MCPS's 2026-27 year runs Tuesday, August 25, 2026 to Friday, June 11, 2027, and the breaks are built out of pieces: Thanksgiving is three early-release days and then two days closed, winter break is Christmas Eve through New Year's Day with an early release the day before, and spring break stretches from Good Friday, March 26 through Friday, April 2 as a holiday, two non-instructional days and two systemwide closures. In between are the single days that catch parents out: three grading-and-planning Mondays, two professional-learning days, Election Day, and three standalone non-instructional days — September 21, plus April 22 and May 17, which double as the first possible snow make-up days.
Below is the district's dated list, every line, with MCPS's own wording kept intact — then how to get it onto your phone next to the team schedules.
Source: MCPS 2026–2027 School Calendar (PDF, publication 0775.26, 7/26) and the 2026–2027 Traditional School Year Calendar grid, marked Adopted 4/30/26. Last checked November 9, 2026. This is the traditional calendar the Board of Education adopted on April 30, 2026, which replaced the version first approved December 11, 2025 (that one ended June 16, 2027). Arcola Elementary School follows a separate innovative calendar not covered here.
Every date below is copied from the district's own published calendar, not estimated. Districts do revise mid-year, so confirm against the source before you book anything around a date.
33 published entries, 24 of them closures or breaks and 4 flagged early release. A single entry can cover a span of days. Labels are the district's wording.
| Date | What the district calls it |
|---|---|
| Fri, Jul 3, 2026 | Independence Day—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Aug 17–21, 2026 | Professional days for teachers |
| Mon, Aug 24, 2026 | Student Transition Day (see note: Grades K, 6 and 9, some Grade 3, and students new to a school or MCPS) |
| Tue, Aug 25, 2026 | First day of school for studentsFirst / last day |
| Mon, Sep 7, 2026 | Labor Day—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Fri, Sep 18, 2026 | Early release day for students/Planning/Grades/Interims for Educational StaffEarly release |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2026 | Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachersNo school |
| Fri, Oct 16, 2026 | Non-Instructional day for students, Professional Learning for Instructional StaffNo school |
| Mon, Nov 2, 2026 | Grading and Planning for the end of term; no school for studentsNo school |
| Tue, Nov 3, 2026 | Election Day—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Nov 23–25, 2026 | Early release days for studentsEarly release |
| Nov 26–27, 2026 | Thanksgiving Holiday—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Wed, Dec 23, 2026 | Early release day for studentsEarly release |
| Dec 24–25, 2026 | Winter Break Holiday (Christmas)—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Dec 28–29, 2026 | Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachersNo school |
| Dec 30–31, 2026 | Systemwide Closure—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Fri, Jan 1, 2027 | New Year's Day—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2027 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Mon, Jan 25, 2027 | Grading and Planning for the end of term; no school for studentsNo school |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2027 | Presidents' Day Holiday—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Fri, Feb 26, 2027 | Early release day for students/Planning/Grades/Interims for Educational StaffEarly release |
| Tue, Mar 9, 2027 | Non-Instructional day for students, Professional Learning for Instructional Staff (Eid al-Fitr)No school |
| Fri, Mar 26, 2027 | Spring Break Holiday (Good Friday)—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Mon, Mar 29, 2027 | Spring Break Holiday—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Mar 30–31, 2027 | Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachersNo school |
| Apr 1–2, 2027 | Systemwide Closures—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Mon, Apr 12, 2027 | Grading and Planning for the end of term; no school for studentsNo school |
| Thu, Apr 22, 2027 | Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachers (possible make-up instructional day)No school |
| Mon, May 17, 2027 | Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachers (possible make-up instructional day)No school |
| Mon, May 31, 2027 | Memorial Day Holiday—Schools and offices closedNo school |
| Fri, Jun 11, 2027 | Last day of school for students; early release day for studentsFirst / last day |
| Mon, Jun 14, 2027 | Grading and Planning for the end of term (possible make-up instructional day) |
| Fri, Jun 18, 2027 | Systemwide Closure (Juneteenth)—Schools and offices closedNo school |
The calendar marks early release for students on September 18, November 23, 24 and 25, December 23, February 26 and the last day, June 11. September 18 and February 26 are labelled "Early release day for students/Planning/Grades/Interims for Educational Staff". The one-page calendar does not state a dismissal time for any of them; that depends on your school's bell schedule. The district's "School Calendar for Families" graphic labels November 23 and 24 "Early Release Days (Parent/Teacher Conferences)".
MCPS does not print "spring break" as one span. Friday, March 26 and Monday, March 29 are "Spring Break Holiday (Good Friday)—Schools and offices closed", March 30 and 31 are "Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachers", and April 1 and 2 are "Systemwide Closures—Schools and offices closed". Students are out from Friday, March 26 through Friday, April 2 and back Monday, April 5. Winter break works the same way: December 23 is an early release, December 24–25 the "Winter Break Holiday (Christmas)", December 28–29 non-instructional days, December 30–31 a systemwide closure and January 1 New Year's Day — students are out December 24 through January 1.
