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

The first day of school in Newport-Mesa is September 5. 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 Newport-Mesa 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

• 8/28: Teacher Start Date
• 8/29 - 8/29: Staff Development
• 8/30: Teacher Prep
• 8/31: Staff Development

September

• 9/1: Teacher Prep
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day of School

November

• 11/1: No School for Students (Staff Development)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans' Day)
• 11/13 - 11/17: K-6 Modified Days (Conference Week)
• 11/15: No School for K-6 Students (Conference Day)
• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

December

• 12/22: Early Release Day
• 12/25 - 1/5: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Recess)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Day)

February

• 2/2: No School for Grades 7-12 Students (Prep Day)
• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (February Recess)

March

• 3/12 - 3/16: K-6 Modified Days (Conference Week)
• 3/14: No School for K-6 Students (Conference Day)

April

• 4/16 - 4/20: No School (Spring Recess)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/21: Last Day of School for Grades 7-12
• 6/22: Last Day of School for Grades K-6, Modified Day, Grades 7-12 Prep Day

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