Key Dates | Friends Select School | Philadelphia

Key Dates | Friends Select School | Philadelphia
Key Dates | Friends Select School | Philadelphia
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Key Dates
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FRIENDS SELECT SCHOOL CALENDAR: 2025-26
Families and employees for the day to day calendar
please use the portal
.
Key dates for the 2026-27 school year are
available here.
Date
Event
Mon., Aug. 18, 2025
Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin
Wed.-Fri., Aug.20-22, 2025
New Employee Orientation & ADVIS/MCRC Cultural Competency Institute
Mon., Aug. 25-Thu., Aug. 28, 2025
Employee Opening Meetings
Wed., Aug. 27, 2025
Middle School New Student Orientation (1:00-3:30pm)
Wed., Aug 27, 2025
Upper School New Student Orientation (1:00-5:00pm)
Fri., Aug. 29, 2025
Room Preparation (optional)
Mon., Sept. 1, 2025
Labor Day – School Closed - Vacation Care Closed
Tue., Sept. 2, 2024
PreK First Day Visit for Students & Parents 8:00-10:00 am or 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Tue., Sept. 2, 2025
Opening Day of School for All Students Grades K-12
Thu., Sept. 11, 2025
Welcome Families Party
Tue., Sept. 23, 2025
Rosh Hashanah – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Tue., Sept. 30
PreK & K Admission Open House
Thu., Oct. 2, 2025
Yom Kippur – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Sat., Oct. 11
All School Admission Open House
Fri., Oct. 17, 2025
FalconFest Field Day
Thu., Oct. 30, 2025
Lower School Conferences 3:30-6:00pm
Fri., Oct. 31, 2025
Lower School Conferences-No Lower School Classes-Vacation Care Open
Fri., Oct. 31 2025
US Q1 Ends
Mon., Nov. 3, 2025
Upper School Report Writing - No Upper School Classes
Tue., Nov. 4, 2025
PreK - Grade 4 Admission Open House
Tue., Nov. 11, 2025
Gr 5 -12 Admission Open House
Fri., Nov. 14, 2025
Middle School Report Writing Day – Grades 5-8 - No Middle School Classes
Sat., Nov. 15, 2025
Athletic Open House
Tue., Nov. 25, 2025
Middle School Conferences/No Middle School Classes
Last Day of Classes Before Thanksgiving Break (Vacation Care Open Nov. 26, Closed Nov. 28)
Mon., Dec. 1, 2025
Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open
Tue., Dec. 2, 2025
Classes Resume
Fri., Dec. 19, 2025
Last Day of Classes Before Winter Break
Mon.-Fri., Dec. 22, 2024-Jan. 2, 2026
Winter Break - Limited Vacation Care Available
Mon., Jan 5, 2026
Faculty/Staff In-Service-No Lower/Middle/US Classes-Vacation Care Open
Tue., Jan. 6, 2026
Classes Resume
Fri., Jan. 16, 2026
Lower School Report Writing Day - No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Mon., Jan. 19, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed
Tue-Fri, Jan. 20-23, 2026
Upper School Social Justice Week
Mon., Jan. 26, 2026
US Q3 Begins
Wed., Feb. 11, 2026
Upper School Conferences 3:15 - 6:00pm
Thu., Feb. 12, 2026
Upper School Conference Day – No Upper School Classes
Fri., Feb. 13, 2026
Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Mon., Feb. 16, 2026
Mid-Winter Break – No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Closed
Tue., Feb. 17, 2026
Lunar New Year - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open
Fri., Feb. 27
Middle School Report Writing Day-No Middle School Classes
Thu., Mar. 19
Middle School Conferences (12:00-6:00pm) (No afternoon classes)
Fri., Mar. 20, 2026
Eid al-Fitr - No Lower/Middle/Upper School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Thu., Mar. 26, 2026
Lower School Conferences - 3:30-6:00pm
Fri., Mar. 27, 2026
Lower School Conferences - No Lower School Classes - Vacation Care Open
Fri., Mar. 27, 2026
Middle School/Upper School Report Writing Day-No MS/US Classes-Last Day Before Spring Break
Mon.-Fri., Mar. 30-Apr 3, 2026
Spring Break - Vacation Care Open
Mon., Apr. 6, 2026
Faculty Staff In-Service Day/No Lower, Middle, or Upper School Classes - Vacation Care Open
Tue., Apr. 7, 2026
Classes Resume
Tue., Apr.14, 2026
First Look Admission Open House
Sat., May 2, 2026
Alumni Weekend and Spring Fair
Mon.-Tues., May 11-12, 2026
Senior Final Exams & Start of Senior Internships
Wed.-Fri., May 13-Wed., June 3, 2026
Senior Internships/Projects
Mon., May 25, 2026
Memorial Day – School Closed – Vacation Care Closed
Tue., May 26, 2026
Lower School Report Writing – No Lower School Classes – Vacation Care Open
Wed., May 27, 2026
Eid al-Adha – No LS/MS/US – Vacation Care Open
Mon.-Wed., June 1-3, 2026
Final Exams for Students Grades 7-11/ No Classes for Grades 7 & 8
Senior Class Trip/ No Upper School Classes
Thu., June 4, 2026
US Closing Devotions/Senior Internship Presentations/Graduation Rehearsal
Last day of school for Middle & Upper School
Fri., June 5, 2026
Last Day of School for Lower School/Lower School Closing Ceremony
MS Moving Up Ceremony
Sat., June 6, 2026
Graduation (10:30am)
Mon. - Wed. June 8-10, 2026
Closing Faculty Meetings
Mon.-Fri., June 8-12, 2026
Fun Week
Mon.-Fri., June 15-Aug. 21, 2026
SummerSessions@Friends Select
Mon.-Fri., June 15- Aug.21, 2026
ESF Summer Camp
Fri., June 19, 2026
Juneteenth – School Closed
Fri., July 3, 2026
Fourth of July – School Closed
Mon., Aug. 24, 2026
Upper School Sports Preseason Practices Begin
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