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

The first day of school in Billings is August 24. 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 Billings 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

• 8/21 - 8/23: PIR Days
• 8/24: First day of School
• 8/30: 1-hour Early Dismissal

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/6: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 9/13: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 9/20: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 9/27: 1-hour Early Dismissal

October

• 10/4: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 10/11: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 10/12 - 10/13: Middle School Parent Teacher Conferences
• 10/18: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 10/15: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 10/19 - 10/20: No School for Students (PIR Days)

November

• 11/1: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 11/1 - 11/3: Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences
• 11/8: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 11/15: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)
• 11/29: 1-hour Early Dismissal

December

• 12/6: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 12/13: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 12/20: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 12/29 - 1/2: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/3: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 1/10: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 1/11 - 1/12: High School Semester Testing (Early Release at 12:40 p.m.)
• 1/15: No School for Students (PIR Day)
• 1/17: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 1/24: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 1/31: 1-hour Early Dismissal

February

• 2/7: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 2/9 - 2/12: No School (Vacation)
• 2/14: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 2/21: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 2/28: 1-hour Early Dismissal

March

• 3/7: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 3/14: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 3/21: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 3/28: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 3/29: Snow Day (vacation if make-up day is not needed)
• 3/30 - 4/2: No School (Spring Break)

April

• 4/4: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 4/9: No School for Students (PIR Day)
• 4/11: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 4/18: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 4/25: 1-hour Early Dismissal

May

• 5/2: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 5/4: No School
• 5/9: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 5/16: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 5/23: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 5/27: Graduation (10:00 a.m. for West, 2:00 p.m. for Skyview, 6:00 p.m. for Senior)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)
• 5/30: 1-hour Early Dismissal
• 5/31: High School Semester Testing (Early Release at 12:40 p.m.)

June

• 6/1: Last Day of School

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