FCPS 2025-2026 Schedule
Date Event
July 4, 2025 Holiday | Independence Day
August 4-7 New Teacher Training
August 11-15 Professional Work Days for Staff | 11 - School Planning Day | 12 - Teacher Work
Day | 13 - Staff Development Day | 14 - Teacher Work Day | 15 - School Planning
Day
August 18 First Day of School
August 29 Holidays | Labor Day Break
September 1 Holidays | Labor Day Break
September 9 Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) | Special Election Day
Sep 23 Holiday | Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown 9/22 - sundown 9/24)
Oct 2 Holiday | Yom Kippur | (begins sundown 10/1 - sundown 10/2)
Oct 13 Student Holiday | Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Staff Development Day for Staff)
Oct 20 Holiday | Diwali
Oct 31 End of First Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
Nov 1-2 Religious and Cultural Observance | All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos
Nov 3 Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
Nov 4 Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) | Election Day
Nov 11 Holiday | Veterans Day
Nov 26 -28 Holidays | Thanksgiving Break
Dec 8 Religious and Cultural Observance | Bodhi Day
Dec 14 - 22 Religious and Cultural Observance |
Chanukah (begins sundown 12/14-sundown 12/22)
Dec 22-Jan 2 Holidays | Winter Break
Dec 25 Christmas
January 1, 2026 | Holiday | New Year's Day
January 6 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Three Kings Day/Epiphany
January 7 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Christmas
January 19 | Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
January 19 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Epiphany
January 28 | End of Second Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
January 29 | Student Holiday (Staff Development Day for Staff)
January 30 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
February 16 | Holiday | Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day
February 17 | Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
February 17 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Lunar New Year
February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 2/17 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/18)
February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Ash Wednesday
March 20 | Holiday | Eid al-Fitr (begins sundown 3/19 – sundown 3/20)
March 20 | Nowruz
March 27 | End of Third Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
March 30 - April 3 | Holidays | Spring Break
April 1 | First evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/1 - sundown 4/9)
April 3 | Good Friday
April 5 | Easter
April 6 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
April 10 | Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff) | Orthodox Good Friday
April 12 | Orthodox Easter
April 16 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Theravada New Year
May 25 | Holiday | Memorial Day
May 26 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
May 27 | Holiday | Eid al-Adha (begins sundown 5/26 - sundown 5/27)
June 17 | Last Day of School / Early Release (time of early release determined by each school)
June 18 | Teacher Workday for Staff
June 19 | Holiday | Juneteenth
July 4, 2025 Holiday | Independence Day
August 4-7 New Teacher Training
August 11-15 Professional Work Days for Staff | 11 - School Planning Day | 12 - Teacher Work
Day | 13 - Staff Development Day | 14 - Teacher Work Day | 15 - School Planning
Day
August 18 First Day of School
August 29 Holidays | Labor Day Break
September 1 Holidays | Labor Day Break
September 9 Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) | Special Election Day
Sep 23 Holiday | Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown 9/22 - sundown 9/24)
Oct 2 Holiday | Yom Kippur | (begins sundown 10/1 - sundown 10/2)
Oct 13 Student Holiday | Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Staff Development Day for Staff)
Oct 20 Holiday | Diwali
Oct 31 End of First Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
Nov 1-2 Religious and Cultural Observance | All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos
Nov 3 Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
Nov 4 Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) | Election Day
Nov 11 Holiday | Veterans Day
Nov 26 -28 Holidays | Thanksgiving Break
Dec 8 Religious and Cultural Observance | Bodhi Day
Dec 14 - 22 Religious and Cultural Observance |
Chanukah (begins sundown 12/14-sundown 12/22)
Dec 22-Jan 2 Holidays | Winter Break
Dec 25 Christmas
January 1, 2026 | Holiday | New Year's Day
January 6 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Three Kings Day/Epiphany
January 7 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Christmas
January 19 | Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
January 19 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Epiphany
January 28 | End of Second Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
January 29 | Student Holiday (Staff Development Day for Staff)
January 30 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
February 16 | Holiday | Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day
February 17 | Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
February 17 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Lunar New Year
February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 2/17 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/18)
February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Ash Wednesday
March 20 | Holiday | Eid al-Fitr (begins sundown 3/19 – sundown 3/20)
March 20 | Nowruz
March 27 | End of Third Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
March 30 - April 3 | Holidays | Spring Break
April 1 | First evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/1 - sundown 4/9)
April 3 | Good Friday
April 5 | Easter
April 6 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
April 10 | Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff) | Orthodox Good Friday
April 12 | Orthodox Easter
April 16 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Theravada New Year
May 25 | Holiday | Memorial Day
May 26 | Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff)
May 27 | Holiday | Eid al-Adha (begins sundown 5/26 - sundown 5/27)
June 17 | Last Day of School / Early Release (time of early release determined by each school)
June 18 | Teacher Workday for Staff
June 19 | Holiday | Juneteenth