West Islip Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The West Islip 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the West Islip 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.

West Islip vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 15 entries and 31 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.

• Friday, Dec. 4: Elementary conference day (no school for elementary students), elementary schools only

West Islip early release days

The calendar prints no early release days.

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. Yom Kippur. Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 12. Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day. Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. 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. Midwinter break (Presidents' Day week). Back Monday, Feb. 22.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Monday, March 29. Good Friday (Easter recess) and Easter Monday (Easter recess). Back Tuesday, March 30.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, April 25. Spring break. Back Monday, April 26.
• 5-day weekend: Friday, May 28 to Tuesday, June 1. Memorial Day recess (snow day 2), Memorial Day and Memorial Day recess (snow day 1). Back Wednesday, June 2.

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

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: Superintendent's conference day (Election Day, staff only)

Makeup days

Snow day 1, Tuesday, June 1 (used first: school opens June 1 if there is one emergency closing) and Snow day 2, Friday, May 28 (used second: school opens May 28 too if there are two emergency closings).

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Juneteenth (Friday, June 18). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar marks four religious and cultural observances on school days. School is open. The list is below.
• The calendar prints no testing dates.
• Days off for some schools only: Friday, Dec. 4, elementary schools only. Other schools are open. The list is under Vacations and holidays.
• Some days off may change: Memorial Day recess (snow day 2), May 28 (Becomes a school day if there are two emergency closings) and Memorial Day recess (snow day 1), June 1 (Becomes a school day if there are one or more emergency closings).

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. The last day is Friday, June 25, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Sept. 1 to 2.

Religious and cultural observances

The calendar marks these religious and cultural observances. School is open on each.

What the district notes

• If there are more than two emergency closings, school will be held virtually. The Board of Education may revise the calendar if closings require more days.
• The calendar counts 181 student days and 3 superintendent's conference days, 184 in all.
• Elementary students have no school Friday, Dec. 4, an elementary parent-teacher conference day on the district events calendar. The calendar PDF marks the day only as the first day of Hanukkah.
• The district events calendar lists a district-wide go-home-early drill Monday, Nov. 2, with dismissal 15 minutes early.
• The Board of Education approved this calendar Feb. 5, 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 district's Student-Teacher Calendar page and the district events calendar.

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