| 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Aug 21-23 (W-F) | New Professional Staff |
| Aug 26 & 27 (M-Tu) | All Professional Staff |
| Aug 28 (W) | School Begins All Students |
| Aug 28 thru Sept 6 | Kindergarten Begins – Early Release Days |
| Sept 2 (M) | Labor Day – Schools & Offices Closed |
| Sept 9 (M) | Kindergarten Full Days Start |
| Oct 3 (Th) | Rosh Hashanah – Schools Closed |
| Oct 14 (M) | Indigenous Peoples Day – Schools & Offices Closed |
| Nov 1 (F) | Diwali – Schools Closed |
| Nov 7 (Th) | Early Release PreK-5 Parent Conferences |
| Nov 11 (M) | Veterans’ Day – Schools & Offices Closed |
| Nov 27 (W) | Early Release – Schools |
| Nov 28-29 (Th-F) | Thanksgiving Recess – Schools & Offices Closed |
| Dec 2 (M) | Professional Day – Schools Closed |
| Dec 23 – Jan 1, 2025 | December Break – Schools Closed |
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Jan 2 (Th) | School Reopens |
| Jan 20 (M) | Martin Luther King Jr. Day Schools & Offices Closed |
| Jan 29 (W) | Lunar New Year – Schools Closed |
| Feb 17 – 21 (M-F) | February Break – Schools Closed |
| Mar 31 (M) | Eid al-Fitr – Schools Closed |
| April 1 (Tu) | Early Release PreK-5 Parent Conferences |
| April 18 (F) | Good Friday – Schools Closed |
| April 21 – 25 (M-F) | April Break – Schools Closed |
| May 26 (M) | Memorial Day – Schools & Offices Closed |
| June 6 (F) | WHS Graduation / Half Day WHS Only |
| June 19 (Th) | Juneteenth – Schools & Offices Closed |
| June 26 (Th) | Last Day STUDENTS (assumes 5 contingency days) |
| June 27 (F) | Last Day TEACHERS (assumes 5 contingency days) |
| NO SCHOOL | |
| Additional Elem. Early Release Date for Parent Conferences | |
| Early Release Dates for WMS & WHS | |
| Early Release Date WMS Only | |
| Early Release Date WHS Only – High School Graduation: Friday June 6 | |
| Opening and Closing Days |
| Month | Student Scheduled Days |
|---|---|
| August | 3 |
| September | 20 |
| October | 21 |
| November | 17 |
| December | 14 |
| January | 20 |
| February | 15 |
| March | 20 |
| April | 16 |
| May | 21 |
| June | 18 |
| Total | 185 |
INFORMATION ON SCHOOL OPENING IN AUGUST:
PAWS follows an “orientation schedule” 8/28-8/30. Full Schedule begins 9/3.
Kindergarten follows Early Release Day schedule 8/28-9/6. Full Day begins 9/9.
INFORMATION ON EARLY RELEASE DAYS:
Elementary Early Release: Wednesdays at 12:00. Additional Elem. Early Release Days: 11/7/24 and 4/1/25.
Middle School (11:21 am) and High School (11:29 am) Early release dates: 10/9/24, 11/6, 11/27 and 12/4; 1/8/25, 2/5, 3/5, 4/2, 5/7, 6/4 (WMS Only) & 6/6 (WHS Only)
| Last Day Calculator | Students | Teachers |
|---|---|
| 0 Contingency Days = | 06-18-25 | 06-20-25 |
| 1 Contingency Days = | 06-18-25 | 06-20-25 |
| 2 Contingency Days = | 06-23-25 | 06-24-25 |
| 3 Contingency Days = | 06-24-25 | 06-25-25 |
| 4 Contingency Days = | 06-25-25 | 06-26-25 |
| 5 Contingency Days = | 06-26-25 | 06-27-25 |
INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSING IN JUNE:
The last day of school is an early release day.
8th Grade Completion Ceremony takes place on the last day of school.
Elementary: If the last day of school is a Thursday or Friday, then the Wednesday of that final week is a full day of school.
Closing day is determined based on contingency days. (Teachers work 184 days; students attend 180 days)
As Voted by School Committee: December 19, 2023
2024-25 WPS Religious and Cultural Observances Calendar
The district’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Mission states our belief that it is our moral responsibility to welcome, celebrate and affirm the full spectrum and intersections of human differences in and beyond our community. The School Committee recognizes the list below may not include all holidays observed by Wellesley Public Schools families, but there has been an attempt to identify the major ones.2024-25 dates coming soon…
| Month | Holiday | Date |
|---|---|---|