Page 15 - Atlanta Public Schools Student Handbook

UPDATED APS STUDENT CALENDAR SCHOOL YEAR (SY) 2025 - 2026 REVISED CALENDAR APPROVED BY THE ATLANTA BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 2, 2025
FIRST / LAST DAY
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY (STUDENTS DO NOT REPORT) HOLIDAY
4 INDEPENDENCE DAY
28-31 TEACHER PREPLANNING DAYS
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 0 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 4
1 TEACHER PREPLANNING DAYS 4 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 20 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 21
1 LABOR DAY STUDENTS & TEACHERS INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 21
SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 21
13 EXTENDED LEARNING DAY 13-14 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY /
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS
15-17 FALL BREAK STUDENTS & TEACHERS INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 19
SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 20
JULY 2025 JANUARY 2026
S MTWTFS SMTWTFS 12345 123
1 DECEMBER BREAK TEACHERS
2 TEACHER PLANNING FLEX DAY
5 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY
6 BEGIN 2nd SEMESTER
19 M.L. KING, JR. BIRTHDAY STUDENTS & TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 18 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 20
16-17 PRESIDENTS’ DAY /
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY
16-17 PRESIDENTS’ DAY / EXTENDED LEARNING DAY
18-20 WINTER BREAK STUDENTS & TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 17 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 17
16 PREK-12 EARLY RELEASE DAY INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 22
SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 22
6-10 SPRING BREAK STUDENTS & TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 17 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 17
22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL QUARTER 4 ENDS
25 MEMORIAL DAY
26 TEACHER POST-PLANNING DAY
27-28 POST PLANNING FLEX DAYS INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS:116
4 ELECTION DAY / TEACHER NOVEMBER 2025 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY S MTWTFS
4 ELECTION DAY / EXTENDED 1 LEARNING DAY
24-28 THANKSGIVING BREAK 2 345678
S M
3 4 10 11 17 18
24 25 31
MAY 2026
TWT
567 12 13 14 19 20 21 26
JUNE 2026
6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28
AUGUST 2025
11 12 18 19 25 26
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
28
22
29
23
30
24
31
25
28
26
29
11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27
14 15 21 22 28 29
16 17 23 24 30 31
29
30
31
S M 3456789
S MTWTF S 1 23456 7
TW T
F S 1 2
23
6
FEBRUARY 2026
16
17
18
19
10 11 17 18 3124 25
12 13 19 20 26 27
14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30
89101112 15
22 23242526
MARCH 2026
S MTWT 1 2345
13 14
20 21 27 28
F S 6 7
13 14 20 21 27 28
F S
11 17 18 24 25
F S 1 2
8 9
15 16
SEPTEMBER 2025
S M TW 1 23
789 10
TF S 45 6
14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30
17 24
11 12 13 89 18 19 20 15 16 25 26 27 22
10 11 12 17 18 19 24 25 26
29 30 31
OCTOBER 2025
TWTF SS M 123 4
5
12 18 19 20 21222324 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
APRIL 2026
TWT
141516
S M
6
7
8
9
10
13
14
15
16
17
115
12 13
7
1
8
19 20
26 27 282930
212223
27
2
9
28
3
10
29
4
STUDENTS & TEACHERS
9 101112131415
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 15 16 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 15
23 30
19 FIRST SEMESTER END DECEMBER 2025
22 29
22 23
30 SCHOOL BASED STAFF DAYS: 19
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
22-31DECEMBERBREAK STUDENTS & TEACHERS
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 15 SCHOOL-BASED STAFF DAYS: 15 SEMESTER 1: 90 DAYS
SMTWTFS SMTWTFS 123456 123456
SEMESTER 2: 90 DAYS
SCHOOL YEAR: 180 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS
19 JUNTEENTH
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY
789101112 13 141516171819 20 21 27
789 141516 212223 28 29 30
10111213 17181920 24252627
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