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

The first day of school in Madison 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 Madison Public 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 - 8/29: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/30 - 8/31: Professional Development Days

September

• 9/1: Professional Development Day
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day of School
• 9/13: Island-Jeffrey-Ryerson Open House
• 9/14: DHHS Open House
• 9/21: No School (Rosh Hashanah)
• 9/27: Brown Grades 5-6 Open House
• 9/28: Polson Open House

October

• 10/9: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 10/25 - 10/26: Grades K-4 Early Dismissal (Elementary School Conferences)

November

• 11/1: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/22: Early Dismissal
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)

December

• 12/22: Early Dismissal
• 12/25 - 12/29: No School (December Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year’s Day)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King Day Holiday)
• 1/30: Early Dismissal for Students (Professional Development Day)

February

• 2/7 - 2/8: Grades K-4 Early Dismissal (Elementary School Conferences)
• 2/19: No School (President's Day)
• 2/20: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)

March

• 3/9: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/16 - 4/20: No School (April Break)

May

• 5/15: Early Dismissal for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/13: Last Day of School for Students, Early Dismissal
• 6/14: Professional Development Day
• 6/14 - 6/28: Make-up Days for Unscheduled School Closings

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