Above: I put together info from the public school calendars with a focus on Southborough schools and both high schools.
It’s time to mark your calendars for the new school year.
As parents and students should know by now, school is back in session next week. But some schools have events that take place leading up to it. And it’s not long until holidays and half days begin to pop up.
This year, is the first time the NSBORO district is using Wellness Days as Half Days combined with afternoon Professional Development.
To make it easier for Southborough families with kids in our public schools, especially readers with kids in multiple schools, I’ve put pulled and combined the key dates for Southborough K-8 and Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) that you may want to enter in your calendars for future planning. I also included Assabet Valley (AVRTHS) as our town’s alternative regional technical high school.
Other than the high schools’ early releases for mid-terms and finals, this should cover all of the half days and days off for the school year..
Friday, August 23 – Trottier Middle School New Student Registration (Tentatively 9:00 am – 2:00 pm)
Tuesday, August 27 – ARHS Orientation (Freshman Activities and Orientation for new upperclassmen, Freshman Dance and Parent Meeting 6:00 – 8:00 pm)
Tuesday – Wednesday, August 27 – 28 – AVRTHS Freshman Orientation
Wednesday, August 28 – Open Houses for Finn, Woodward, and Neary schools (4:00 – 6:00 pm)
Thursday, August 29 – First day for all students
Friday, August 30 – AVRTHS has day off from school
Monday, September 2 – No School on Labor Day
Thursday, September 5 – Finn School Principal’s Coffee for parents (9:30 – 10:30 am)
Thursday, September 12 – ARHS Parent Open House
Thursday, September 19 –
- Trottier Middle School Early Dismissal & Curriculum Night (Dismissal is at 10 50 am; the parent night is 6:30 – 8:00 pm)
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AVRTHS Back to School Night
Monday, October 3 – No NSBORO School on the first day of the Rosh Hashanah religious holiday
Monday, October 7 – AVRTHS has day off from school (Professional Development Day)
Tuesday, October 8 – ARHS Parent-Teacher conferences
Monday, October 14 – No School on the holiday (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day) which is Heritage Day in Southborough
Friday, November 1 – NSBORO Early Dismissal/Wellness Day – This year, Wellness Days for NSBORO public schools are half days* days for students and Professional Development for teachers.
Tuesday, November 5 – No NSBORO School – the schools have a Professional Development Day on Presidential Election days (since some schools are used as the polling locations).
Monday, November 11 – No School on the Veteran’s Day holiday
Thursday – Friday, November 14-15 – Finn, Woodward, Neary and Trottier Schools have Early Dismissals* to allow for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday, November 25 – AVRTHS has Early Dismissal* (Professional Development Day)
Wednesday, November 27 – Early Dismissal* for NSBORO schools going into Thanksgiving break and No School for AVRTHS
Thursday – Friday, November 28-29 – No School for Thanksgiving Recess (School resumes Monday, November 2)
Thursday, December 5 – AVRTHS Showcase Night
Monday, December 16- AVRTHS has day off from school** (Professional Development Day)
Friday, December 20 – Early Dismissal* for NSBORO schools going into Winter break.
Winter Break – No School starting December 21. NSBORO schools resume Thursday, January 2nd. AVRTHS resumes Monday, January 6th.
Monday, January 13 – AVRTHS has day off from school (Professional Development Day)
Monday, January 20 – No School on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 22 – AVRTHS Early Dismissal* and Parent Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, January 29 – NSBORO Early Dismissal/Wellness Day – This year, Wellness Days for NSBORO public schools are half days* for students and Professional Development for teachers.
Thursday, February 6 – Trottier School has Early Dismissal* to allow for Parent-Teacher Conferences
February Break – No School February 15 to 23. School resumes Monday, February 24
Tuesday, March 5 – No School for NSBORO students (Professional Development Day)
Monday, March 17 – AVRTHS has Early Dismissal* (Professional Development Day)
Thursday – Friday, March 20-21 – Finn, Woodward, and Neary Schools have Early Dismissals* to allow for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, March 31 – NSBORO Early Dissmissal/Wellness Day – This year, Wellness Days for NSBORO public schools are half days* for students and Professional Development for teachers.
Friday, April 18 – No School for NSBORO students on Good Friday
Spring Break – No School April 19 to 27. School resumes Monday, April 28
Monday, April 28 – AVRTHS Early Dismissal* (Professional Development Day)
Monday, May 12 – AVRTHS Early Dismissal* (Professional Development Day)
Monday, May 26 – No School on Memorial Day
Saturday, May 31- ARHS Graduation Ceremony
Saturday, June 7 – AVRTHS Graduation Ceremony
Monday, June 9 – AVRTHS Early Dismissal* (Professional Development Day)
Last day of NSBORO Schools, Early Dismissal* – If there are no school cancellations during the year, this will be on Monday, June 16. But each cancellation adds one day to the calendar.
Last day of AVRTHS – If there are no school cancellations during the year, this will be on Tuesday, June 24. But each cancellation adds one day to the calendar.
Wednesday, June 19 – No School on Juneteenth (This is only relevant for NSBORO if there are at least 3 cancellations during the year.)
You can find more of Algonquin’s special dates (for sports, music, and more) here.
*Early Dismissal times by schools are ARHS at 11:06 am, Trottier at 10:50 am, Neary at 11:50 am, Woodward at 12:05 pm, and Finn K-1 at 12:20 pm and Pre-K at 11:00 am. (AVRTHS times are at either 11:15 am or 12:30 pm)
Updated (8/26/24 10:51 am): Thanks to a reader for pointing out that I initially missed Veteran’s Day!
Thank you for doing this! I would just add that Nov 11th is a day off for Veteran’s Day.
Thank you for pointing out the lapse