Incoming Kindergarten & Preschool Families Key Dates
Posted on: June 21, 2024
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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.