FRIENDS SELECT SCHOOL CALENDAR: 2025-26
Families and employees for the day to day calendar please use the portal.
| Date | Event |
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Mon., Aug. 18, 2025 |
Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin |
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Wed.-Fri., Aug.20-22, 2025 |
New Employee Orientation & ADVIS/MCRC Cultural Competency Institute |
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Mon., Aug. 25-Thu., Aug. 28, 2025 |
Employee Opening Meetings |
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Wed., Aug. 27, 2025 |
Middle School New Student Orientation (1:00-3:30pm) |
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Wed., Aug 27, 2025 |
Upper School New Student Orientation (1:00-5:00pm) |
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Fri., Aug. 29, 2025 |
Room Preparation (optional) |
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Mon., Sept. 1, 2025 |
Labor Day – School Closed - Vacation Care Closed |
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Tue., Sept. 2, 2024 |
PreK First Day Visit for Students & Parents 8:00-10:00 am or 10:30 am-12:30 pm |
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Tue., Sept. 2, 2025 |
Opening Day of School for All Students Grades K-12 |
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Thu., Sept. 11, 2025 |
Welcome Families Party |
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Tue., Sept. 23, 2025 |
Rosh Hashanah – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Tue., Sept. 30 |
PreK & K Admission Open House |
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Thu., Oct. 2, 2025 |
Yom Kippur – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Sat., Oct. 11 |
All School Admission Open House |
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Fri., Oct. 17, 2025 |
FalconFest Field Day |
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Thu., Oct. 30, 2025 |
Lower School Conferences 3:30-6:00pm |
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Fri., Oct. 31, 2025 |
Lower School Conferences-No Lower School Classes-Vacation Care Open |
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Fri., Oct. 31 2025 |
US Q1 Ends |
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Mon., Nov. 3, 2025 |
Upper School Report Writing - No Upper School Classes |
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Tue., Nov. 4, 2025 |
PreK - Grade 4 Admission Open House |
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Tue., Nov. 11, 2025 |
Gr 5 -12 Admission Open House |
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Fri., Nov. 14, 2025 |
Middle School Report Writing Day – Grades 5-8 - No Middle School Classes |
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Sat., Nov. 15, 2025 |
Athletic Open House |
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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) |
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Mon., Dec. 1, 2025 |
Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open |
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Tue., Dec. 2, 2025 |
Classes Resume |
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Fri., Dec. 19, 2025 |
Last Day of Classes Before Winter Break |
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Mon.-Fri., Dec. 22, 2024-Jan. 2, 2026 |
Winter Break - Limited Vacation Care Available |
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Mon., Jan 5, 2026 |
Faculty/Staff In-Service-No Lower/Middle/US Classes-Vacation Care Open |
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Tue., Jan. 6, 2026 |
Classes Resume |
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Fri., Jan. 16, 2026 |
Lower School Report Writing Day - No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Mon., Jan. 19, 2026 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed |
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Tue-Fri, Jan. 20-23, 2026 |
Upper School Social Justice Week |
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Mon., Jan. 26, 2026 |
US Q3 Begins |
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Fri., Feb. 6, 2026 |
Middle School Report Writing Day – No Middle School Classes |
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Wed., Feb. 11, 2026 |
Upper School Conferences 3:15 - 6:00pm |
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Thu., Feb. 12, 2026 |
Upper School Conference Day – No Upper School Classes |
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Fri., Feb. 13, 2026 |
Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Mon., Feb. 16, 2026 |
Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Closed |
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Tue., Feb. 17, 2026 |
Lunar New Year - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open |
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Fri., Feb. 27 |
Middle School Report Writing Day-No Middle School Classes |
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Thu., Mar. 19 |
Middle School Conferences (12:00-6:00pm) (No afternoon classes) |
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Fri., Mar. 20, 2026 |
Eid al-Fitr - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Thu., Mar. 26, 2026 |
Lower School Conferences - 3:30-6:00pm |
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Fri., Mar. 27, 2026 |
Lower School Conferences - No Lower School Classes - Vacation Care Open |
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Fri., Mar. 27, 2026 |
Middle School/Upper School Report Writing Day-No MS/US Classes-Last Day Before Spring Break |
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Mon.-Fri., Mar. 30-Apr 3, 2026 |
Spring Break - Vacation Care Open |
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Mon., Apr. 6, 2026 |
Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower, Middle, or Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open |
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Tue., Apr. 7, 2026 |
Classes Resume |
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Tue., Apr.14, 2026 |
First Look Admission Open House |
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Sat., May 2, 2026 |
Alumni Weekend and Spring Fair |
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Mon.-Tues., May 11-12, 2026 |
Senior Final Exams & Start of Senior Internships |
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Wed.-Fri., May 13-Wed., June 3, 2026 |
Senior Internships/Projects |
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Mon., May 25, 2026 |
Memorial Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed |
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Tue., May 26, 2026 |
Lower School Report Writing – No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open |
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Wed., May 27, 2026 |
Eid al-Adha – No LS/MS/US – Vacation Care Open |
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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 |
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Thu., June 4, 2026 |
US Closing Devotions/Senior Internship Presentations/Graduation Rehearsal Last day of school for Middle & Upper School |
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Fri., June 5, 2026 |
Last Day of School for Lower School/Lower School Closing Ceremony MS Moving Up Ceremony |
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Sat., June 6, 2026 |
Graduation (10:30am) |
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Mon. - Wed. June 8-10, 2026 |
Closing Faculty Meetings |
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Mon.-Fri., June 8-12, 2026 |
Fun Week |
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Mon.-Fri., June 15-Aug. 21, 2026 |
SummerSessions@Friends Select |
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Mon.-Fri., June 15- Aug.21, 2026 |
ESF Summer Camp |
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Fri., June 19, 2026 |
Juneteenth – School Closed |
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Fri., July 3, 2026 |
Fourth of July – School Closed |
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Mon., Aug. 24, 2026 |
Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin |
