Denver Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The DPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the DPS 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.

DPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 13 entries and 30 weekdays in all.

DPS early release days

One early release day in all.

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.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 26 to Monday, Sept. 28. Professional learning day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 29.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 12. Conference day (no classes). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1. Professional learning day. Back Monday, Nov. 2.
• 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 Planning and professional learning day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 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. Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 26 to Sunday, Feb. 28. Professional learning day. Back Monday, March 1.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 27 to Sunday, April 4. Spring break. Back Monday, April 5.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 30 to Sunday, May 2. Professional learning day. Back Monday, May 3.
• 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

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

• Monday, Sept. 28: professional learning day
• Friday, Oct. 30: professional learning day
• Monday, Jan. 4: Planning and professional learning day
• Friday, Feb. 26: professional learning day
• Friday, April 30: professional learning day

Makeup days

The calendar prints 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: Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Juneteenth (observed) (June 18). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The last day is Friday, June 4, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 17 to 21.

Grading periods

Semesters

Trimesters

Quarters

Hexters

What the district notes

• The first day for ECE (preschool) students is Tuesday, Aug. 25, a day after kindergarten to grade 12.
• The last day, June 4, is a half day: students attend the first half and teachers plan in the second half. That is why the calendar prints 174.5 student contact days.
• The Oct. 12 conference day has no classes; it is not counted as a student day.
• The calendar underlines religious and cultural holidays and observances; DPS posts the full list in its guidance on religious holidays. Some dates depend on the sighting of the moon and may vary by a day.

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 each one against the DPS Calendars and Publications page, the district's Key SY26-27 Dates sheet, the district's term dates sheet and the 2026-27 Professional Learning Schedule.

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