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

The first day of school in Katy is August 16. 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 Katy 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

• 8/3 - 8/4: New Teacher Inservice Day
• 8/7: Teacher Preparation Day
• 8/8: Convocation (Secondary a.m./Elementary p.m.)
• 8/9: Secondary District Professional Learning Day
• 8/10: Elementary District Professional Learning Day
• 8/11: Campus Professional Learning Day
• 8/14: Campus Professional Learning Day
• 8/15: Teacher Preparation Day
• 8/16: First Day of School

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/13: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)
• 9/25: Second Six Weeks Begins (Secondary)

October

• 10/9: Early Dismissal for Students (Elementary Parent Conferences, Secondary Professional Learning)
• 10/16: Second Nine Weeks Begins (Elementary)
• 10/18: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)
• 10/20: Early Dismissal for Students (Elementary Parent Conferences, Secondary Professional Learning)

November

• 11/1: Third Six Weeks Begins (Secondary)
• 11/20 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)
• 11/29: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)

December

• 12/15: Early Dismissal, End of Semester
• 12/18 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year's Day)
• 1/2: No School for Students (Teacher Preparation Day)
• 1/3: First Day of Spring Semester
• 1/15: No School for Students (Campus Professional Learning Day)
• 1/24: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)

February

• 2/16: Early Dismissal for Students (Campus Professional Learning)
• 2/19: No School for Students (District Professional Learning Day)
• 2/20: Fifth Six Weeks Begins (Secondary)

March

• 3/7: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)
• 3/12 - 3/16: No School (Spring Break)
• 3/19: Fourth Nine Weeks Begins (Elementary)
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/13: Early Dismissal for Students (Campus Professional Learning)
• 4/16: Sixth Six Weeks Begins (Secondary)

May

• 5/2: Family Night (No Homework Assigned)
• 5/24: Last Day of School, Early Dismissal
• 5/25: Teacher Preparation Day

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