Important Dates for Upcoming School Year at Winnetka-Glencoe Schools

It's almost time for kids to head back to school. To prepare for the upcoming school year, we've compiled a list of important dates for 2016-2017 calendar year:

Glencoe School District 35

• First Day of Student Attendance, 1st - 8th - Aug. 25
• First Day of Kindergarten - Aug. 30
• Labor Day – No School - Sept. 5
• Teacher Institute Day - No School - Sept. 30
• Rosh Hashanah – No School - Oct. 3
• Columbus Day – No School - Oct. 10
• Yom Kippur – No School - Oct. 12
• Parent/Teacher Conferences During the Day and Evening – No School for Students - Nov. 10-11
• Thanksgiving Break – No School - Nov. 23-25
• Winter Break Begins - Dec. 19
• School Resumes after Winter Break - Jan. 3
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School - Jan. 16
• Teacher Institute Day – No School - Feb. 17
• Presidents’ Day – No School - Feb. 20
• Spring Break Begins - March 27
• School Resumes After Spring Break - April 3
• Good Friday – No School - April 14
• Teacher Institute Day – No School - April 17
• Memorial Day – No School - May 29
• 8th Grade Graduation - June 7
• Last Day for Kindergarten – 7th Early Dismissal (If no Emergency Days are used) - June 8*

The official school calendar provides an additional five days between Friday, June 9 and Thursday, June 15, 2017, to make up days lost due to emergency school closings.

Source: Glencoe School District 35

Winnetka Public Schools District 36

• First Day of School - Aug. 29
• NO SCHOOL - Sept. 5
• Religious Holiday - NO SCHOOL - Oct. 3
• Religious Holiday - NO SCHOOL - Oct. 12
• P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL - Oct. 21
• Teacher Institute Day - NO SCHOOL - Nov. 11
• Thanksgiving Break - Nov. 23-25
• Winter Break - Dec. 19 – Jan. 2
• P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL - Feb. 9-10
• Teacher Institute Day - NO SCHOOL - Feb. 20
• Spring Break - March 27-31
• Religious Holiday - NO SCHOOL - April 14
• NO SCHOOL - May 26
• Memorial Day - May 29
• LAST DAY OF SCHOOL-(anticipated) - June 8

Source: Winnetka Public Schools District 36

New Trier High School

• First Day of School - Aug. 29
• Labor Day - NO SCHOOL - Sept. 5
• ACT National Test - Sept. 10
• No School for Freshmen - Oct. 6
• Religious Holiday - NO SCHOOL - Oct. 12
• PT Conferences - No School for Students - Nov. 10
• Teacher Institute Day - NO SCHOOL - Nov. 11
• Thanksgiving – Holiday (No school or work) - Nov. 24-25
• Winter Break - Dec. 17 – Jan. 2
• Grading Day - NO SCHOOL - Jan. 16
• Institute Day (No school for students) - Feb. 24
• Spring Break - March 25-31
• Senior Last Day of Attendance - May 26
• Memorial Day - May 29
• Commencement - June 4
• Grading Day - NO SCHOOL - June 6
• Last Day of Student Attendance - June 7
• Summer School 2017: June 12 – July 28

Source: New Trier High School