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

The first day of school in Menlo Park is August 24. 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 Menlo Park City 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

• 8/17: FLOATING Teacher Work Day (Option 1)
• 8/18: Teacher Work Day
• 8/21 - 8/22: Teacher Collaborative Planning Days
• 8/23: Teacher Work Day
• 8/24: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/11: No School for Students (Staff Professional Development Day, CASO Day 1)

October

• 10/24 - 10/27: Minimum Days, K-8 Conference Days

November

• 11/10: No School (Veterans' Day)
• 11/17: End of First Trimester
• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)
• 11/27: No School for Students (Staff Professional Development Day, CASO Day 2)

December

• 12/21: Minimum Day
• 12/22 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/8: No School for Students (Teacher Collaborative Planning Day)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Birthday)

February

• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (Mid-Winter Break)

March

• 3/16: End of Second Trimester
• 3/30: No School (Staff Professional Development Day, CASO Day 3)

April

• 4/9 - 4/13: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/15: Last Day of School, Minimum Day, End of Third Trimester
• 6/18: FLOATING Teacher Work Day (Option 2)

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