The calendar's second footnote reads: "If the school year is disrupted by emergencies and schools are closed three or more days, dates identified as possible make-up instructional days include: April 22, May 17, June 14, 15, 16 and 17." April 22 and May 17 are otherwise "Non-Instructional Day—No school for students and teachers", and June 14 is otherwise "Grading and Planning for the end of term". The district's families graphic lists them in order: #1 April 22, #2 May 17, #3–6 June 14–17. The adopted grid marks each with an asterisk as a "Designated Make-up Day".
Monday, August 24 is a school day for a subset of students. The footnote: "Student Transition Day is a non-instructional full day for students entering Grades K, 6, and 9; students entering Grade 3 in elementary schools that service only Grades 3–5; and all students new to a school or MCPS." Everyone else starts Tuesday, August 25. The week before, August 17–21, is "Professional days for teachers".
The adopted traditional calendar grid sets the quarters at 46, 48, 46 and 41 days, ending October 30, January 22, April 9 and June 11, for 181 instructional days. Each quarter is followed by a "Grading and Planning for the end of term" day: November 2, January 25 and April 12, each marked "no school for students", and June 14 after the last day of school (that line carries no student wording on the one-pager; the district's "School Calendar for Families" graphic marks it no school for students).
The 7/26 print of the calendar adds parentheticals to four lines: "(Christmas)" on December 24–25, "(Eid al-Fitr)" on the March 9 professional-learning day, "(Good Friday)" on March 26 and "(Juneteenth)" on the June 18 systemwide closure. October 16 and March 9 are "Non-Instructional day for students, Professional Learning for Instructional Staff" — no school for students on both. The one-page calendar carries no "subject to change" statement; MCPS has already amended this calendar once (April 30, 2026), so check the district's calendar page for a newer print if a date matters.
The quick way: create a free Schedule Caddie account from this page and the 2026-27 calendar above is already on it as your own schedule — the version we verified on November 9, 2026, yours to edit. If MCPS revises the calendar later, upload the new version and you see exactly which days changed before approving them.
Doing it yourself, or a different district:
Montgomery County Public Schools also publishes this calendar as a subscribable feed (Subscribe to the MCPS School Year Calendar 2026-27 (montgomeryschoolsmd.org/calendar)). Paste that link into Schedule Caddie and the district days land on the same colour-coded family calendar as everything else, re-checked hourly; or download the 2026-27 calendar (the source link above) and upload it as a PDF, PNG, or JPG up to 10MB, and it pulls out the no-school days, breaks, early releases with their dismissal times, teacher days, and the first and last day of school.
Nothing is saved until you have looked at it. Every day it found shows up as its own row with the date and label, you uncheck what you don't want and fix anything it misread, and only then does it land on your family calendar, color-coded as School so a holiday Monday reads differently from a 4pm practice. Team schedules you have added as calendar links keep refreshing on their own; the school year sits beside them.
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The first day of school for students is Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Monday, August 24 is Student Transition Day, a non-instructional full day for students entering Grades K, 6 and 9, students entering Grade 3 at schools serving only Grades 3–5, and students new to a school or MCPS. The last day of school is Friday, June 11, 2027, which is also an early release day — unless three or more emergency closures push make-up instruction into June 14–17.
Students are out Friday, March 26 through Friday, April 2, 2027: March 26 and 29 are the Spring Break Holiday (Good Friday) with schools and offices closed, March 30–31 are non-instructional days with no school for students and teachers, and April 1–2 are systemwide closures. School resumes Monday, April 5.
Thanksgiving: Monday–Wednesday, November 23–25 are early release days for students, and Thursday–Friday, November 26–27 are the Thanksgiving Holiday with schools and offices closed. Winter: Wednesday, December 23 is an early release day, December 24–25 is the Winter Break Holiday (Christmas), December 28–29 are non-instructional days, December 30–31 a systemwide closure and Friday, January 1 is New Year's Day — all closed. The first school day of 2027 is Monday, January 4.
The calendar says that if schools are closed three or more days for emergencies, the possible make-up instructional days are April 22, May 17 and June 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2027. Until that happens, April 22 and May 17 are non-instructional days with no school for students and teachers, and June 14 is a grading and planning day after the last day of school.
Yes. The Board of Education first approved the calendar on December 11, 2025 with a last day of June 16, 2027. On April 30, 2026 it adopted an amended traditional calendar to align with Maryland State Department of Education inclement-weather make-up requirements; the last day moved to June 11, 2027 with designated make-up days after it. The dates on this page are from the amended calendar, publication 0775.26 as printed 7/26.
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