Guilford County Schools Calendar 2026-27

The GCS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the GCS calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off, 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.

GCS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 14 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

GCS early release days

The 2026-27 traditional calendar prints no early release or half days. Every school day on it is a full day.

Schools can still send their own early dismissal notices, so watch for those.

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.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 19 to Monday, Sept. 21. Teacher workday (Yom Kippur). Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1. Teacher workday. Back Monday, Nov. 2.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 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 workday. 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, Jan. 23 to Monday, Jan. 25. Teacher workday. Back Tuesday, Jan. 26.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Teacher workday. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 20 to Sunday, March 28. Spring break. Back Monday, March 29.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, April 3 to Monday, April 5. Teacher workday. Back Tuesday, April 6.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Sept. 21: teacher workday (Yom Kippur)
• Friday, Oct. 30: teacher workday
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher workday (Election Day)
• Monday, Jan. 4: teacher workday
• Monday, Jan. 25: teacher workday
• Monday, Feb. 15: teacher workday
• Monday, April 5: teacher workday

Makeup days

The calendar names no makeup days. GCS explains its inclement weather decisions on a separate page linked from the calendars page. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

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 parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The academic calendar prints no testing dates. GCS posts state testing calendars separately on its calendars page (elementary and middle, high school, early and middle colleges, education centers).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workday (June 11). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The last day is Thursday, June 10, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 17 to 21.

Grading periods

GCS grades in quarters, two per semester. The calendar prints each quarter's end date. Each quarter starts on the first school day after the last one ends.

What the district notes

• Optional teacher workdays (pink boxes) and mandatory teacher workdays (orange diamonds) are both days with no school for students.
• This is the traditional calendar, which most GCS schools follow. Extended-year schools, the early and middle colleges and academies, and Early College at Guilford, Middle College at UNCG and Greensboro College Middle College have their own calendars. Check which calendar your school uses.
• The Board of Education revised this calendar on Aug. 11, 2026.

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 GCS calendars page and the GCS Traditional Calendar feed.

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