Savannah-Chatham County School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in Savannah-Chatham County is August 3. 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 Savannah-Chatham County 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:

July

• 8/28: Staff Planning Day
• 8/31: Staff Planning Day

August

• 8/1 - 8/2: Staff Planning Day
• 8/3: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/15: Progress Reports Issued

October

• 10/5: End of 9-Week Period
• 10/6: Beginning of 9-Week Period
• 10/9: No School for Students (Staff Planning Day)
• 10/13: Report Cards Issued

November

• 11/8: Progress Reports Issued
• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving, 11/20 and 11/21 are make-up days)

December

• 12/15: End of 9-Week Period
• 12/18 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year's Day)
• 1/2: No School for Students (Staff Planning Day)
• 1/3: Beginning of 9-Week Period
• 1/12: Report Cards Issued
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day)

February

• 2/2: Progress Reports Issued
• 2/19: No School (Presidents' Day, make-up day)
• 2/20: No School for Students (Staff Planning Day, make-up day)

March

• 3/7: End of 9-Week Period
• 3/8: Beginning of 9-Week Period
• 3/16: Report Cards Issued
• 3/26 - 3/30: No School (Spring Break, 3/26 is a make-up day)

April

• 4/13: Progress Reports Issued

May

• 5/18: Last Day of School
• 5/20 - 5/23: Staff Planning Day
• 5/25: Report Cards Issued

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