Toms River Schools 2016-17 Calendar: What You Need To Know

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Now that school is back in session in New Jersey, every parent wonders when their children will receive report cards. Or you might be wondering exactly when you'll have them home for winter break.

School districts in New Jersey are required to be in session for 180 days. The Toms River Regional School district calendar has 183 days scheduled, with three of those dates as buffers for emergency closings. If those days are not used up, school days will be trimmed from the end of the school year.

Take a look at the important dates for the 2016-17 school year:

• Sept. 6 First Day of School for Students
• Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah — School Closed
• Oct. 7 First marking period progress reports
• Oct. 10 Columbus Day — School Closed
• Oct. 12 Yom Kippur — School Closed
• Nov. 7-11 Election/NJEA Convention — School Closed
• Nov. 17 First marking period ends
• Nov. 23 Thanksgiving — Early Dismissal
• Nov. 24-25 Thanksgiving — School Closed
• Dec. 7 Early dismissal for students; professional development day for staff
• Dec. 21 Second marking period progress reports
• Dec. 24-Jan. 2 Winter Break — School Closed
• Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — School Closed
• Jan. 31 Second marking period ends
• Feb. 9 Early dismissal for students; professional development day for staff
• Feb. 17-20 Presidents' Weekend — School Closed
• March 3 Third marking period progress reports
• March 21 Early dismissal for students; professional development day for staff
• April 5 Third marking period ends
• April 8-17 Spring Break — School Closed
• May 12 Fourth marking period progress reports
• May 24 Early dismissal for students; professional development day for staff
• May 29 Memorial Day — School Closed
• *June 21 Last Day of School — Early Dismissal

*There are three emergency closing days built into the calendar this year. For each day not used by the end of the year, the last day of school for students and teachers will be reduced by one day in reverse order beginning June 21. If additional emergency closing days beyond the three are needed, they will be deducted from subsequent days and/or added to the end of the year as half-days beginning June 21.

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