The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District’s 2026-27 school calendar is now available. It was approved by the Board of Education on Monday, March 9.
The calendar sets school holidays, vacation weeks and days off for students due to staff development days. Once school and district events and activities are scheduled for the new school year, that information will be added to the district’s online website calendar, which is the most up-to-date resource for families and community members.
Religious and ethnic observances
The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District serves children from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds. Because no Jamesville-DeWitt student should ever have to choose between important religious observances and academic or athletic commitments, the district provides for students who wish to participate in any religious observances that conflict with other obligations to make arrangements with their teachers and coaches to do so and shall be provided an opportunity to make up such requirements that may have been missed.
2026-27 school calendar
Sept. 2 and 3: No school (Superintendent Conference Days)
Sept. 7: No school (Labor Day)
Sept. 8: First day of school
Sept. 21: No school (Yom Kippur)
Oct. 9: Grades Pre-K through 12, half-day
Oct. 12: No school (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day)
Nov. 3: No school (Superintendent Conference Day)
Nov. 11: No school (Veterans Day)
Nov. 12 and 13: Pre-K through grade 6, half-day/afternoon conferences
Nov. 25-27: No school (Thanksgiving Recess)
Dec. 24 to Jan. 1: No school (Winter Recess)
Jan. 18: No school (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Jan. 22: Grades Pre-K through 12, half-day
Jan. 26-29: Regents exams (tentative)
Jan. 31: Second semester begins
Feb. 15-19: No school (Presidents’ Day/Mid-Winter Recess)
March 8-June 11: NYSAA ELA, Math and Science (tentative)
March 9: Eid al-Fitr
March 9: Superintendent Conference Day
March 26: Good Friday
April 5-May 14: Grades 3-8, ELA, Math and Science (tentative)
April 12-16: Spring Recess
May 18: School Budget Vote and Board Election
May 31: Memorial Day
June 15-25: Regents Exams, except June 18 (tentative)
June 25: Last day of school, half-day (Rating Day)
School may not be in session on May 28 and/or June 1 based on the number of emergency closure days used.
Religious and ethnic observance dates are included for reference but may not indicate a school recess.
Sept. 11: Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 25: Sukkot begins
Oct. 11: Navaratri begins
Nov. 8: Diwali
Dec. 4: Hanukkah begins
Dec. 25: Christmas Day
Dec. 26: Kwanzaa begins
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Feb. 6: Ramadan begins
March 22: Purim begins
March 22: Holi
March 28: Easter
April 21: Passover begins
April 30: Orthodox Good Friday
May 2: Orthodox Easter
May 3: Yom Hashoah begins
May 16: Eid al-Adha begins
May 20: Vesak Day
June 10: Shavuot begins
June 19: Juneteenth