Mark Your Calendars

Incoming Kindergarten & Preschool Families

Kindergarten Families

• Kindergarten Family Connection Meetings: Sept 4-6
• Kindergarten, Sept 7: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. kinder play date at B.F. Day
• Kindergarten, September 9: First day of school for Preschool and Kindergarten

Preschool Families

• Preschool Family Connection Meetings: Sept 4-6
• Preschool, September 9: First day of school for Preschool and Kindergarten

2024-25 School Year Dates

Key Dates for Next School Year 

The 2024-25 School Year Calendar has been approved by SPS and SEA. The Seattle School Board approved the SPS Calendar on January 17, 2024.

• September 4 First day of school for 1st – 12th grade students. Sept. 4 is not an early release Wednesday. Early release will occur every Wednesday except for the first week of school. 
• September 9 First day of school for Preschool and Kindergarten students 
• October 11 State In-service Day (no school for students) 
• November 11 Veterans Day Observed (no school) 
• November 25-27 Family-Teacher conference days in elementary and K-8 schools (no school for elementary and K-8 schools; varies by school) 
• November 28-29 Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day (no school) 
• December 20 1-hour early dismissal 
• December 23-January 3, 2025 Winter break (no school) 
• January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)  
• February 17-21 Mid-winter break, including Presidents Day (no school) 
• April 14-18 Spring break (no school) 
• May 26 Memorial Day (no school) 
• June 18 Last day of school (1-hour early dismissal). 
• June 19 Juneteenth (staff holiday, no school when school is in session) 

Potential emergency closure makeup days are June 20-24. 

The school year dates are agreed upon by Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and Seattle Education Association (SEA). The school calendar is always developed in collaboration with the educators’ union.