Gwinnett County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The GCPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the GCPS 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.

GCPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: eight entries and 31 weekdays in all.

Remote school days

School happens at home on these days. They count as school days, and students learn from home.

• Friday, Sept. 18: Digital Learning Day (all students learn at home)
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day: Digital Learning Day (all students learn at home)
• Friday, March 19: Digital Learning Day (all students learn at home)

GCPS early release days

Ten early release days in all. All 10 are for some schools only.

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.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Sunday, Oct. 18. Fall break. Back Monday, Oct. 19.
• 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 planning day (student holiday). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 5-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 to Tuesday, Feb. 16. February break. Back Wednesday, Feb. 17.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, April 3 to Sunday, April 11. Spring break. Back Monday, April 12.

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 planning day (student holiday)

Makeup days

The calendar sets no makeup days. GCPS will make up any bad-weather days by using Digital Learning Days, and/or extending the school day or year. 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.
• Remote school days: Friday, Sept. 18, Tuesday, Nov. 3 and Friday, March 19. It counts as a school day, but students learn at home. Plan for a child at home.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher post-planning (May 27) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. The last day is Wednesday, May 26, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run July 27 to Aug. 4.

The district prints 180 instructional days across the semesters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

The district calendar prints semesters only. School days include the three planned Digital Learning Days, when students learn from home.

What the district notes

• On the three planned Digital Learning Days (Sept. 18, Nov. 3 and March 19) all students learn from home. They are school days: students should have their district-issued devices at home.
• If bad weather closes school or dismisses it early, GCPS announces it on GCPS TV, its website, social media, ParentSquare and metro Atlanta TV stations, usually by 6 a.m.
• The calendar does not print a dismissal time for the high school exam days; ask your high school.

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 GCPS 2026-27 School Year Calendar PDF, the district's Spanish edition of the School Year Calendar, the GCPS Calendar page and the GCPS Digital Learning Days page.

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.