1. WELLESLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposed 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR
August 26 & 27 (Thurs/Fri) New Professional Staff
August/September Aug. 30 & 31 (Mon/Tues) All Professional Staff
M T W Th F February September 1 (Wednesday) School Begins for All Students
26 27 M T W Th F September 6 (Monday) Labor Day - No School
30 31 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 September 9 (Thursday) Rosh Hashanah - No School
6 7 8 9 10 7 8 9 10 11 September 20 (Monday) Kindergarten starts 2 full days
13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 October 11 (Monday) Columbus Day - No School
20 21 22 23 24 21 22 23 24 25 November 2 (Tuesday) Early Dismissal K-5 Parent Conferences
27 28 29 30 28 November 11 (Thursday) Veteranʼs Day - No School
November 25-26 Thanksgiving recess (early dismissal at
October March all schools Wednesday, 11/24)
M T W Th F M T W Th F November 29 (Monday) Professional Day No School
1 1 2 3 4 December 24 - January 2 Year-end Vacation
4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 January 3 (Monday) School Reopens
11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 January 17 (Monday) Martin Luther King Day No School
18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 February 21 - 25 February Vacation Week
25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 April 5 (Tuesday) Early Dismissal K-5 Parent Conferences
April 18 - 22 April Vacation Week
November April April 25 (Monday) Kindergarten starts 4 full days
M T W Th F M T W Th
F May 30 (Monday) Memorial Day -(No School)
June 3 (Friday) Half Day High School Only
1 2 3 4 5 1
June 21 (Tuesday) Closing day for students (half day)
8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8
(assumes 5 snow days needed)
15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15
22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 June 22 (Wednesday) Closing day for teachers (assumes 5
29 30 25 26 27 28 29 snow days needed)
December May Yom Kippur occurs Saturday, September 18
Good Friday occurs April 22 during vacation week
M T W Th F M T W Th F
1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6
6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13
13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 Graduation day is Friday, June 3. The final day of school will be
20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 adjusted depending on days lost because of bad weather.
27 28 29 30 31 30 31 (Teachers work 184 days; students attend 180 days.)
January June
M T W Th F M T W Th F Early dismissal Elementary students are dismissed on Wednesday
3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 at 12:00 noon. Middle school and high school early dismissal dates
10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 are circled: October 6, November 3, December 8, January 26,
17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4. NB: June early dismissals are
24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 Middle School : June 1; High School : June 3
31 27 28 29 30
The final day of school will be a half day. For elementary students
there will be only one half day during the final week of school. If the
last day of school is a Thursday or Friday, the preceding Wednesday
Student Scheduled Days for elementary students shall be a full day.
Football First day of practice: Monday, August 23.
September 20 February 15 Fall athletics First day of practice: Thursday, August 26.
October 20 March 23 Winter athletics First day of practice: Monday, November 29.
November 18 April 16 Spring athletics First day of practice: Monday, March 21.
December 17 May 21
January 20 June 15
185 Approved by School Committee