Sudbury Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The SPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the SPS 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.

SPS 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.

SPS early release days

Nineteen 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. 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. Early release before Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 11 days off in a row: Thursday, Dec. 24 to Sunday, Jan. 3. 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.

• Wednesday, Jan. 27: professional development day (no school for students)

Makeup days

No makeup days are dated. The calendar plans 180 school days ending June 17 and schedules through June 25, the 185th day, so lost days push the last day later. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• The calendar prints no testing dates.
• The last day can move. Later if school days are lost, as late as June 25, the 185th day on the calendar. The planned last day is Thursday, June 17; it can fall from Thursday, June 17 to Friday, June 25.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows No school (June 18). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. The last day is Thursday, June 17, 2027, with early dismissal, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Thursday, June 17 to Friday, June 25: later if school days are lost, as late as June 25, the 185th day on the calendar.

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

Grading periods

Middle school terms

Ephraim Curtis Middle School. The calendar prints the ends of terms 1 and 2; term 3 runs to the last day.

Elementary terms

The calendar prints the end of term 1; term 2 runs to the last day.

What the district notes

• Kindergarten and pre-K start later. Sept. 2 to 4 are welcome days for kindergarten and pre-K, and their first full day is Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• New (to Sudbury) student orientation is Thursday, Aug. 27.
• School open houses: Loring Sept. 10, Noyes Sept. 17, Haynes Sept. 23, Nixon Sept. 24, Curtis grade 6 Sept. 30 and Curtis grades 7 and 8 Oct. 1.
• The calendar gives no early release dismissal time. Each school dismisses on its own early release schedule.
• The calendar counts school days by month: 19 in September, 21 in October, 18 in November, 17 in December, 18 in January, 15 in February, 22 in March, 17 in April, 20 in May and 13 in June, 180 in all.
• Page 2 of the calendar lists the religious and cultural observances the district recognizes. School is open on those days unless the calendar marks no 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 district's Calendar page and the district's web events calendar.

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