See the Palos School District 118 2024-2025 Academic Calendar

Schools calendars provide families with a snapshot of the entire year.

Holidays breaks, the first day of school and professional development days vary school by school, so it’s a great idea to keep it handy. Here is the 2024-25 school calendar as approved by Palos School District 118’s school board.

Here are a few key dates you’ll want to bookmark:

Important 2024-2025 school year dates

• First Day of School: Aug. 21, 2024
• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 27-29, 2024
• Winter Break: Dec. 23, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025
• Mid-Winter Break: N/A
• Spring Break: Mar. 24-28, 2025
• Last Day of School: Jun. 6, 2024

See the full calendar below or visit palos118.org

2024-2025 Palos School District 118 Academic Calendar

August 2024  

• Supply Drop Off/ South Transition: Aug. 16, 2024
• Teacher Institute: Aug. 19-20, 2024
• School Begins 1-8: Aug. 21, 2024
• School Begins for Preschool & Kindergarten: Aug. 22, 2024

September 2024  

• Labor Day: Sep. 2, 2024

October 2024

• Teacher Institute Day (No School): Oct. 11, 2024
•  Columbus Day (No School): Oct. 14, 2024
•  End of 1st Quarter (S): Oct. 25, 2024

November 2024  

• General Election Day (No School): Nov. 5, 2024
• End of 1st Trimester (E/W): Nov. 15, 2024
• Parent Teacher Conferences (No School): Nov. 25-26, 2024
• Thanksgiving Recess: Nov. 27-29, 2024

December 2024  

• Early Dismissal: Dec. 20, 2024
• Winter Break: Dec. 23-31, 2024

January 2025  

• Winter Break Cont’d.: Jan. 1-5, 2025
• School Resumes: Jan. 6, 2025
• Martin Luther King Day (No School): Jan. 20, 2025
•  End of 2nd Quarter (S): Jan. 17, 2025

February 2025  

• Half Day Teacher Inservice: Feb. 7, 2025
• President’s Day (No School): Feb. 17, 2025
• End of 2nd Trimester (E/W): Feb. 28, 2025

March 2025  

• Casmir Pulaski Day (No School): Mar. 3, 2025
• End of 3rd Quarter (S): Mar. 21, 2025
• Spring Break: Mar. 24-28, 2025
• Non-attendance Day: Mar. 31, 2025

April 2025  

• School Resumes: Apr. 1, 2025
• Non-attendance Day: Apr. 18, 21, 2025

May 2025  

• Half Day Teacher Inservice: May 2, 2025
• Memorial Day (No School): May 26, 2025

June 2025  

• 8th Grade Graduation: Jun. 4, 2025
• Records Day–(Half-Day): Jun. 5, 2025
• Last Day of School-(if no emergency days are used): Jun. 6, 2025
• Emergency Days: Jun. 9-13, 2025

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