School Calendar 2024 - 25
We closely follow the NYC public school calendar, with a few exceptions: we are closed for two weeks in December, and we finish a week earlier in June. See below for the calendar of the 2023–24 school year.
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September
Monday 2 Labor Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Tuesday 3 Visit the school and meet the teachers
Wednesday 4 Visit the school and meet the teachers
Thursday 5 1st day of school/ half day. (Dismissal at noon)
October
Thursday 3 –Friday 4 Rosh Hashanah (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Monday 14 IItalian Heritage/Indigenous People’s Day, (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Friday 25 Professional Development (SCHOOL CLOSED)
November
Friday 1 Diwali (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Tuesday 5 Election day/ Report writing (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Monday 11 Veterans Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Thursday 14 Parent-Teacher Conferences (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Wednesday 27 - Friday 29 Thanksgiving Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)
December
Tuesday 18 – Wednesday 1 Winter Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)
January
Thursday 2 Winter Term begins
Monday 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Wednesday 29 Lunar New Year (SCHOOL CLOSED)
February
Monday 17 – Friday 21 Mid-winter Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)
March
Thursday 6 Professional development (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Monday 31 Eid al-Fitr (SCHOOL CLOSED)
April
Monday 14 - Friday 18 Spring Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)
May
Thursday 1 Report Writing Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Friday 16 Parent-teacher conferences (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Monday 26 Memorial Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
June
Thursday 5 Eid al-Adha (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Friday 6 Clerical Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Friday 13 Last Day of School
Monday 23 Summer Camp
Please note that Explorer Studio will cancel all classes and close administrative offices for inclement weather whenever the New York City public schools are closed. In rare circumstances, Explorer Studio will make its own determination as to whether it is open or closed.