School Calendar 2025 - 26

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 2025–26 school year.

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September

Monday 1 Labor Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Tuesday 2 Visit the school and meet the teachers

Wednesday 3 Visit the school and meet the teachers

Thursday 4 1st day of school/ half day. (Dismissal at noon)

Tuesday 23 – Wednesday 24 Rosh Hashanah (SCHOOL CLOSED)

October

Thursday 2 Yom Kippur (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Monday 13 Indigenous People’s Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Monday 20 Diwali (SCHOOL CLOSED)

November

Tuesday 4 Election day/ Report writing (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Tuesday 11 Veterans Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Thursday 20 Parent-Teacher Conferences (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 Thanksgiving Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)

December

Monday 22 – Friday, January 2 Winter Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)

January

Monday 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

February

Monday 16 – Friday 20 Mid-winter Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)

March

Tuesday 3 Professional Development (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Friday 20 Eid al-Fitr (SCHOOL CLOSED)

April

Thursday 2 - Friday 10 Spring Recess (SCHOOL CLOSED)

May

Friday 8 Report Writing Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Thursday 21 Parent-teacher conferences (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Monday 25 Memorial Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Wednesday 27 Eid al-Adha (SCHOOL CLOSED)

June

Thursday 18 Last Day of School / half day. (Dismissal at noon)

Monday 29 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.