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

The first day of school in Berkeley 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 Berkeley 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

• 8/25: Staff Development Day
• 8/28: Teacher Work Day
• 8/29: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/7: Elementary Back to School Night
• 9/14: Middle School Back to School Night
• 9/28: High School Back to School Night

October

• 10/9: No School for Students (District Staff Professional Development Day)
• 10/27: End of First Grading Period (K-12)

November

• 11/3: No School for Students (Elementary Parent Teacher Conference Day, Secondary Staff Development Day)
• 11/6: Elementary Shortened Day (Parent Teacher Conferences)
• 11/7 - 11/9: Elementary and Middle School Shortened Day (Parent Teacher Conferences)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Holidays)

December

• 12/18 - 1/1: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/1: No School (Winter Recess)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
• 1/26: End of Second Grading Period (Secondary)
• 1/29: No School for Students (Secondary Semester Break, Elementary Staff Development Day)

February

• 2/8: High School Open House
• 2/16: No School (Lincoln's Birthday)
• 2/19: No School (Presidents Day)
• 2/23: End of Second Grading Period (Elementary)

March

• 3/29: Middle School Open House
• 3/30: End of Third Grading Period (Secondary), Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/17: Elementary Open House
• 5/21: No School (Malcolm X's Birthday)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/15: Last Day of School

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