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BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

System Calendar

2017-18 School Year

2017-18 AB Day Calendar

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2017-2018 Events

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2017 - 2018 School Year

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Approved: 11/9/16 Revised: 04/18/17
August
Monday	21	Administrative & Supervisory Personnel Meeting
Friday	25	Teachers and school based staff on Duty
Monday	28	Teacher Classroom Preparation Day
Tuesday	29	Systemwide Professional Development Activities
Wednesday	30	Orientation for students entering the 6th and 9th Grades
	Pupil Days	0
	Teacher Days	5

September
Monday	4	Labor Day – Schools and Offices Closed
Tuesday	5	Opening Day for Students
Thursday	21	Rosh Hashanah – Schools and Offices Closed
	Pupil Days	18
	Teacher Days	19

October
Monday	9	Columbus Day*
Friday	20	Systemwide Professional Development Day/MSEA Convention – Schools Closed for Students – Teachers on Duty or at the convention
	Pupil Days	21
	Teacher Days	22

November
Friday	3	First Marking Period Ends – Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis** – Teachers on Duty; High Schools in Session Full Day
Saturday	11	Veterans Day*
Monday-Friday	13-17	American Education Week
Thursday	16	Report Cards Distributed; Preschool-3 and Pre-K Conference Day – No Preschool-3 or Pre-K a.m. or p.m. Sessions – Teachers on Duty
Friday	17	Elementary Conference Day – Schools Closed for Elementary Students – Teachers on Duty – Middle Schools and High Schools in Session Full Day
Thursday-Friday	23-24	Thanksgiving Holiday – Schools and Offices Closed
	Pupil Days	19-20
	Teacher Days	20

December
Friday	22	Christmas Holiday/Winter Break Begins at the End of School Day
	Pupil Days	16
	Teacher Days	16

January
Tuesday	2	Schools Reopen
Monday	15	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday – Schools and Offices Closed
Friday	19	Second Marking Period Ends; 3 Hours Early Release for Students in All Schools; Teachers on Duty – Grade and Data Analysis**; Planning and Preparation for Teachers with Semester Courses
	Pupil Days	21
	Teacher Days	21

February
Thursday	1	Report Cards Distributed
Monday	12	Lincoln’s Birthday*
Monday	19	Presidents’ Day – Schools and Offices Closed
Thursday	22	Washington’s Birthday*
	Pupil Days	19
	Teacher Days	19

March
Sunday	25	Maryland Day*
Thursday	29	Third Marking Period Ends – Elementary and Middle School Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students; High Schools in Session Full Day; Spring break begins at the end of the school day
	Pupil Days	21
	Teacher Days	21

April
Tuesday	3	Schools Reopen
Thursday	19	Distribution of Report Cards
	Pupil Days	20
	Teacher Days	20

May
Monday	7	Pre-K and Kindergarten Conference Day – No Preschool-3, Pre-K, or Kindergarten Sessions; Teachers on Duty
Tuesday	8	Pre-K Conference Day – No Preschool-3 or Pre-K sessions; Teachers on Duty
Friday	25	Last Day for Seniors
Monday	28	Memorial Day Observed – Schools and Offices Closed
Tuesday	29	Commencement Exercises Begin
	Pupil Days	22
	Teacher Days	22

June
Friday-Friday	1-8	Commencement Exercises
Wednesday	13	Assessment Day*** – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis – Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Session Full Day – Last Day of Classes for Preschool-3 and Pre-K
Thursday	14	Assessment Day* – Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis* – Teachers on Duty; High Schools in Session Full Day; Flag Day*
Friday	15	Assessment Day* – Last Day of Classes; Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students – High Schools in Session Full Day – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis – Teachers on Duty; Eid Al-Fitr* ##
	Pupil Days	11
	Teacher Days	11
Total Pupil Days: 188-189
Total Teacher Days:196
June
Tuesday	26	Primary Election Day – Schools and Offices Closed
Thursday-Friday	28-29	Summer School Teachers on Duty (Teachers choose June 28 or June 29)

July
Wednesday	4	Independence Day – Schools and Offices Closed
Thursday	5	Summer School Begins
Tuesday	31	Summer School Ends


* Schools open with appropriate exercises OR appropriate exercises to be scheduled on the school day prior. GRADE & DATA RECORDING, DATA ANALYSIS – Principals and teachers will have time for grade and data recording, data analysis/progress assessment. *ASSESSMENT DAY – High schools will have the opportunity to administer traditional final exams or to use alternative assessment procedures. Test administration may be scheduled on Friday, June 15, 2018 as long as another make-up testing date is available for students who were unable to test due to religious observance. ## The school year will end on June 15, 2018. However, depending on the number of emergency closure days used (e.g., full-day closures, delayed openings or early dismissals), the school calendar will be adjusted in the following manner in order to meet the minimum required student days/equivalent student hours: If only four (4) inclement weather days are used, the school year will end on Thursday, June 14, 2018. If only three (3) inclement weather days are used, the school year will end on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Teacher duty days will not exceed 191.