If you've got a child in public school, you live by the public school calendar. Many local NYC preschools follow the public school schedule, too. The New York City Department of Education's calendar for the 2024-2025 school year is below, and you'll want to bookmark it now for reference—and to help with planning family vacations and school break camp coverage.
Once again, there will be no snow days. Plan on logging your kiddos on for a day of remote learning whenever buildings are closed for snow or other emergencies.
These are all of the dates you can count on your kiddos being out of school during the 2024-2025 school year.
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If you're really looking to get ahead on your planning, we've got the 2025-2026 New York City Public Schools calendar, too.
2024-2025 NYC Public School Calendar
Thursday, September 5: First day of school for all students
Thursday, October 3-Friday, October 4: Rosh Hashanah, schools closed
Monday, October 14: Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples Day, schools closed
Friday, November 1: Diwali, schools closed
Tuesday, November 5: Election Day, students do not attend school
Monday, November 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
Thursday, November 28-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Recess, schools closed
Tuesday, December 24-Wednesday, January 1: Winter Recess, schools closed
Monday, January 20: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools closed
Wednesday, January 29: Lunar New Year, schools closed
Monday, February 17-Friday, February 21: Midwinter Recess, schools closed
Monday, March 31: Eid al-Fitr, schools closed
Monday, April 14-Friday, April 18: Spring Recess, schools closed
Monday, May 26: Memorial Day, schools closed
Thursday, June 5: Eid al-Adha/Anniversary Day, schools closed
Friday, June 6: Clerical Day for elementary, middle, K-12 schools and D75 programs, students in these programs do not attend
Thursday, June 19: Juneteenth, schools closed
Thursday, June 26: Last day of school for all students.
For the full calendar, including all parent-teacher conference days, please see the DOE's full calendar.
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