2022-23 school yr calendars and religious observances guidance approved Jan 2021.
  • Updated 2021-22 school year calendar approved on December 2021.

The school calendar is developed collaboratively with Ocean and the dates are agreed upon in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The formula to schedule primal dates in the CBA states that the first 24-hour interval of school will be the first Wednesday of September. Families should annotation that for the start of the 2021-22 school year, schoolhouse will begin before Labor Day, on September 1, 2021 for grades 1-12.

The key dates formula was originally bargained in the 2015-eighteen CBA as a tool for staff and families so at that place would exist consistency around calendars and dates weren't arbitrarily ready.

During the 2019 bargaining flow, multiple joint workgroups between SPS and SEA were established, with one specifically organized to address inclusive considerations related to religious and cultural observations and practices. This workgroup adult supplemental materials and guidance to go along with the traditional school twelvemonth calendar.

While not all religious/cultural events tin exist accommodated for, this guidance was created to serve every bit a reference for schools, families, and communities to be aware of potential schedule conflicts and excused absences and/or to make appropriate accommodations and supports for students and families on days of religious/cultural observances.

The religious and cultural observances identified in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 Organized religion and Religious Accommodations documents, also highlights observances and traditions which involve fasting, which may have an bear on on students' abilities to perform at their highest level or be a reason for an absenteeism from class.

Key Dates in the CBA

The below dates were negotiated as a part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

  • First day of school: The starting time Wednesday in September.
  • State In-service Twenty-four hours: As recognized by the country and typically the second Friday in October.
  • Winter break: At least 10 weekdays, ending after New Year's Day. If New year's day'south 24-hour interval falls or is observed on a Mon, students will render to schoolhouse on the next mean solar day (Tuesday).
  • Mid-winter break: Presidents' Day and the following four workdays.
  • Spring break: Five days starting the 2nd Monday in Apr.
  • Snowfall make-up days: At least three snow days shall be scheduled, including the day between semesters, and the kickoff two days following the last day of school in June. Additional snow make-up days may exist added in June if necessary
  • Holidays:
    • Labor Day (when school begins before this mean solar day in September)
    • Veterans Twenty-four hours (November)
    • Thanksgiving Day and the day subsequently Thanksgiving (Nov)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. 24-hour interval (Jan)
    • Presidents' Twenty-four hours (Feb)
    • Memorial Day (May)
  • Contractual Days: The four days immediately preceding the start of schoolhouse, except for the Friday earlier Labor Day
  • Conferences: Three consecutive days for conferences immediately preceding Thanksgiving Twenty-four hour period