Charleston County School District Calendar 2026-27

The CCSD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the CCSD 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.

CCSD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 12 entries and 28 weekdays in all.

CCSD early release days

Seven 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.

• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 4 at early dismissal to Monday, Sept. 7. Early release for teacher planning and Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 9 at early dismissal to Monday, Oct. 12. End of 1st quarter (half day) and Family data conferences and teacher workday (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Fall break (weather makeup days) and Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 4. End of 2nd quarter and 1st semester (half day), 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.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 at early dismissal to Monday, Feb. 15. Early release for teacher planning and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, March 12 at early dismissal to Monday, March 15. End of 3rd quarter (early release) and professional development day (no school for students). Back Tuesday, March 16.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 27 to Sunday, April 4. Spring break. Back Monday, April 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, April 24 to Monday, April 26. Professional development day (weather makeup day). Back Tuesday, April 27.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, May 21 at early dismissal to Sunday, May 23. Half day for teacher planning. Back Monday, May 24.

One early release on a Friday or Monday makes a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Ten weeks have fewer than five school days, and four 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: Family data conferences and teacher workday (no school for students)
• Monday, Jan. 4: teacher workday
• Monday, March 15: professional development day (no school for students)

Makeup days

Weather makeup day, Monday, Nov. 23 (a school day only if the district needs it for a weather closing), Weather makeup day, Tuesday, Nov. 24 (a school day only if the district needs it for a weather closing) and Weather makeup day, Monday, April 26 (a school day only if the district needs it for a weather closing).

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 calendar prints no testing windows. CCSD posts a separate 2026-2027 Assessment Calendar.
• Some days off may change: fall break (weather makeup days), Nov. 23 to 24 (No school unless the district needs them to make up weather closings) and professional development day (weather makeup day), April 26 (No school unless the district needs it to make up a weather closing).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workday (May 28) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 4 to 10.

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

Grading periods

CCSD grades in four quarters (two semesters). The calendar prints each quarter's school-day count by month; report cards go home the weeks of Oct. 19, Jan. 11, March 22 and June 1.

What the district notes

• May 21 is a half day on the district's academic calendar feed and its bell schedule, but the calendar PDF and list view do not show it. Check with your school before that day.
• CCSD can use up to five eLearning days for emergencies such as bad weather or utility outages. They are used before the weather makeup days and are not planned on the calendar.
• Early release and half-day times differ by school; the district's bell schedule lists each school's time.
• Early Head Start starts Aug. 12 and ends June 4. Head Start and Child Development classes have a staggered entry Aug. 17 to 19 and start Aug. 20.
• Progress reports go home the weeks of Sept. 21, Nov. 16, Feb. 8 and April 27.

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 CCSD Academic Calendar page, the CCSD 2026-2027 Academic Calendar list view, the Spanish list view, the CCSD Academic Calendar feed and the 2026-27 Transportation Bell Schedule.

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.