Approved by the Board of Education on March 9, 2015

COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 2015-2016 School Year Calendar

First Day of Classes .............................. August 18

First Day of Summer School 2016 ............... June 6

First Day of Kindergarten ........................August 20

Last Day of Summer School 2016 ............. June 30

End of First Semester ....................... December 18

High School Summer School 2016

End of First Trimester ......................... November 6

End of Second Trimester .................... February 11

First Day HS Summer School .... June 13

Last Day of Classes .................................... June 3

Last Day HS Summer School ....... July 8

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

S
1

T
1

W
2

T
3

F
4

S
5

T
1

F
2

S
3

10

11

12

10

10

11

12

13

14

15

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

27

28

29

30

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

30

31

S
1

M
2

T
3

W
4

T
5

F
6

S
7

T
1

W
2

T
3

F
4

S
5

F
1

S
2

10

11

12

13

14

10

11

12

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

29

30

27

28

29

30

31

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

F
1

S
2

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

31

FEBRUARY
S

M
1

MARCH

T
2

W
3

T
4

F
5

S
6

T
1

APRIL

W
2

T
3

F
4

S
5

10

11

12

13

10

11

12

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

28

29

27

28

29

30

31

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

S
1

M
2

T
3

W
4

T
5

F
6

S
7

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

12

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

MAY

JUNE

JULY

W
1

T
2

F
3

S
4

F
1

S
2

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

26

27

28

29

30

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31
Legal Holidays .......... November 26, December 25, February 15, July 4
Labor Day ........................................................................ September 7
Thanksgiving Vacation .............................................. November 25 27
Winter Recess .............................................. December 21 January 1
Martin Luther Kings Birthday ............................................... January 18
Presidents Day .................................................................. February 15
Spring Recess ....................................................... March 28 April 1
Memorial Day ............................................................................ May 30

Teacher Collaboration
or Work Day School
not in Session

November 13 and February 26 are

Parent/Teacher Conference Days in
Elementary and Middle Schools

School Not in Session

Classes Dismissed 2 Hours

Before Normal Dismissal Times for
Staff Planning and Collaboration

School Not in Session

Teacher Paid Holiday
Opening Day of School

First Day for Kindergarten

Closing Day of School

6 snow days are built into the calendar (shaded in grey). If the district uses exactly 3 inclement weather days, the district will
consider taking May 6 as a holiday, so that the final day of school will not be a single early release day following the weekend.