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

The first day of school in Swampscott is August 29 for all grades except kindergarten and September 5 for kindergarten. 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 Swampscott 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: Convocation
• 8/29: First Day for Pre-K and Grades 1-12
• 8/29 - 8/31: Kindergarten Screening

September

• 9/1: No School
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day for Kindergarten
• 9/21 - 9/22: No School (Rosh Hashanah)

October

• 10/5: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)
• 10/9: No School (Columbus Day)

November

• 11/2: Elementary Early Release (Conferences)
• 11/7: No School for Students (Professional Development)
• 11/8: Elementary Evening Conferences
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/14: High School Early Release (Conferences)
• 11/22: Noon Dismissal K-12
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December

• 12/7: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development, Middle School Conferences)
• 12/14: Middle School Early Release (Conferences)
• 12/22: Early Release
• 12/25 - 12/29: No School (December Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year's Day)
• 1/2: Staff and Students Return
• 1/15: No School (MLK Jr. Day)
• 1/25: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)

February

• 2/14: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)
• 2/19 - 2/23: No School (February Break)

March

• 3/15: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)
• 3/22: Elementary Evening conferences
• 3/28: Elementary Early Release (Conferences)
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/12: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)
• 4/16 - 4/20: No School (April Break)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)
• 5/31: Early Release K-12 (Professional Development)

June

• 6/15: Tentative Last Day of School (with no snow days)
• 6/21: Tentative Last Day of School (with 5 snow days)

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