Danbury School Calendar 2019-20: First Day Of School, Vacations

DANBURY, CT — The first day of school in Danbury is August 28 — and whether you and the kids are looking forward to the new school year or are dreading the end of summer, you'll want to mark the date on your calendar. The Danbury School District has released its 2019-2020 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. What it doesn't include is a list of back-to-school essentials and where to find them; you can find that here.

Here is the full list of dates to know for this school year:

August:

20,21,22: New Teacher Orientation

26: Professional Development (PD)

27: Preopening day-All Staff to Report
28: First Day of classes-Full Day

September:
2: Labor Day–Schools Closed
24: One Hour Early Release for Students-T-Eval
30: Rosh Hashanah-Schools Closed

October
9: Yom Kippur-schools closed
14: Professional Development-Schools Closed
29: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

November:
5: Professional Development -Schools Closed
11: Veterans' Day–Schools Closed
13, 14, 15: Middle School Conferences- Early Dismissal

18, 19, 20: Elementary School Conferences-Early Dismissal
27: Early Dismissal
28, 29: Thanksgiving Recess–Schools Closed

December:
3: High School Conferences-Early Dismissal
3: One Hour Early Release for PD- Elementary & Middle Schools
23–31: Holiday Recess – Schools Closed

January:
1: New Year's Day-Schools Closed
7: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD
20: Martin Luther King Day–Schools Closed

21: Staff Only T-Eval 90 minutes after school
28: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

February:
11: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD
17: Presidents’ Day–Schools Closed
25: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

March:
17: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD
31: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

April:
10: Good Friday-Schools Closed
13-17: Spring Recess – Schools Closed
28: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

May:
22: Professional Development Schools Closed
25: Memorial Day – Schools Closed

26: Staff Only T-Eval 90 minutes after school

June:
2: One Hour Early Release for Students/PD

17: *Tentative School Closing – Early Dismissal All
Schools –High School Graduation
18: Post Closing Day All Staff to Report

This is a 185 day calendar including five emergency closing days. If these days are not used
they will be deducted in June. Any additional days lost by emergency closing will be added
after June 17. Graduation will take place no later than June 17. After June 30, days will
be deducted from the end of April recess.