Calendar at a Glance 2025-26
The Board of Education approved the 2025-26 calendar on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Here are the dates you need to know:
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Aug. 12-15: New Teachers Report, New Teacher Preservice
- Aug. 18-22: Teacher Inservice/Professional Development
- Aug. 25: School begins for K-12
- Sept. 1: Labor Day — No School
- Sept. 2: School begins for Tiger Cubs Preschool
- Oct. 13^: No School for PK-12 Students (Junior High Conferences)
- Oct. 31^: No School for PK-12 Students
- Nov. 3^: No School for PK-12 Students (Elementary Conferences)
- Nov. 26-28: Fall Break — No School
- Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Winter Break
- Jan. 5: Classes Resume
- Jan. 15: End of First Semester
- Jan. 16: No School for PK-12 Students (Full Teacher-Directed Day)
- Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No School
- Jan. 20: First Day of Second Semester
- Feb. 13^: No School for PK-12 Students (Junior High Conferences)
- Feb. 16^: No School for PK-12 Students (Elementary Conferences)
- March 13-20: Spring Break — No School
- March 23: Classes Resume
- April 17^: No School for PK-12 Students
- May 21: Walnut Creek Campus Graduation
- May 22: Last Day for Valley and Walnut Creek Campus Seniors
- May 22: Last Day for Tiger Cubs Preschool
- May 24: Valley High School Graduation
- May 25: Memorial Day — No School
- June 2: Last Day for Students
- June 3^: Teacher Inservice
- June 4: Last Day for Teachers (Full Teacher-Directed Day)
~ Days will be added at the end of the year if we do not meet the required 1,080 hours due to school cancellations.
^ Teacher inservice on Oct. 13 and 31, Nov. 3, Feb. 13 and 16, April 17, and June 3 includes six hours of professional development and two hours of teacher-directed time.
By the Numbers
- 173 student days
- 1,108 instructional hours (1,080 required~)
- 87 days in first semester
- 86 days in second semester
- 14 professional development days