La Cañada Unified School District Calendar 2026-27

The LCUSD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the LCUSD 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.

LCUSD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

LCUSD early release days

24 early release days in all. Two are for every school. The other 22 are for some schools only, listed on the district page the calendar points to.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends. A half day next to a weekend adds half a day.

• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 4 at early dismissal to Monday, Sept. 7. Minimum day (collaboration) and Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 17 to Monday, Oct. 19. Pupil-free day (teacher workday). Back Tuesday, Oct. 20.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 4. Minimum day before winter break, winter break and Pupil-free day (staff development). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 to Monday, Feb. 15. Lincoln's Birthday and Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 27 to Monday, April 5. Spring break. Back Tuesday, April 6.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Oct. 19: Pupil-free day (teacher workday)
• Monday, Jan. 4: Pupil-free day (staff development)

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

• School is open on a federal holiday: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workday (June 4). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. The last day is Thursday, June 3, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 5 to 12.

The district prints 182 instructional days across the elementary trimesters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

Elementary trimesters

Secondary quarters

What the district notes

• Grade 7-8 CAASPP minimum days: the district's 7-12 Early Release PDF (published Jan. 31, 2026) lists May 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11, but the newer Secondary School Calendar (August 2026) puts grade 7-8 CAASPP testing on May 12 to 14, 17 and 18. This page follows the newer calendar. Check the district's Collaboration & Early Release Days page (lcusd.net, Yearly Calendars) or LCHS 7/8 before you plan around those days; dismissal times come from the site schedule.
• On TK and kindergarten half days (Sept. 4, Dec. 18, March 26, May 27, May 28 and June 3), all TK and K students, morning and afternoon classes alike, attend 8:10 to 11:35 a.m. Each elementary school adds one more TK and K half day on the day of its 6th grade play; the school sets that date.
• TK and kindergarten have two full-day collaboration days, Nov. 18 and Feb. 16, when TK and K students attend on their regular schedule.
• Second semester finals: grades 7, 9, 10 and 11 leave at 1:05 p.m. on June 1 to 3. For grades 8 and 12, the district points to the LCHS site schedule.
• The district posts the School Calendar with separate Elementary and Secondary (grades 7-12) family calendars, a TK-6 collaboration dates list and a 7-12 early release list. The early release lists are on its Collaboration & Early Release Days page.

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 every day off, every TK-6 early release day and the grades 7-12 finals and testing dates against the LCUSD School Calendars page, the LCUSD Collaboration & Early Release Days page, the district's Elementary School Calendar, the district's Secondary School Calendar, the district's TK-6 Collaboration Dates PDF and the district's 7-12 Early Release PDF. The other dates rest on the district's calendar alone.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. The district's printed day counts match our own count of its calendar. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.