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

The first day of school in Wilkes-Barre is September 7. 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 Wilkes-Barre 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:

September

• 9/7: First Day of School

October

• 10/9: Columbus Day (No school)

November

• 11/10: Veteran’s Day (No school)
• 11/13-17: American Education Week
• 11/23-27: Thanksgiving Vacation (No school)

December

• 12/4-15: Keystone State Exams Wave 1
• 12/25-1/1: Christmas Vacation (No school)

January

• 1/2: School Re-Opens
• 1/15: Martin Luther King Day (No school)
• 1/25: Second Semester Begins

February

• 2/16: Act 80/Professional Development
• 2/19: Presidents Day (No school)

March

• 3/29-4/2: Easter Vacation (No school)

April

• 4/9-13: PSSA Testing
• 4/16-20: PSSA Testing
• 4/23-27: PSSA Testing

May

• 5/4: PSSA Testing
• 5/14-25: Keystone Exams
• 5/28: Memorial Day (No school)

June

• 6/6: Last Student Day
• 6/12: Staff, Clerical, Evaluation, Planning, Last Teacher Day

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