Prince William County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The PWCS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the PWCS 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.

PWCS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 19 entries and 34 weekdays in all.

PWCS early release days

The PWCS 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.

• 4-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 4 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day weekend holiday and 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. Professional development day (Indigenous Peoples Day). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 31 to Tuesday, Nov. 3. Parent conferences and professional development and teacher workday. Back Wednesday, Nov. 4.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 16 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 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.
• 4-day weekend: Thursday, Jan. 28 to Sunday, Jan. 31. Teacher workday and Parent conferences and professional development. Back Monday, Feb. 1.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29. Spring break and teacher workday. Back Tuesday, March 30.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18. Teacher workday. Back Monday, April 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 15 to Monday, May 17. Eid al-Adha. Back Tuesday, May 18.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Sixteen 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, Oct. 12: professional development day (Indigenous Peoples Day)
• Monday, Nov. 2: Parent conferences and professional development
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher workday
• Thursday, Jan. 28: teacher workday
• Friday, Jan. 29: Parent conferences and professional development
• Monday, March 29: teacher workday
• Friday, April 16: teacher workday

Makeup days

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

Also worth knowing

• The calendar marks three religious and cultural observances on school days. School is open. The list is below.
• The PWCS calendar prints no testing windows.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Juneteenth (observed) (June 18) and teacher workday (optional for teachers) (June 21). 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 17, 2027.

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

Grading periods

The print calendar marks the last day of each marking period; the month-at-a-glance calendar prints each quarter's start and end.

Religious and cultural observances

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

What the district notes

• Moon sightings may cause the dates of Eid al-Fitr (March 10), Eid al-Adha (May 17) and Ramadan to vary.
• The calendar also lists observances that fall on weekends or days off: Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 12), Diwali (Nov. 8), Christmas (Dec. 25), Kwanzaa (Dec. 26 to Jan. 1), Lunar New Year (Feb. 6), Good Friday (March 26) and Easter (March 28).
• Thanksgiving week: schools and offices are closed to the public Nov. 25 and closed Nov. 26 and 27. During spring break, schools and offices are closed March 25 and 26.

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 PWCS month-at-a-glance calendar and the PWCS school calendar page.

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