Steelton-Highspire School District Calendar 2025-2026
The Steelton-Highspire School District calendar for the 2025-2026 school year provides all the necessary dates for students, parents, and staff. The calendar includes important information such as employee planning days, school holidays, and recess periods. Here's a detailed overview to help you plan your academic year.
Key Dates
- First Day of School / 1st Grading Period Begins: August 20, 2025
- 1st Grading Period Ends: October 23, 2025
- Winter Holiday: December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026
- 2nd Grading Period Ends: January 16, 2026
- 3rd Grading Period Ends: March 26, 2026
- Spring Break: April 3, 2026 – April 6, 2026
- 4th Grading Period Ends / Last Student Day: June 1, 2026
- Summer Office Schedule (District Offices): June 8, 2026 – August 7, 2026
Note: This calendar page is created based on information from the official website Steelton-Highspire School District
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Steelton-Highspire School District Calendar 2025-2026
July 2025
- July 4 – Independence Day (Holiday)
August 2025
- August 12–13 – Induction / New Staff Orientation
- August 14–19 – Staff Inservice (Act 80)
- August 20 – First Day of School / 1st Grading Period Begins
September 2025
- September 1 – Labor Day
- September 12 – Early Dismissal (Student Early Dismissal / Act 80)
October 2025
- October 10 – Early Dismissal (Student Early Dismissal / Act 80)
- October 13 – Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day
- October 23 – 1st Grading Period Ends (End of Marking Period)
- October 24 – Staff Inservice (Act 80) - No School Students
- October 27 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Act 80)
- October 28 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Act 80)
- October 24 – 2nd Grading Period Begins
November 2025
- November 7 – Early Dismissal
- November 11 – Veterans Day
- November 26 – Early Dismissal (All)
- November 27–December 1 – Thanksgiving Holiday (recess)
December 2025
- December 12 – Early Dismissal
- December 22–January 2 – Winter Holiday (recess)
January 2026
- January 16 – 2nd Grading Period Ends
- January 16 – Early Dismissal
- January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 20 – Staff Inservice (Act 80) - No School Students
- January 1 – ELL WIDA Testing Window Begins
- March 31 – ELL WIDA Testing Window Ends
- January 17 – 3rd Grading Period Begins
February 2026
- February 9 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Act 80)
- February 10 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Act 80)
- February 16 – President's Day
- February 20 – Early Dismissal
March 2026
- March 13 – Early Dismissal
- March 26 – 3rd Grading Period Ends
- March 27 – Staff Inservice (Act 80) - No School Students
- March 27 – 4th Grading Period Begins
April 2026
- April 3–6 – Spring Break (recess)
- April 3 – Third Snow Make-Up Day (if needed)
- April 17 – Early Dismissal
- April 20 – PSSA / ELA Testing Begins
- April 24 – PSSA / ELA Testing Ends
- April 27 – Keystone / PSSA Math & Science Testing Begins
- May 1 – Keystone / PSSA Math & Science Testing Ends
May 2026
- May 4 – PSSA Math/Science Makeups (optional) Begins
- May 8 – PSSA Math/Science Makeups (optional) Ends
- May 8 – Early Dismissal
- May 21 – Staff Inservice (Act 80) - No School Students
- May 25 – Memorial Day
- May 28 – SHHS Graduation
- May 1 – AP Testing Window Begins
- May 31 – AP Testing Window Ends
June 2026
- June 1 – Last Student Day / 4th Grading Period Ends
- June 1 – Last Student Day - Early Dismissal (All)
- June 2–3 – Staff Inservice (Act 80)
- June 8–August 7 – Summer Office Schedule Begins (District Offices)
- June 18 – Juneteenth (Observed)
- June 19 – Juneteenth
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The first student day is August 20, 2025.
The last student day is June 1, 2026 (early dismissal).
Early release / Act 80 days include (examples): Sept 12, 2025; Oct 10, 2025; Nov 7, 2025. See calendar for full list of early dismissal dates.
Spring Break is April 3–6, 2026.
No — Veterans Day is a holiday on November 11, 2025; schools are closed.
Parent/Teacher Conferences (Act 80) are October 27–28, 2025 and February 9–10, 2026 (district-designated Act 80 days).
SHHS graduation is scheduled for May 28, 2026.
Key windows: PSSA ELA April 20–24, 2026; Keystone / PSSA Math & Science April 27–May 1, 2026; optional makeups May 4–8, 2026; AP testing during May 2026.
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