Library Support Aides

Total Teacher Days (TD): 190 (191 with flex day) Total Student Days (SD): 180

New Teacher Orientation / Full Day No School / Offices Closed

Teacher Flex / Teacher Workday

First & Last Student Day - Last Student Day is a Half Day PSSA Testing

Summer Hours

Staff Professional Development / School is Not in Session for Students Keystone Exams - Spring Weather Make-Up Day

Last Teacher Day Two-Hour Early Dismissal No Kindergarten

Downingtown Area School District

2026-2027 Calendar (Board Approved 01/14/2026)

July

August

September

TD: 0 TD: 9 TD: 20 SD: 0 SD: 5 SD: 20 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 1 2 1 3 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 30 31

October

November

December

TD: 22 TD: 19 TD: 17 SD: 21 SD: 16 SD: 17 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 27 28 29 30 31

January

February

March

TD: 19 TD: 19 TD: 18 SD: 19 SD: 19 SD: 17 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 28 29 30 31 31 April

May

June

TD: 22 TD: 20 TD: 5 SD: 22 SD: 20 SD: 4 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 30 31 2026-2027 DASD Descriptive Calendar

10 Month Employee Holidays: Sept. 7; Nov. 26, 27; Dec 24, 25; Jan. 1, 18; March 26; May 31 (unless adjusted for snow/emergency closings)

July 3: Independence Day

August 12-13: New Teacher Orientation August 11-14, 17, 21: Teacher Workday: Select One August 18-20: All Teachers Report August 25: First Student Day

September 7: School Closed - Labor Day September 12: Rosh Hashanah September 21: School Closed - Yom Kippur

October 12: No School for Students: Professional Development Day (Columbus Day) October 29: End of Marking Period - Secondary (tentative)

November 3: No School for Students: Professional Development Day November 8: Diwali November 11: Veterans Day November 20: End of Trimester - Elementary (tentative) November 23: K-12: Two-Hour Early Dismissal - K-8 Parent Conferences; 9-12 Professional Development / K-6 Evening Conferences November 24: No School for Students: K-12 All Day Parent Conferences; 7-12 Parent Evening Conferences November 25: No School for Students: Work Collaboration Day November 26-27: School Closed - Thanksgiving Recess

December 7-18: Keystone Exams Winter Wave #1 December 24-31: School Closed - Winter Recess (December 25 - Christmas)

January 1: School Closed - Winter Recess January 4: School Reopens January 4-15: Keystone Exams Winter Wave #2 January 18: School Closed - Martin Luther King Day January 19: End of Marking Period - Secondary (tentative)

February 15: School Closed - Presidents' Day

March 3: End of Trimester - Elementary (tentative) March 9: School Closed - Eid al-Fitr March 12: No Kindergarten: Parent Conferences March 22: No School for Students: Work Collaboration Day March 23-26: School Closed - Spring Recess (March 28 - Easter)

April 1: End of Marking Period - Secondary (tentative) April 26-30: PSSA Testing: ELA Gr. 3-8

May 3-7: PSSA Testing: Math, Science Gr. 3-8 May 16: Eid al-Adha May 17-28: Keystone Exams: Algebra I, Biology, Literature May 31: School Closed - Memorial Day

June 1-3: Graduation: 6/1 STEM, 6/2 DHSW, 6/3 DHSE June 4: End of Marking Period - Secondary (tentative); Last Student Day (half day, no lunch) June 7: Last Teacher Day; Weather Make-Up Days #6 through #10 (6/7-6/11) June 19: Juneteenth Independence Day