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

The first day of school in Alameda 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 Alameda Unified 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: Professional Development
• 8/17: Professional Development
• 8/18: Teacher Work Day
• 8/21: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)

October

• 10/9: No School for Students (Professional Development)

November

• 11/10: No School (Veteran's Day)
• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Fall Break)

December

• 12/22 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Jr. Day)

February

• 2/16: No School (Lincoln's Day)
• 2/19: No School (Presidents Day)

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/6: Last Day of School
• 6/7: Teacher Work Day

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