Calendar

Basics for the approved 2025-26 School Year Calendar (printable calendar):

• Athletics begin: Wednesday, July 30 (note change of date)
• Start Day for Students: Monday, August 25
• End Day for Students: Thursday, June 11, 2026 (3-hour early dismissal)
• Thanksgiving Break: Monday, Nov. 24-Friday, Nov. 28 (a full week off for students, three optional workdays for staff)
• Winter Break: Monday, Dec. 22-Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
• Spring Break: Monday, March 30-Friday, April 3, 2026

Basics for the approved 2026-27 School Year Calendar (printable calendar coming soon):

• Athletics begin: Thursday, July 29, 2026
• Start Day for Students: Monday, August 24, 2026
• End Day for Students: Friday, June 11, 2026 (full day, no early dismissal)
• Thanksgiving Break: Monday, Nov. 23-Friday, Nov. 27, 2026 (a full week off for students, three optional workdays for staff)
• Winter Break: Monday, Dec. 21, 2026-Friday, Jan. 1, 2027
• Spring Break: Monday, March 29-Friday, April 2, 2027

Reminder: According to North Carolina law, public schools can start no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and end no later than the Friday closest to June 11. The calendar must include 185 days or 1,025 hours for students. CHCCS currently follows the 1,025 instructional hour requirement for students to be in school, instead of the 185 day requirement. Teachers must work for 215 days. 

You can see the full list of calendar requirements at this link: NC SCHOOL CALENDAR LAW.

What’s noteworthy about these calendars?

When applicable, CHCCS strives to observe holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Diwali, the Lunar New Year and Eid al-Fitr through the strategic placement of a limited number of Teacher Workdays (no school for students.) Additional holidays are observed when students have full weeks off such as Thanksgiving week, Winter Break and Spring Break. Unfortunately, public school districts are unable to observe every holiday and still meet minimum instructional-hours requirements for students given the constraints of North Carolina school calendar laws. 

New Look for Printable Calendars: To offer a better understanding of CHCCS calendars, the printable calendars above now include a back page, which explains Teacher Workdays, Inclement Weather Days, Holidays and Observances, as well as North Carolina Calendar Law. The back page also lists Teacher Workdays and holidays and, where applicable, the cultural or religious reasons CHCCS chose these days to be non-student days.