Prince George's County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The PGCPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the PGCPS 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.

PGCPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 17 entries and 31 weekdays in all.

PGCPS early release days

Eight early release days in all.

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.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 2 at early dismissal to Sunday, Oct. 4. Teacher professional half-day. Back Monday, Oct. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Oct. 18. Professional development day. Back Monday, Oct. 19.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 30 at early dismissal to Sunday, Nov. 1. End of 1st quarter (grading and reporting) early release. Back Monday, Nov. 2.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Dec. 11 at early dismissal to Sunday, Dec. 13. Teacher professional half-day. Back Monday, Dec. 14.
• 16 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 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.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 22 at early dismissal to Sunday, Jan. 24. End of 2nd quarter (grading and reporting) early release. Back Monday, Jan. 25.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 26 at early dismissal to Sunday, Feb. 28. Teacher professional half-day. Back Monday, March 1.
• 10 days off in a row: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, April 4. Good Friday, Monday after Easter and spring break. Back Monday, April 5.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, April 9 at early dismissal to Sunday, April 11. End of 3rd quarter (grading and reporting) early release. Back Monday, April 12.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, April 17 to Monday, April 19. Professional development day. Back Tuesday, April 20.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 15 to Monday, May 17. Eid al-Adha. Back Tuesday, May 18.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, May 21 at early dismissal to Sunday, May 23. Teacher professional half-day. Back Monday, May 24.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Seven early releases on a Friday or Monday make a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

• Wednesday, Sept. 16: professional development day
• Friday, Oct. 16: professional development day
• Wednesday, March 10: professional development day (Eid al-Fitr)
• Monday, April 19: professional development day

Makeup days

Emergency makeup day (if needed), Monday, April 19 and Emergency makeup days, June 16 and 17 (if needed), Wednesday, June 16.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• Some days off may change: professional development day, April 19 (Becomes a school day if needed to make up an emergency closure).
• The last day can move. PGCPS adds June 16 and 17 as makeup days if emergency closures mean more school days are needed. The planned last day is Tuesday, June 15; it can fall from Tuesday, June 15 to Thursday, June 17.
• 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 Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. The last day is Tuesday, June 15, 2027, with early dismissal, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Tuesday, June 15 to Thursday, June 17: PGCPS adds June 16 and 17 as makeup days if emergency closures mean more school days are needed.

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

Grading periods

PGCPS grades in four quarters. The calendar prints each quarter's last day and its number of student days (180 in all).

What the district notes

• Aug. 24 is Student Orientation Day. Tuesday, Aug. 25 is the first day of school for all students; check with your school about orientation.
• Friday, May 7 is the last day for high school seniors.
• PGCPS plans 180 student days. If closures use up all three makeup days, it may switch to its Virtual Education Day Plan, and it may adjust the calendar again to meet the state's minimum days and hours.
• Early dismissal is 2 hours 55 minutes before your school's regular dismissal time: a school that lets out at 3:45 p.m. dismisses at 12:50 p.m.
• The calendar also notes Rosh Hashanah (Saturday, Sept. 12) and Diwali (Nov. 6 to 10); school is open on those weekdays.

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 each one against the PGCPS 2026-2027 School Year Calendar as a Grid page, the Spanish edition of the PGCPS calendar and the PGCPS Early Dismissal Times for Students 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.