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School Calendars 2024-2025: Important Dates for Philadelphia School District

4/7/24 - By Hillary Moses Mohaupt

It’s never too early to try to start planning for the next school year. Since Pennsylvania’s largest school district has released the academic calendar for Philadelphia for 2024-2025, now is the time to start preparing for staff development days (read: days off for your kids). Philadelphia’s school district calendar now recognizes the Lunar New Year, Diwali, Eid al-Adha, and Good Friday with days off, representing more of the cultural diversity in the district. Students will be in school for Indigenous Peoples Day and Veterans Day, when schools will honor these days with in-school learning related to these holidays.

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2024-2025 Philadelphia School District Calendar

August 26: First day of school for all students

August 26-30: Kindergarten interview day, three-hour early dismissal (Kindergarten only)

September 2: Labor Day, schools closed for students and staff

September 27: Half-day staff professional development; three-hour early dismissal for students

October 3: Rosh Hashanah, schools closed for students and staff

October 14: Indigenous Peoples Day of Learning (in-school day)

October 25: Full-day staff professional development school closed for students

November 5: Election Day, schools closed for students and staff

November 11: Veterans Day (in-school day)

November 15: Term 1 Report Card Conferences (full day), school closed for students

November 27: Three-hour early dismissal for students and staff before Thanksgiving 

November 28-29: Thanksgiving Recess for students and staff

December 13: Half-day staff professional development, three-hour early dismissal for students

December 23-January 3: Winter Recess, school closed for students and staff

January 4: School resumes

January 6-17: Keystone Testing Window

January 20: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, school closed for students and staff

January 30-31: Term 2 Report Card Conferences (half day), three-hour early dismissal for students

February 7: Half-day staff professional development; three-hour early dismissal for students

February 17: Presidents’ Day, school closed for students and staff

March 7: Half-day staff professional development, three-hour early dismissal for students

March 27-28: Term 3 Report Card Conferences (half day), three-hour early dismissal for students

March 31: Eid al-Fitr, school closed for students and staff

April 14-17: Spring Recess, school closed for students and staff

April 18: Good Friday, school closed for students and staff

April 21: PSSA testing window begins

May 2: PSSA testing window ends

May 9: Half-day staff professional development, three-hour early dismissal for students

May 20: Election Day (tentative), school closed for students and staff

May 26: Memorial Day, school closed for students and staff

May 12-23: Keystone testing window

June 6: Eid al-Adha, school closed for students and staff

June 11: Half-day staff professional development, three-hour early dismissal for students

June 12: Last day of school for students and staff