ECFS Divisional Calendars
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The 2024–2025 ECFS Short Calendar
Monday 8/19 Fall sports begin Monday 8/26 New Faculty/Staff Orientation and Progressive Teaching Institute Tuesday 8/27–Wednesday 8/28 New Faculty/Staff Divisional and Technology Onboarding Thursday 8/29–Friday 8/30 New Faculty/Staff DEI Training Monday 9/2 Labor Day; School closed Tuesday 9/3 Faculty/Staff opening of school meeting Thursday 9/5 First day of school Monday 9/23 Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes Thursday 10/3–Friday 10/4 Rosh Hashanah; School closed Monday 10/14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed Tuesday 10/15 Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes Friday 11/1 Diwali; School closed Monday 11/11 Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes Wednesday 11/27–Sunday 12/1 Fall Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 12/2 Monday 12/23–Sunday 1/5 Winter Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 1/6 Monday 1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed Wednesday 1/29 Lunar New Year; School closed Monday 2/17 Presidents Day; School closed Tuesday 2/18 Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes Monday 3/17–Sunday 3/30 Spring Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Tuesday 4/1 Monday 3/31 Eid al-Fitr; School closed; date subject to change Monday 4/14 Passover; School closed Friday 4/18 Good Friday; School closed Friday 5/2 Founder’s Day; No classes for Ethical Culture; full day Fieldston Lower; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School and Upper School Monday 5/26 Memorial Day; School closed Friday 5/30 Upper School Commencement, 4:00pm; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School and no classes for Upper School students Tuesday 6/10 Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm Wednesday 6/11 Ethical Culture Graduation, 10:00am; Fieldston Lower Graduation, 2:00pm Thursday 6/19 Juneteenth; School closed
NEW! The 2025–2026 ECFS Short Calendar
Monday 8/18 Fall sports begin Monday 8/25–Friday 8/29 New faculty/staff orientation Monday 9/1 Labor Day; School closed Tuesday 9/2–Wednesday 9/3 Faculty/staff opening of school meetings Thursday 9/4 First day of school Tuesday 9/23–Wednesday 9/24 Rosh Hashanah; School closed Thursday 10/2 Yom Kippur; School closed Monday 10/13 Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed Tuesday 10/14 Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students Monday 10/20 Diwali; School closed Wednesday 11/26–Sunday 11/30 Fall Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 12/1 Monday 12/22–Sunday 1/4 Winter Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 1/5 Monday 1/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed Monday 2/9 Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students Monday 2/16 Presidents Day; School closed Tuesday 2/17 Lunar New Year; School closed Friday 3/20 Eid al-Fitr; School closed; date subject to change based on the lunar calendar Monday 3/23–Sunday 4/5 Spring Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 4/6 (Passover and Good Friday fall within these dates) Friday 5/1 Founder’s Day; full day for Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower; 12:30pm dismissal for Middle and Upper School Monday 5/25 Memorial Day; School closed Friday 5/29 Upper School Commencement 4:00pm; No classes for Upper School students; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School students Tuesday 6/9 Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm Wednesday 6/10 Fieldston Lower Graduation, 10:00am; Ethical Culture Graduation, 2:00pm Friday 6/19 Juneteenth; School closed
