South San Antonio School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in South San Antonio is August 21. 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 South San Antonio Independent 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

• 8/10 - 8/15: Staff Development
• 8/16 - 8/18: Teacher Workdays
• 8/21: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)

October

• 10/9: No School for Students (Staff Development)
• 10/11: PSAT (High School Only)
• 10/23: No School for Students (Teacher Workday)

November

• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)

December

• 12/4: EOC English I
• 12/5: EOC Algebra I
• 12/6: EOC English II
• 12/7: EOC US History
• 12/22: End of First Semester
• 12/25 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/8: No School for Students (Teacher Workday)
• 1/9: Start of Second Semester
• 1/15: No School (MLK Day)

February

• 2/19: No School for Students (Staff Development)

March

• 3/12 - 3/16: No School (Spring Break)
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/2: No School for Students (Teacher Workday)
• 4/10: STAAR Grades 4 and 7 Writing, STAAR Grades 5 and 8 Math, EOC English I
• 4/11: STARR Grades 5 and 8 Reading
• 4/12: EOC English I
• 4/27: No School (Battle of Flowers Student)

May

• 5/7: EOC US History
• 5/8: EOC Algebra I
• 5/9: EOC Biology
• 5/14: STAAR Grades 3 and 4, 6 and 7, 5 and 8 Math Retest
• 5/15: STARR Grades 3 and 4, 6 and 7, 5 and 8 Reading Retest
• 5/16: STAAR Grades 5 and 8 Science
• 5/17: STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)
• 5/31: Last Day of School

June

• 6/1: Teacher Workday

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