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

The first day of school in Champaign is August 16. 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 Champaign 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 - 8/15: Institute Days
• 8/16: First Day of School

September

• 9/1: No School for Students (Institute Day)
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/21: No School (Fall Holiday)

October

• 10/9: No School (Columbus Day)
• 10/26: No School for Students (SIP/PT Conference)
• 10/27: No School for Students (PT Conference)

November

• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December

• 12/20 - 12/21: Early Dismissal
• 12/22 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/8: No School for Students (Institute Day)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Jr. Day)

February

• 2/19: No School (Presidents' Day)

March

• 3/15: No School for Students (SIP/PT Conference)
• 3/16: No School for Students (PT Conference)
• 3/19 - 3/23: No School (Spring Break)
• 3/30: No School (Spring Holiday)

April

• 4/2: No School (Spring Holiday)

May

• 5/24: Early Dismissal
• 5/25: Last Day of School, Early Dismissal
• 5/29: SIP
• 5/30 - 5/31: Snow Days

June

• 6/1 - 6/5: Snow Days

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