Major Dates 2023-2024

To help your family plan ahead, listed below are the key dates for the 2023-2024 school year. Additional dates (such as parent meetings and special events) can be found on the school-wide online calendar.  

2023

August 14 Athletics pre-season begins: Varsity & JV Field Hockey, Varsity Tennis, Varsity & JV Volleyball. Varsity & JV Cross Country 
August 21 Athletics pre-season begins: JV & MS Tennis 
August 28 First day for grades 9-12
August 28 Athletics pre-season begins: MS Field Hockey, MS Cross County, and MS Volleyball 
August 29 First day for EL-grade 8
September 4 Labor Day: School Holiday
October 9 Fall Break, School Holiday
October 20 Lower School and Middle School Parent/Teacher Conference Day (no classes EL-Grade 8)
November 6 Student Holiday, Professional Development Day
November 22-27 Thanksgiving Break, School Holiday
November 27 Thanksgiving Break, School Holiday
November 28 Classes resume
December 20 Early Dismissal for Christmas Break: K-4 after Gift Service, MS noon, US after last exam; No School EL/JK
December 21-Jan. 3 Christmas Break

2024

January 2-3 School Holiday, Extended Day Closed
January 4 Classes resume
January 15 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, School holiday, 
January 16 Student Holiday, Professional Development Day
January 31 Upper School Student Led Conference Day
February 19 Presidents’ Day, School Holiday
February 20 Saints Take a Break Day, School Holiday
March 8 Early Dismissal for Spring Break
EL-grade 1, 11:30 a.m.; Grades 2-12, noon and 12 
March 11-15 Spring Break
March 18 Spring Break, Student Holiday, Faculty Professional Development
March 19 Classes resume
March 29 Good Friday Early Dismissal: EL-grade 1, 11:30 a.m.; Grades 2-12, noon and 12 
April 1 Easter Monday, School Holiday
April 19 Lower School and Middle School Parent/Teacher Conference Day (no classes EL-Grade 8)
April 26-27  Daisy Days
May 23 Class of 2024 Baccalaureate
May 24 St. Christopher’s Class of 2024 Commencement, School holiday EL-grade 11
May 25 St. Catherine’s Class of 2024 Commencement
May 27 Memorial Day, School Holiday
May 30-June 2 Upper School X-Term, Grades 9-11
May 29 Last day of school for EL-grade 1
May 30 Lower School Final Assembly (grades 2-4), 11 a.m.; Last day of classes for grades 5-8
May 31 Middle School Final Assembly, 11 a.m.; last day for grades 9-11
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