School District of Osceola County Calendar 2028-29

The SDOC 2028-29 calendar

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

Add the SDOC calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off, 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.

SDOC vacations and holidays, 2028-29

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 12 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

SDOC early release days

The 2028-29 calendar lists no early release days. Its No Early Release Wednesdays are to be determined once state and national testing schedules are released.

Schools can still send their own early dismissal notices, so watch for those.

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. 2 to Monday, Sept. 4. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 29 to Sunday, Oct. 1. Professional learning day (no school for students). Back Monday, Oct. 2.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 16. Teacher workday (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Oct. 17.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Nov. 10 to Sunday, Nov. 12. Veterans Day. Back Monday, Nov. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 18 to Sunday, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 27.
• 16 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 23 to Sunday, Jan. 7. Winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 8.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 12 to Monday, Jan. 15. Teacher workday (no school for students) and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 16.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 16 to Sunday, Feb. 18. Rodeo Day. Back Monday, Feb. 19.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 10 to Sunday, March 18. Spring break. Back Monday, March 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, March 24 to Monday, March 26. Teacher workday (no school for students). Back Tuesday, March 27.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 26 to Monday, May 28. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, May 29.

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

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

• Friday, Sept. 29: professional learning day (no school for students)
• Monday, Oct. 16: teacher workday (no school for students)
• Friday, Jan. 12: teacher workday (no school for students)
• Monday, March 26: teacher workday (no school for students)

Makeup days

Emergency makeup day (if needed), Monday, Oct. 16, Emergency makeup day (if needed), Friday, Jan. 12, Emergency makeup day (if needed), Monday, March 26 and Emergency makeup day (if needed), Wednesday, May 30.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on some federal holidays: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 9) and Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) (Monday, Feb. 19). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The calendar prints no testing windows. SDOC posts its Assessment Calendars on a separate page.
• Some days off may change: teacher workday (no school for students), Oct. 16 (Becomes a school day if needed as an emergency makeup day), teacher workday (no school for students), Jan. 12 (Becomes a school day if needed as an emergency makeup day) and teacher workday (no school for students), March 26 (Becomes a school day if needed as an emergency makeup day).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workday, last teacher day (May 30). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Thursday, Aug. 10, 2028. The last day is Tuesday, May 29, 2029.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 9.

Grading periods

SDOC has four grading periods. Report cards go home on the dates shown; the 4th grading period date is for elementary schools, and secondary report card timing is to be announced. Progress reports go home Sept. 8, Nov. 17, Feb. 9 and April 27.

What the district notes

• The district says this calendar is for all schools in the district.
• If more than the four listed emergency makeup days are needed, the district will assign them based on the circumstances at the time.
• The calendar counts 180 student days: 16 in August, 19 in September, 21 in October, 16 in November, 16 in December, 16 in January, 19 in February, 16 in March, 21 in April and 20 in May.

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, line by line. 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.