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

The first day of school in Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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

• 8/21 - 8/22: New Teacher Orientation
• 8/23 - 8/24: Mandatory Professional Development Days
• 8/26: SATs
• 8/21 - 9/1: Teacher Pre-Service

September

• 9/1: Teacher Pre-Service
• 9/5: First Day of School
• 9/9: ACTs
• 9/29: Early Release (Professional Development)

October

• 10/6: Grades Close
• 10/7: SATs
• 10/9: No School for Students (Professional Development)
• 10/11: PSATs
• 10/18: Progress Reports (ES), Interim Reports (MS, HS)
• 10/28: ACTs

November

• 11/4: SATs
• 11/7: No School for Students (Virtual Teacher Day)
• 11/9: Grades Close
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/22: Early Release Day, Report Cards (ES, MS), Interim Reports (HS)
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December

• 12/2: SATs
• 12/9: ACTs
• 12/20: Grades Close
• 12/21 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (New Year’s Day)
• 1/2: Students Return
• 1/10: Progress Reports (ES), Interim Reports (MS, HS)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Day)
• 1/26: Grades Close
• 1/29: No School for Students (Professional Development Day)
• 1/30: No School for Students (Teacher Records Day)
• 1/31: Second Semester Begins

February

• 2/7: ES, MS, HS Report Cards
• 2/10: ACTs
• 2/13: 100th Day of School
• 2/19: No School (Presidents Day)

March

• 3/2: Early Release (Professional Development), Grades Close
• 3/10: SATs
• 3/14: Progress Reports (ES), Interim Reports (MS, HS)
• 3/30: Early Release

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Break)
• 4/13: Grades Close
• 4/14: ACTs
• 4/25: Report Cards (ES, MS), Interim Reports (HS)

May

• 5/5: SATs
• 5/11: Grades Close
• 5/23: Progress Reports (ES), Interim Reports (MS, HS)
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/2: SATs
• 6/8: HS Graduation Practices
• 6/9: ACTs
• 6/11 - 1/12: HS Graduations
• 6/11 - 6/14: Early Release for All Students, Exams
• 6/14: Last Day for Students, Grades Close
• 6/15: Teacher Records Day
• 6/27: HS/MS Grades Distributed

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