School Calendar
2012 - 2013
I have listed a majority of the important dates for the county wide school calendar below, but please always check the official HCPSS website for updates. You can access the HCPSS Calendars by clicking the button below.
August
20 - School staff returns
27 - First day of school for students
27 - First day of school for students
September
3 - Labor Day (schools and offices closed)
17 - Rosh Hashanah (schools and offices closed)
26 - Yom Kippur (schools and offices closed)
17 - Rosh Hashanah (schools and offices closed)
26 - Yom Kippur (schools and offices closed)
October
3 - Interim progress reports issued
19 - MSEA Convention (schools closed for students)
19 - MSEA Convention (schools closed for students)
November
1 - End of marking period
5 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
6 - Election day (schools and offices closed)
12-16 - American Education Week
13 - Report cards issued
19 - Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
20 - Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday (schools and offices closed)
5 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
6 - Election day (schools and offices closed)
12-16 - American Education Week
13 - Report cards issued
19 - Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
20 - Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday (schools and offices closed)
December
12 - Interim progress reports issued
24-31 - Winter Holiday Break (schools and offices closed)
24-31 - Winter Holiday Break (schools and offices closed)
January 2013
1 - New Years Day (schools and offices closed)
2 - Schools reopen
18 - End of marking period; Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (schools and offices closed)
29 - Report cards issued
2 - Schools reopen
18 - End of marking period; Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (schools and offices closed)
29 - Report cards issued
February
13 - Parent teacher conferences; half day (schools close 3 hours early for elementary and middle schools only)
14 - Parent teacher conferences; half day (schools close 3 hours early)
15 - Parent teacher conferences (schools closed for students)
18 - President's Day (schools and offices closed)
28 - Interim progress reports due
14 - Parent teacher conferences; half day (schools close 3 hours early)
15 - Parent teacher conferences (schools closed for students)
18 - President's Day (schools and offices closed)
28 - Interim progress reports due
March
28 - Half day (schools close 3 hours early)
29 - Good Friday and Spring Break begins (schools and offices closed)
30 - Spring Break (schools and offices closed)
31 - Spring Break (schools and offices closed)
29 - Good Friday and Spring Break begins (schools and offices closed)
30 - Spring Break (schools and offices closed)
31 - Spring Break (schools and offices closed)
April
1-5 Spring Break (schools and offices closed)
8 - Schools reopen
15 - Report cards issued
25 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
8 - Schools reopen
15 - Report cards issued
25 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
May
9 - Interim progress reports issued
17 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
27 - Memorial Day (schools and offices closed)
17 - Professional development day (schools closed for students)
27 - Memorial Day (schools and offices closed)
June
18-20 - Half days (schools close 3 hours early)
20 - Last day of school
20 - Last day of school
To view the entire official Howard County Public Schools calendar, click the button below:
