Needham Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The Needham 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the Needham 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.

Needham vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 12 entries and 27 weekdays in all.

Days off for some schools only

These are school days for everyone else, so they are not in the table or the counts above.

• Wednesday, Sept. 2: Kindergarten starts the next day (no kindergarten classes), kindergarten only

Needham early release days

Sixteen early release days in all. Nine are for every school. The other seven are for some schools only.

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. A half day next to a weekend adds half a day.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 19 to Monday, Sept. 21. Yom Kippur. Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 12. Indigenous Peoples' Day. Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 4.5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 at early dismissal to Sunday, Nov. 29. Day before Thanksgiving, early release and Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 11.5 days off in a row: Wednesday, Dec. 23 at early dismissal to Sunday, Jan. 3. Early release before winter break and winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 4.
• 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 26 to Sunday, March 28. Good Friday. Back Monday, March 29.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, April 25. April break. Back Monday, April 26.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Twelve weeks have fewer than five school days, and three 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.

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: professional development day (no school for students)

Makeup days

Needham names no separate makeup days: snow days are made up by extending the year past June 17, up to June 25 with five snow days. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• The district calendar prints no parent-teacher conference dates. Schools set their own.
• The calendar prints no testing dates.
• Days off for some schools only: Wednesday, Sept. 2, kindergarten only. Other schools are open. The list is under Vacations and holidays.
• The last day can move. June 17 if no snow days are used; each snow day adds a day, up to June 25 with five snow days (June 18, Juneteenth, stays a day off). The planned last day is Thursday, June 17; it can fall from Thursday, June 17 to Friday, June 25.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. The last day is Thursday, June 17, 2027, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Thursday, June 17 to Friday, June 25: June 17 if no snow days are used; each snow day adds a day, up to June 25 with five snow days (June 18, Juneteenth, stays a day off).

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.

What the district notes

• The calendar counts 180 student days for grades 1-12: 19 in September, 21 in October, 17 in November, 17 in December, 19 in January, 15 in February, 22 in March, 17 in April, 20 in May and 13 in June.
• Kindergarten starts Thursday, Sept. 3, a day after grades 1-12. Sept. 3 is also preschool orientation.
• Early release dismissal times are set by each school. For example, Mitchell Elementary's early release day hours are 8:20 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
• Needham High School classes begin at 8:35 a.m. on Fridays.
• Needham High School graduation is Sunday, June 6, 2027.
• Page 2 of the calendar lists legal, religious and cultural holidays. Absences to observe them are excused, and families are asked to tell teachers in advance.

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 district's calendars page, the district's Online School Calendar and Mitchell Elementary's school hours page.

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