Etowah County Schools Calendar 2026-27

The ECS 2026-27 calendar

This is the district's own calendar, as ECS publishes it. Tap it to open the full-size image.

Add the ECS calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off or half day, and a break is one event across all its days.

On an iPhone

Tap a file above, then tap Add All. The dates go into the calendar you choose.

In Google Calendar

On a computer, open Google Calendar, then Settings, then Import & export. Choose the file and the calendar to add it to. The dates show up on your Android phone too.

In Outlook

Open the downloaded file, or in Outlook on the web go to Add calendar, then Upload from file.

These files are a copy of the calendar today. If the district changes a date, download the file again.

ECS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: eight entries and 29 weekdays in all.

ECS early release days

Two early release days in all.

Where the time varies by school, your school sends its own dismissal time.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 5-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Wednesday, Oct. 14. Fall break. Back Thursday, Oct. 15.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 18 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Tuesday, Jan. 5. Winter break. Back Wednesday, Jan. 6.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Professional development day (Presidents Day). Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 20 to Sunday, March 28. Spring break. Back Monday, March 29.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Eight weeks have fewer than five school days, and four weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

One of the days off is a staff day. Teachers work; students stay home. Plan child care as you would for a holiday.

• Monday, Feb. 15: professional development day (Presidents Day)

Makeup days

The calendar names no makeup days. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• The district calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days.
• The district calendar prints no testing dates.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows professional development day after school ends (May 28), Memorial Day (May 31) and Juneteenth holiday (June 17). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 6 to 11.

Grading periods

The calendar prints the 2nd grading period as Oct. 19 to Dec. 19; Dec. 19 is a Saturday, so the last school day of the period is Friday, Dec. 18.

What the district notes

• Sept. 30 and April 21 are professional development days with early release for students. The calendar prints no dismissal time, so check your school's schedule.
• Progress reports go home Sept. 11, Nov. 13, Feb. 10 and April 21. Report cards go home Oct. 23, Jan. 13, March 19 and May 27.
• Winter break runs from Dec. 21 through Jan. 5, including two teacher days on Jan. 4 and 5. Students return Wednesday, Jan. 6.
• Graduation dates are to be determined.

How we checked these dates

We read every date off the district's own calendar twice: once from the PDF's text and once from the image, cell by cell against its legend. Then we checked our count of every school day against the day counts the district prints. They match.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.