NEWTOWN, CT — Summer is almost over for Newtown students. The first day of school for students is August 29. Classes will end early that day and August 30.
The new state law regarding the age requirement for kindergarten will come into effect at the beginning of the new school year 2024-2025. Now students must be 5 years old on September 1st.
Here are some of the important dates for the 2024-25 school year to mark on your calendar:
- Start, early release: August 29
- Early release: August 30
- Labor Day, school holiday: September 2nd
- Training day for employees, no classes: 25 September
- Rosh Hashanah, no classes: Oct. 3
- Elementary and Reed School Conferences, Early Release: October 23
- Elementary, Reed and Middle School Conferences, Early Release: October 24-25
- Staff Development Day, no classes: November 5
- Middle and High School Conferences, Early Release: November 13-14
- Thanksgiving break, no classes: November 27-29
- Early release: December 20
- Holiday break: 23 December–1 January
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school: January 20
- Training day, early discharge: 29.01.
- Winter holidays, no classes: 14-18 February
- High School Conferences, Early Release: March 13
- Elementary, Reed and Middle School Conferences, Early Release: March 13-14
- 7-12 PSAT/SAT Test Day/Staff Development Only, Early Release: March 26
- Spring break, no school: April 14-18
- Training day, early release: 14 May
- Memorial Day, no classes: May 26
- Estimated last day of school, early dismissal: June 13
The full calendar can be viewed here.
