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

The first day of school in Novato is August 17. 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 Novato 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

• 8/14: Staff Development Day
• 8/15 - 8/16: Teacher Work Days
• 8/17: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/22: Secondary Progress Report Period Ends
• 9/25: Minimum Day

October

• 10/26: Minimum Day
• 10/27: Secondary Progress Report Period Ends

November

• 11/3: End of First Trimester
• 11/9: No School for Students (Staff Development Day)
• 11/10: No school (Veteran’s Day)
• 11/13 - 11/17: Parent Conferences
• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December

• 12/22: End of First Semester
• 12/25 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Day)

February

• 2/1: Minimum Day
• 2/16: Secondary Progress Report Period Ends
• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (Mid-Winter Break)

March

• 3/2: End of Second Trimester
• 2/19: Minimum Day

April

• 4/6: Secondary Progress Report Period Ends
• 4/9 - 4/13: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/25: No School for Students (Staff Development Day)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/7: Last Day of School
• 6/8: Teacher Work Day

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