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FRIENDS SELECT SCHOOL CALENDAR: 2025-26

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Date Event

Mon., Aug. 18, 2025

Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin

Wed.-Fri., Aug.20-22, 2025

New Employee Orientation & ADVIS/MCRC Cultural Competency Institute 

Mon., Aug. 25-Thu., Aug. 28, 2025

Employee Opening Meetings

Wed., Aug. 27, 2025

Middle School New Student Orientation (1:00-3:30pm)

Wed., Aug 27, 2025

Upper School New Student Orientation (1:00-5:00pm) 

Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

Room Preparation (optional)

Mon., Sept. 1, 2025

Labor Day – School Closed - Vacation Care Closed

Tue., Sept. 2, 2024

PreK First Day Visit for Students & Parents 8:00-10:00 am or 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Tue., Sept. 2, 2025

Opening Day of School for All Students Grades K-12

Thu., Sept. 11, 2025

Welcome Families Party 

Tue., Sept. 23, 2025

Rosh Hashanah – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open

Tue., Sept. 30

PreK & K Admission Open House

Thu., Oct. 2, 2025

Yom Kippur – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open

Sat., Oct. 11

All School Admission Open House

Fri., Oct. 17, 2025

FalconFest Field Day

Thu., Oct. 30, 2025

Lower School Conferences 3:30-6:00pm

Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

Lower School Conferences-No Lower School Classes-Vacation Care Open

Fri., Oct. 31 2025

US Q1 Ends 

Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

Upper School Report Writing - No Upper School Classes

Tue., Nov. 4, 2025

PreK - Grade 4 Admission Open House

Tue., Nov. 11, 2025

Gr 5 -12 Admission Open House

Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

Middle School Report Writing Day – Grades 5-8 - No Middle School Classes

Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

Athletic Open House

Tue., Nov. 25, 2025

Middle School Conferences/No Middle School Classes

Last Day of Classes Before Thanksgiving Break (Vacation Care Open Nov. 26, Closed Nov. 28)

Mon., Dec. 1, 2025

Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open

Tue., Dec. 2, 2025

Classes Resume

Fri., Dec. 19, 2025

Last Day of Classes Before Winter Break

Mon.-Fri., Dec. 22, 2024-Jan. 2, 2026

Winter Break - Limited Vacation Care Available

Mon., Jan 5, 2026

Faculty/Staff In-Service-No Lower/Middle/US Classes-Vacation Care Open

Tue., Jan. 6, 2026

Classes Resume

Fri., Jan. 16, 2026

Lower School Report Writing Day - No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open

Mon., Jan. 19, 2026

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed

Tue-Fri, Jan. 20-23, 2026

Upper School Social Justice Week

Mon., Jan. 26, 2026

US Q3 Begins

Fri., Feb. 6, 2026

Middle School Report Writing Day – No Middle School Classes

Wed., Feb. 11, 2026

Upper School Conferences 3:15 - 6:00pm

Thu., Feb. 12, 2026

Upper School Conference Day – No Upper School Classes

Fri., Feb. 13, 2026

Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open

Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Closed

Tue., Feb. 17, 2026

Lunar New Year - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open

Fri., Feb. 27

Middle School Report Writing Day-No Middle School Classes

Thu., Mar. 19

Middle School Conferences (12:00-6:00pm) (No afternoon classes)

Fri., Mar. 20, 2026

Eid al-Fitr - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open

Thu., Mar. 26, 2026

Lower School Conferences - 3:30-6:00pm 

Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

Lower School Conferences - No Lower School Classes - Vacation Care Open

Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

Middle School/Upper School Report Writing Day-No MS/US Classes-Last Day Before Spring Break

Mon.-Fri., Mar. 30-Apr 3, 2026

Spring Break - Vacation Care Open

Mon., Apr. 6, 2026

Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower, Middle, or Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open

Tue., Apr. 7, 2026

Classes Resume

Tue., Apr.14, 2026

First Look Admission Open House

Sat., May 2, 2026

Alumni Weekend and Spring Fair

Mon.-Tues., May 11-12, 2026

Senior Final Exams & Start of Senior Internships

Wed.-Fri., May 13-Wed., June 3, 2026

Senior Internships/Projects

Fri., May 22, 2026

Lower School Report Writing - No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open 

Mon., May 25, 2026

Memorial Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed

Wed., May 27,  2026

Eid al-Adha – No LS/MS/US – Vacation Care Open

Mon.-Wed., June 1-3, 2026

Final Exams for Students Grades 7-11/ No Classes for Grades 7 & 8

Senior Class Trip/ No Upper School Classes 

Thu., June 4, 2026

US Closing Devotions/Senior Internship Presentations/Graduation Rehearsal

Last day of school for Middle & Upper School

Fri., June 5, 2026

Last Day of School for Lower School/Lower School Closing Ceremony

MS Moving Up Ceremony 

Sat., June 6, 2026

Graduation (10:30am)

Mon. - Wed. June 8-10, 2026

Closing Faculty Meetings

Mon.-Fri., June 8-12, 2026

Fun Week 

Mon.-Fri., June 15-Aug. 21, 2026

SummerSessions@Friends Select 

Mon.-Fri., June 15- Aug.21, 2026

ESF Summer Camp 

Fri., June 19, 2026

Juneteenth – School Closed

Fri., July 3, 2026

Fourth of July – School Closed

Mon., Aug. 24, 2026

Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin 

 

 

 

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