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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