North Shore School District 112 Calendar 2019-20: First Day, More

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — The first day of school in North Shore School District 112 is Aug. 19 — 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 ASAP. The public school district has released its full 2019-20 calendar, which is available online in printable form.

The calendar includes important dates, such as winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals and parent-teacher conferences.

This year, there are changes to the schedule for early release days due to a new Illinois law, Senate Bill 28, mandating that any instructional school day must be at least five hours long. The NSSD112 early release schedule will be: 7:55 a.m. - 12:55 p.m for middle schools, 8:40 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. for elementary schools, with the exceptions of 8:36 a.m.-1:36 p.m for Sherwood and 8:44 a.m.-1:44 p.m. for Red Oak.

Here's a look at some of the most important dates parents and students should mark down immediately.

August

Aug. 8-14: New Teacher Orientation
Aug. 15-16: No School — Institute Day
Aug. 19: First Day of School — Early Release
Aug. 30: Early Release

September

Sept. 2: No School — Labor Day
Sept. 13: Early Release
Sept. 27: Early Release
Sept. 30: No School — Rosh Hashanah

October

Oct. 8: End Of First Quarter
Oct. 9: No School — Tom Kippur
Oct. 14: No School — Fall Break
Oct. 15: No School — Institute Day

November

Nov. 8: Early Release
Nov. 11: No School — Veterans Day
Nov. 25-26: No School — Parent-Teacher Conferences
Nov. 27-29: No School — Thanksgiving Break

December

Dec. 20: Early Release
Dec. 23-31: No School — Winter Break

January

Jan. 1-3: No School — Winter Break
Jan. 6: School Reopens
Jan. 10: End Of Second Quarter
Jan. 17: Early Release
Jan. 20: No School — Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February

Feb. 14: No School — Tri-District Institute Day
Feb. 17: No School — Presidents' Day
Feb. 28: Early Release

March

March 2: No School — Casimir Pulaski Day
March 19: Early Release — End Of Third Quarter, Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 20: No School — Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 23-27: Spring Break
March 30: School Reopens

April

April 9: Early Release
April 10: No School — Good Friday
April 13: No School — Institute Day

May

May 22: Early Release — Records Day
May 25: No School — Memorial Day
May 29: Early Release — Records Day

June

June 3: Early Dismissal — Morning Preschool Attends
June 4: Fourth Quarter Ends, Early Dismissal — Afternoon Preschool Attends, Last Day If Emergency Days Not Used
June 11: Last Day Of School, If Five Emergency Days Are Used

Emergency Make-Up Days:

If there is a need for alternate emergency make-up days before any of the following holidays, they will be used to reduce the amount of additional days added to the school year in June:

Presidents' Day on Feb. 17, 2020
Pulaski Day on March 2, 2020
Institute Day on April 13, 2020

Want to get a jump start on the new school year? Check out Patch's Ultimate Back-to-School 2019 Guide for everything from backpacks to notebooks so that everyone has what they need.