By
- Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The end of the current school year in New York City is just a few months away, but it’s never too early to start planning ahead and take a look at the key dates for the public school 2024-2025 calendar.
The city Department of Education (DOE) academic calendar includes some two-dozen days off between the first day of school on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, and the last day of classes on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
The calendar gives time off for the religious holidays like Good Friday, Yom Kippur and Eid al-Fitr, and week-long breaks for winter recess, mid-winter recess and spring recess, which include Christmas and Passover. Diwali has also been added as a public school holiday.
The school calendar also allows time off for Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Columbus Day), Election Day, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Juneteenth.
Dates for parent-teacher conference days for elementary, middle schools and high schools are also posted in the calendar.
Here are key dates you need to know for the 2024-2025 school year.
SEPTEMBER 2024
- Sept. 5 - First day of school
- Sept. 12 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers
- Sept. 19 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools
- Sept. 26 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
OCTOBER 2024
- Oct. 3-4 - Schools closed for Rosh Hashanah
- Oct. 14 - Schools closed for Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
NOVEMBER 2024
- Nov. 1 - Schools closed for Diwali
- Nov. 5 - Schools closed for Election Day
- Nov. 7 - Afternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- Nov. 11 - Schools closed for Veterans Day
- Nov. 14 - Afternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- Nov. 21 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
- Nov. 22 - Afternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- Nov. 28-29 - Schools closed for Thanksgiving recess
DECEMBER 2024
- Dec. 24 - Winter recess begins
JANUARY 2025
- Jan. 2 - Classes resume after winter recess
- Jan. 20 - Schools closed for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January dates to be determined - Regents exams are administered
- January dates to be determined - Professional Development Day; no classes for students attending high schools and 6-12 schools, all other students attend school
- Jan. 29 - Schools closed for Lunar New Year
FEBRUARY 2025
- Feb. 17–21 - Schools closed for mid-winter recess
MARCH 2025
- March 6 - Afternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- March 13 - Afternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- March 20 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
- March 21 - Afternoon Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
- March 31 - Schools closed for Eid al-Fitr
APRIL 2025
- April 14-18 - Schools closed for spring recess
MAY 2025
- May 1 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers
- May 8 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools
- May 15 - Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
- May 26 - Schools closed for Memorial Day
JUNE 2025
- June 5 - Schools closed for Eid al-Adha/Anniversary Day
- June 6 - Clerical Day; no classes for students attending 3K, Pre-K, elementary schools, middle schools, K-12 schools, and standalone D75 programs
- June dates to be determined - Regents exam administration
- June 19 - Schools closed for Juneteenth
- June 26 - Last day of classes
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