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

The first day of school in Desert Sands 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 Desert Sands 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

• 8/18: New Teachers Inservice
• 8/21: New Teachers Inservice
• 8/22 - 8/23: Teacher Preparation
• 8/24: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)

October

• 10/9: No School (Professional Development Day)

November

• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/20 - 11/22: School Closed
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)

December

• 12/18 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/2: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Day)
• 1/26: No School (Professional Development Day)

February

• 2/12: No School (Lincoln's Day)
• 2/19: No School (Presidents' Day)

March

• 3/26 - 3/30: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/13: Last Day of School

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