Mountain View Los Altos High School District Calendar 2026-27

The MVLA 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the MVLA 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.

MVLA vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 33 weekdays in all.

MVLA early release days

Nine 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.
• 4-day weekend: Thursday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 11. October recess days. Back Monday, Oct. 12.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Monday, Jan. 4. Winter break and teacher work day (no school). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Sunday, Feb. 21. February break. Back Monday, Feb. 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 19 to Sunday, March 21. Recess day. Back Monday, March 22.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, April 3 to Sunday, April 11. Spring break. Back Monday, April 12.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Seven weeks have fewer than five school days, and five 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, Jan. 4: teacher work day (no school)

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.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. It lists back-to-school nights instead (see the district's notes). Schools set their own.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. The last day is Friday, June 4, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 7.

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

Grading periods

Semesters

Quarters

The calendar prints day counts for the 1st and 3rd quarters only.

What the district notes

• The calendar counts 182 student days (186 for teachers): 86 in the first semester and 96 in the second.
• The orange professional learning (PL/TW) days in the school year are half days, and the district says they are subject to change. Each school runs its own bell schedule: at Los Altos High, classes end at 12:59 p.m. on the Tuesdays and 12:42 p.m. on the Wednesdays, with lunch after.
• Back-to-school nights: Los Altos and Mountain View high schools Thursday, Aug. 27; Alta Vista High School Thursday, Sept. 3.
• Progress reports are mailed Sept. 11 (Q1), Nov. 13 (Q2), Feb. 5 (Q3) and April 30 (Q4).
• Seniors graduate Friday, June 4, the last day of finals.

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, the finals and the September, February and March half days against the district's Calendars page and the Los Altos High School 2026-27 bell schedules. 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.