Jones County School District Calendar 2026-27

The JCSD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the JCSD 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.

JCSD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 13 entries and 33 weekdays in all.

JCSD early release days

Two 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.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, Oct. 3 to Monday, Oct. 12. Fall break and professional development day (student holiday). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Bad weather day (no school unless needed) and Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 4. 60% day, end of the fall semester early release, winter break and professional development 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.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents Day (bad weather day). Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 13 to Monday, March 22. Spring break and professional development day (student holiday). Back Tuesday, March 23.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Monday, March 29. Good Friday and Bad weather day (student and staff holiday). Back Tuesday, March 30.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Eight weeks have fewer than five school days, and five weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Oct. 12: professional development day (student holiday)
• Monday, Jan. 4: professional development day (student holiday)
• Monday, March 22: professional development day (student holiday)

Makeup days

Bad weather day, Monday, Nov. 23 (a Thanksgiving holiday unless needed to make up a weather closure), Bad weather day, Monday, Feb. 15 (Presidents Day, a holiday unless needed to make up a weather closure) and Bad weather day, Monday, March 29 (a student and staff holiday unless needed to make up a weather closure).

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.
• The district calendar lists no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• Some days off may change: Bad weather day (no school unless needed), Nov. 23 (Bad weather day: becomes a school day if needed to make up a weather closure), Presidents Day (bad weather day), Feb. 15 (Bad weather day: becomes a school day if needed to make up a weather closure) and Bad weather day (student and staff holiday), March 29 (Bad weather day: becomes a school day if needed to make up a weather closure).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows professional development after the last day (May 27) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 for grades K-12 and Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 for Pre-K. The last day is Wednesday, May 26, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run July 29 to 31.

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

Grading periods

Report cards go home Oct. 22, Jan. 14 and April 1; progress reports Sept. 3, Nov. 12, Feb. 4 and April 22.

What the district notes

• Pre-K students start on Wednesday, Aug. 5, two days after everyone else.
• Open house is Thursday, July 30: high schools 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., elementary schools 4 to 6 p.m. Registration for all schools is online.
• Three days off are bad weather days: Nov. 23 (the Monday of Thanksgiving week), Feb. 15 (Presidents Day) and March 29 (the Monday after Easter). If the district loses days to weather, these may become school days.
• Graduation is at 7 p.m.: Northeast Jones May 20, South Jones May 21 and West Jones May 22.
• Kindergarten pre-registration is Friday, April 9.

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 JCSD Calendars page and the JCSD district Google Calendar.

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.