Calendar Overview

2023-2024
Monday, August 21 Preseason practices begin (Thursday, August 17 for football, volleyball, girls tennis,
boys soccer, and girls soccer)

Tuesday-Thursday, August 29-31 Grade 9 Orientation for all Grade 9 students

Wednesday-Thursday, August 30-31 Grade 12 Retreat for all Grade 12 students

Wednesday, August 30 Grade 6 Orientation for all Grade 6 students

Thursday, August 31 Grades 7 & 8 Orientation for new students only

Lower School New Family Orientation

Friday, September 1 Orientation/Retreat Rain Date (if needed; LS and/or Grades 6-8, 9, 12)

Monday, September 4 School closed for Labor Day

Tuesday, September 5 First Day of School - Pre-K to Grade 12

Monday, September 25 School closed for Yom Kippur

Saturday, September 30 Middle School/Upper School Experience Riverdale Day

Monday, October 9 School closed for Indigenous Peoples Day

Saturday, October 14 Homecoming/Reunion

Monday-Tuesday, October 16-17 ExEd Experiences/Trips for Middle School/Upper School

(Grade 10 Trip returns on October 18; Grade 11 Trip returns on October 19)

Wednesday, November 1 Lower School Parent-Teacher Conferences - No LS classes

Monday, November 6 Middle School/Upper School Report Writing Day - No MS/US classes

Saturday, November 18 Riverdale Community Action Day (RCAD)

Wednesday-Friday, Thanksgiving Break - School Closed

November 22-24

Monday, December 4 Faculty Professional Day - No classes

Friday, December 22 Last day of school before Winter Break (Full day of classes)

December 23 - January 7, 2024 School closed for Winter Break

Monday, January 8, 2024 School resumes

Friday, January 12 Lower School Report Writing Day - No LS classes

Monday, January 15 School closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Monday, January 22 Middle School/Upper School Semester Two Begins

Materials for New & Returning Families Revised June 2, 2023

Monday, February 19 School closed for Presidents Day

Tuesday, February 20 Faculty Professional Day - No classes

Wednesday, March 6 Lower School Parent-Teacher Conferences – No LS classes

Monday-Wednesday, March 11-13 Upper School Exams/Middle School Project “Week”

Regular classes for Lower School

Thursday, March 14 Upper School Exam Make-ups/Global Studies Trips/Exam Grading

No classes for Middle School
Regular classes for Lower School

Friday, March 15 Global Studies Trips/Exam Grading for the Middle School/Upper School
No classes for Lower School/Middle School/Upper School

Saturday, March 16 Spring Break begins

Monday-Friday, March 18-22 No classes - School Offices open

Monday-Friday, March 25-29 School closed for Spring Break (Good Friday is March 29 and Easter Sunday is March 31)

Monday, April 1 School resumes

Friday, April 5 Middle School/Upper School Report Writing Day - No Middle School/Upper School classes

Wednesday, April 10 School closed for Eid al-Fitr

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 23-24 School closed for Passover

Monday, May 20 Lower School Report Writing Day - No Lower School classes

Monday, May 27 School closed for Memorial Day

Thursday, May 30 Last day of classes for Seniors - Senior Dinner that evening

Friday, May 31 Senior Celebration (Prom)

Wednesday, June 5 Last day of classes for Pre-K through Grade 11 (Full day)

Thursday, June 6 Lower School Moving On Ceremony - 9:30am on the River Campus
Senior-Faculty Goodbye event / Graduation rehearsal

Friday, June 7 Middle School Graduation - 10:30am on the Hill Campus

Monday, June 10 Upper School Graduation - 10:30 am on the Hill Campus

Wednesday, June 12 All- School Closing Faculty Meeting

Monday, June 17 School closed for Eid al-Adha

Wednesday, June 19 School closed for Juneteenth

Materials for New & Returning Families Revised June 2, 2023