Colchester Public Schools
School Year Calendar 2020-2021 (BOE 8/17/2020)
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August/September 2020 February 2021
M Tu W Th F M Tu W Th F
24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 8 Shortened Day for Students
31 1 2 3 4 31, 1, 2, 3, 4 District Preparation 8 9 10 11 12 > Professional Learning Communities
7 8 9 10 11 7 Labor Day/No School 15 16 17 18 19 15 Presidents' Day Recess
14 15 16 17 18 8 First Day of School for Students 18 22 23 24 25 26 - No School for Students
21 22 23 24 25 *16 - Built-in inclement weather day
17 28 29 30
October 2020 March 2021
M Tu W Th F M Tu W Th F
1 2 2 Shortened Day for Students 1 2 3 4 5 12 No School for Students
5 6 7 8 9 > Professional Learning Communities 8 9 10 11 12 > Teacher Training (Regional PD)
12 13 14 15 16 12 Columbus Day/No School 15 16 17 18 19 *15 - Built-in inclement weather day
19 20 21 22 23 29 Parent Conferences 22 23 24 25 26 25 Shortened Day for Students
20 26 27 28 29 30 - No School for Students 21 29 30 31 >Parent Conferences
November 2020 April 2021
M Tu W Th F M Tu W Th F
2 3 4 5 6 3 Election Day 1 2 2 Good Friday/No School
9 10 11 12 13 11 Veterans Day observed/No School 5 6 7 8 9
16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 12-16 April Recess/No School
23 24 25 26 27 25/26/27 Thanksgiving Recess/No School 19 20 21 22 23
17 30 16 26 27 28 29 30
December 2020 May 2021
M Tu W Th F M Tu W Th F
1 2 3 4 7 Shortened Day for Students 3 4 5 6 7
7 8 9 10 11 > Professional Learning Communities 10 11 12 13 14
14 15 16 17 18 23 Shortened Day 17 18 19 20 21 21 Shortened Day for Students
21 22 23 24 25 24-31 Winter Recess/No School 24 25 26 27 28 > Professional Learning Communities
17 28 29 30 31 20 31 31 Memorial Day/No School
January 2021 June 2021
M Tu W Th F M Tu W Th F *1 - Built-in inclement weather day
1 1 Winter Recess - No School 1 2 3 4 16, 17 Shortened Days for Students
4 5 6 7 8 8 Shortened Day for Students 7 8 9 10 11 17 *Last Day of School
11 12 13 14 15 > Professional Learning Communities 14 15 16 17 18 if no Inclement Weather or
18 19 20 21 22 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day /No School 21 22 23 24 25 Emergency Closing Days
19 25 26 27 28 29 12 28 29 30
Student Holiday / No School TOTAL DAYS: 177
Shortened Day for Students *If there is an inclement weather day prior to 2/5, 2/16 will be a school day. If there is an
District Preparation inclement weather day prior to 3/5, 3/15 will be a school day. If there is an inclement
Built-in inclement weather day weather day prior to 5/14, 6/1 will be a school day. Further inclement weather days will be
2-hour delayed opening made up at the end of the school year through June 25. Any subsequent cancelled school
Inclement weather-school closed days will be taken from the April 2021 vacation starting with April 16 and working backward.