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

The first day of school in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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

• 8/22 - 8/24: New Teacher Institute
• 8/25: All Employees Return

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/5: First Day of School
• 9/27: Early Release for Students (Staff Development Day)

October

• 10/9: No School for Students (Parent Conference Day)
• 10/25: Early Release for Students (Staff Development Day)

November

• 11/7: No School for Students (Teacher Workday, Staff Development Day)
• 11/8: High School Students Early Release (Exams)
• 11/9: Early Release for Students (High School Exams, Staff Development Day)
• 11/10: No School (Veterans' Day)
• 11/22: Early Release
• 11/23 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)

December

• 12/20: Early Release
• 12/21 - 12/31: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/2: Students and Staff Return
• 1/15: No School (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
• 1/26: High School Students Early Release (Exams)
• 1/29: Elementary and Middle School Students Early Release (Staff Development)
• 1/30: No School for Students (Teacher Workday)
• 1/31: Second Semester Begins

February

• 2/19: No School (Presidents' Day)

March

• 3/5: Early Release for Students (Parent Conference Day)
• 3/29: High School Students Early Release (Exams)
• 3/30: Early Release for Students (High School Exams, Staff Development Day)

April

• 4/2 - 4/6: No School (Spring Break)

May

• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/13 - 6/15: Early Release for Students (High School Exams 6/14 - 6/15)
• 6/15: Last Day for Students
• 6/18: Last Day for Teachers

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