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

The first day of school in Framingham is August 30 for grades 1-12, August 31 for kindergarten and September 5 for Blocks Preschool. 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 Framingham 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: Teacher PD Day
• 8/29: Convocation, Half Teacher Work Day, Grade 9 Orientation
• 8/30: First Day for Grades 1-12
• 8/31: First Day for Kindergarten

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day for Blocks Preschool
• 9/21 - 9/22: No School (Rosh Hashanah)
• 9/28: Elementary, Blocks Preschool and Middle School Early Release (PD)

October

• 10/9: No School (Columbus Day)
• 10/19: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences), Middle School Early Release (PD)
• 10/26: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences)

November

• 11/2: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences), Middle School Early Release (PD)
• 11/3: High School Report Cards
• 11/7: No School for Students (PD)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/16: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Evening Conferences
• 11/22: Half Day
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

December

• 12/7: Early Release (PD)
• 12/8: Middle School Report Cards
• 12/22: Half Day, No Blocks Preschool
• 12/25 - 12/29: No School (Holiday Recess)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year's Day)
• 1/15: No School (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
• 1/26: Elementary Report Cards, High School Report Cards

February

• 2/16: No School for Students (PD)
• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (Winter Recess)

March

• 3/19: Middle School Report Cards
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/6: High School Report Cards
• 4/13: No School for Students (PD)
• 4/16 - 4/20: No School (Spring Recess)
• 4/26: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences), Middle School Early Release (PD)

May

• 5/3: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences)
• 5/10: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Early Release (Parent Conferences)
• 5/17: Elementary, Blocks Preschool and Middle School Early Release (PD)
• 5/24: Elementary and Blocks Preschool Evening Conferences
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/3: FHS Graduation
• 6/4: No Kindergarten, Orientation for Incoming Kindergarteners
• 6/18: Last Day of School (no snow days)
• 6/25: Last Day of School (includes 5 snow days)

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