Fairfax County Public Schools Calendar 2028-29

The FCPS 2028-29 calendar

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

Add the FCPS 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.

FCPS vacations and holidays, 2028-29

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 18 entries and 35 weekdays in all.

FCPS early release days

Four 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.

• 4-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 1 to Monday, Sept. 4. Labor Day break. Back Tuesday, Sept. 5.
• 4-day weekend: Thursday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept. 24. Rosh Hashanah and professional workday. Back Monday, Sept. 25.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 7 to Monday, Oct. 9. Professional workday (Indigenous Peoples' Day). Back Tuesday, Oct. 10.
• 4.5-day weekend: Friday, Nov. 3 at early dismissal to Tuesday, Nov. 7. End of 1st quarter early release and professional workdays (Nov. 7 is Election Day). Back Wednesday, Nov. 8.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 22 to Sunday, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 27.
• 16 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 23 to Sunday, Jan. 7. Winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 13 to Monday, Jan. 15. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 16.
• 3.5-day weekend: Thursday, Jan. 25 at early dismissal to Sunday, Jan. 28. End of 2nd quarter early release and professional workday. Back Monday, Jan. 29.
• 5-day weekend: Thursday, Feb. 15 to Monday, Feb. 19. Eid al-Fitr, professional workday and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 20.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 24 to Sunday, April 1. Spring break. Back Monday, April 2.
• 3.5-day weekend: Thursday, April 12 at early dismissal to Sunday, April 15. End of 3rd quarter early release and professional workday. Back Monday, April 16.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, April 21 to Tuesday, April 24. Professional workday and Eid al-Adha. Back Wednesday, April 25.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 26 to Monday, May 28. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, May 29.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Fourteen 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.

• Friday, Sept. 22: professional workday
• Monday, Oct. 9: professional workday (Indigenous Peoples' Day)
• Monday, Nov. 6 to Tuesday, Nov. 7: professional workdays (Nov. 7 is Election Day)
• Friday, Jan. 26: professional workday
• Friday, Feb. 16: professional workday
• Friday, April 13: professional workday
• Monday, April 23: professional workday

Makeup days

The calendar names no bad-weather makeup days. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Veterans Day (Friday, Nov. 10). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar marks 10 religious and cultural observances on school days. School is open. FCPS does not schedule tests, quizzes, field trips, graduation, homecoming, auditions and tryouts, or district athletic events that cannot be made up on religious and cultural observances. The list is below.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows professional workday (June 18) and Juneteenth (June 19). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 21, 2028. The last day is Friday, June 15, 2029, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 7 to 18.

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

Grading periods

The calendar prints each quarter's end date and day count. Each quarter below starts on the first school day after the last one ends.

Religious and cultural observances

The calendar marks these religious and cultural observances. School is open on each. FCPS does not schedule tests, quizzes, field trips, graduation, homecoming, auditions and tryouts, or district athletic events that cannot be made up on religious and cultural observances.

What the district notes

• Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2028, falls on a weekend; the calendar gives no day off for it.
• Eid al-Fitr (Thursday, Feb. 15), a professional workday (Friday, Feb. 16) and Presidents' Day (Monday, Feb. 19) give students five days off in a row.
• Some holidays and observances, such as Eid al-Fitr, may shift due to anticipated lunar sightings.
• Dates are subject to change. Any changes will be communicated as early as possible.

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 2028-29 date list on fcps.edu/calendars.

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.