March 31, 2026
ESM 2026-2027 School Calendar
2026-2027 ESM School Calendar (Printable 1-page PDF) – Includes all ESM breaks, holidays and shortened days. Note that shortened days are in orange, but not individually listed.
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2026-2027 School Calendar (breaks, holidays, shortened days and important dates)
September 2026
- September 2-3 – Superintendent’s Conference Days (No school for students)
- September 7 – Labor Day Holiday (No School)
- September 8 – First Day of School
- September 20-21 – Yom Kippur
- September 21 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
October 2026
- October 12 – Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day Holiday
November 2026
- November 3 – Superintendent’s Conference Day (No school for students)
- November 3 – Pre-K to grade 5 Parent-Teacher Conferences
- November 11 – Veterans Day Holiday (No School)
- November 18 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
- November 18 – Pre-K to grade 5 Parent-Teacher Conferences
- November 25-27 – Thanksgiving Recess (No School)
- November 26 – Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2026
- December 8 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
- December 24-31 – Holiday Recess (No School)
- December 25 – Christmas Holiday
January 2027
- January 1 – New Year’s Holiday (No School)
- January 18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (No School)
- January 26-29 – Regents Exams
February 2027
- February 3 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
- February 6 – Asian Lunar New Year
- February 15 – President’s Day Holiday (No School)
- February 15-19 – Winter Recess (No School)
March 2027
- March 9 – Superintendent’s Conference Day / Eid al-Fitr (No school for students)
- March through June – New York State Testing
- March 26 – School Recess - Good Friday (No School)
- March 28 – Easter
- March 31 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
April 2027
- April 5 through May 14 – Grades 3-8 Testing
- April 12-16 – Spring Recess
May 2027
- May 12 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
- May 16 – Eid al-Adha
- May 31 – Memorial Holiday
June 2027
- June 15-24 – Regents Exams (* No state exams on 6/18)
- June 19 – Juneteenth Holiday
- June 25 – Shortened Day (Pre-K to 12)
- June 25 – Last Day of School
- June 25 – Graduation
Color Legend
__ Superintendent’s Conference Day (No school for students; Staff only)
__ Holiday
__ School Recess (No School)
__ Shortened Day (Early Dismissal; see schedule below)
Early dismissal times on shortened days are as follows:
- Minoa and Woodland: 11 a.m.
- ESE & Fremont: 11:30 a.m.
- Pine Grove: 11:40 a.m.
- Central High School (CHS): 12:30 p.m.
- Park Hill: AM students at 11:30 (normal time), Full day at noon, No afternoon pre-k