FCPS 2026-2027 Schedule
Date Event
July 3, 2026 |
Holiday | Independence Day (Observed) |
August 10-13 |
New Teacher Training |
August 14, 17-21 |
Professional Workdays for Staff | 14 - Teacher Workday | 17 - School Planning Day | 18 - Teacher Workday | 19 - Staff Development Day | 20 - Teacher Workday | 21 - School Planning Day |
August 24 |
First Day of School |
September 4, 7 |
Holidays | Labor Day Break |
September 11 |
Religious and Cultural Observance (Evening Only) |
September 12 |
Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown 9/11 - sundown 9/13) |
September 21 |
Holiday | 21 Yom Kippur (begins sundown 9/20 - sundown 9/21) |
October 12 |
Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff) | Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
October 30 |
End of First Quarter | 2-hour Early Release |
November 1-2 |
All Saints' Day / Día de los Muertos | Religious and Cultural Observance |
November 2 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) |
November 3 |
Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff) | Election Day |
November 8 |
Diwali |
November 25 - 27 |
Holidays | Thanksgiving Break |
December 4 |
Religious and Cultural Observance (Evening Only) |
December 4 |
Chanukah (begins sundown 12/4 - sundown 12/12) |
December 8 |
Bodhi Day | Religious and Cultural Observance |
December 21 - January 3, 2027 |
Holidays | Winter Break |
December 25 |
Christmas |
January 1, 2027 |
Holiday | New Year's Day |
January 6 |
Three Kings Day/Epiphany | Religious and Cultural Observance |
January 7 |
Orthodox Christmas | Religious and Cultural Observance |
January 18 |
Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday |
January 19 |
Orthodox Epiphany | Religious and Cultural Observance |
January 28 |
End of Second Quarter | 2-hour Early Release |
January 29 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) |
February 1 |
Student Holiday (Staff Development Day for Staff) |
February 6 |
Lunar New Year |
February 8 |
First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 2/7 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/8) | Religious and Cultural Observance |
February 10 |
Ash Wednesday |
February 15 |
Holiday | Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day |
March 9 |
Religious and Cultural Observance (Evening Only) |
March 10 |
Holiday | Eid al-Fitr (begins sundown 3/9 – sundown 3/10) |
March 20 |
Nowruz |
March 22-26 |
Holidays | Spring Break |
March 26 |
Good Friday |
March 28 |
Easter |
April 16 |
End of Third Quarter | 2-hour Early Release |
April 19 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Workday for Staff) |
April 20 |
Student Holiday (Staff Development Day) | Theravada New Year |
April 21 |
First Evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/21 – sundown 4/29), Religious and Cultural Observance (Evening Only) |
April 22 |
Second Evening of Passover, Religious and Cultural Observance (Evening Only) |
April 30 |
Orthodox Good Friday, Religious and Cultural Observance |
May 2 |
Orthodox Easter |
May 17 |
Holiday | Eid al-Adha (begins sundown 5/16 - sundown 5/17) |
May 31 |
Holiday | Memorial Day |
June 16 |
Last Day of School / Early Release | Two-hour day for middle and high school students | Two-hour early release for elementary school students |
June 17 |
Staff Development Day for Staff |
June 18 |
Holiday | Juneteenth (Observed) |
June 21 |
Teacher Workday |