School year

A school year, as opposed to a calendar year, describes the length of time that students are in a given grade. The school year is subdivided into two grading periods called semesters, which are for convenience subdivided into two quarters each. The current school year is the 2025-2026 school year.

Within the school year are four notable breaks:

• Thanksgiving break, occurring in late November, lasts 1 week.
• Winter Break, in late December and early January, lasts 2 weeks. It divides the first and second semesters.
• Spring Break, in early April, lasts 1 week.
• Summer Break, beginning in early June and ending in mid-August, lasts 2½ months.