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

The first day of school in Richfield 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 Richfield 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

• 8/22 - 8/24: New Teacher Workshop
• 8/25: Flex Teacher Workshop PreK-5
• 8/28 - 8/31: Teacher Workshop

September

• 9/1: Teacher Workshop
• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day of School
• 9/20: MAP Testing Begins

October

• 10/11: MAP Testing Ends
• 10/12: Grades 9-12 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 10/17: PreK-8 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 10/18: PreK-8 No School , Conferences 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• 10/19 - 10/20: No School for Students (Teacher Convention)

November

• 11/6: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 11/22: No School for Students (Conference Comp Day)
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)

December

• 12/7: Grades 9-12 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m., PreK-5 Report Cards
• 12/22 - 1/2: No School (Winter Recess)

January

• 1/1 - 1/2: No School (Winter Recess)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Jr. Day)
• 1/25: Grades 9-12 No School for Students (Teacher Workshop)
• 1/26: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 1/29: ACCESS Testing Begins

February

• 2/14: PreK-8 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 2/15: PreK-8 No School , Conferences 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• 2/16: No School for Students (Conference Comp Day)
• 2/19: No School (President's Day)

March

• 3/2: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 3/5: MCA Testing Begins
• 3/8: Grades 9-12 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 3/15: PreK-5 Report Cards
• 3/23: ACCESS Testing Ends
• 3/26 - 3/30: No School (Spring Recess)

May

• 5/3: MAP Testing Begins
• 5/4: MCA R&M Ends
• 5/10: Grades 9-12 Conferences 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
• 5/11: MCA Science Ends
• 5/24: MAP Testing Ends
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/6: Last Day of School
• 6/7: PreK-12 Teacher Workshop
• 6/8: RHS Graduation, 6-12 Teacher Workshop, Flex Teacher Workshop PreK-5

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