Central Dauphin School District Calendar 2025-2026
The Central Dauphin 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
- Keystone Exam Windows (Overview): July 28, 2025 – May 22, 2026
- School Year (First Student Day to Last Student Day): September 2, 2025 – June 9, 2026
- First Grading Period (Marking Period 1): September 2, 2025 – November 3, 2025
- Second Grading Period (Marking Period 2): November 4, 2025 – January 27, 2026
- Winter Break: December 24, 2025 – January 2, 2026
- Third Grading Period (Marking Period 3): January 28, 2026 – April 7, 2026
- Fourth Grading Period (Marking Period 4): April 8, 2026 – June 9, 2026
- PSSA Testing Windows (Overview): April 20, 2026 – May 8, 2026
Note: This calendar page is created based on information from the official website Central Dauphin School District
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Central Dauphin School District Calendar 2025-2026
July 2025
- July 3–4 – July Holiday Observance
- July 28 – Keystone Exam Window Begins (Summer)
August 2025
- August 1 – Keystone Exam Window Ends (Summer)
- August 18 – Induction
- August 22 – Teacher Clerical Day (Swap Day from Aug 29, 2025)
- August 25 – Opening Day for All Teachers
- August 26 – Teacher Inservice Day
- August 27 – Teacher Inservice Day
- August 28 – Teacher Inservice Day
- August 29 – Teacher Clerical Day (Swap Day from Aug 22, 2025)
September 2025
- September 1 – Labor Day
- September 2 – First Student Day / First Grading Period Begins
October 2025
- October 13 – Teacher Inservice Day (No School for Students)
November 2025
- November 3 – First Grading Period Ends
- November 4 – Teacher Inservice Day
- November 4 – Second Grading Period Begins
- November 11 – Veterans Day
- November 24 – Kindergarten Conferences (No School for Kindergarten)
- November 25 – K-8 Conferences (No School for Elementary and Middle School Students)
- November 26–28 – Fall Break
December 2025
- December 1 – Fall Break (additional day)
- December 3 – Keystone Exam Window Begins (Winter)
- December 17 – Keystone Exam Window Ends (Winter segment)
- December 24–31 – Winter Break
January 2026
- January 1–2 – Winter Break (continued)
- January 5 – Keystone Exam Window Begins (Winter segment 2)
- January 16 – Keystone Exam Window Ends (Winter segment 2)
- January 16 – Teacher Inservice Day (No School for Students)
- January 19 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- January 27 – Second Grading Period Ends
- January 28 – Third Grading Period Begins
- January 1 – ELL WIDA Testing Window Begins
February 2026
- February 13 – Teacher Inservice Day (No School for Students)
- February 16 – Presidents' Day
March 2026
- March 5 – Kindergarten Conferences (No School for Kindergarten)
- March 6 – K-8 Conferences (No School for Elementary and Middle School Students)
- March 31 – ELL WIDA Testing Window Ends
April 2026
- April 2–6 – Spring Break
- April 7 – Third Grading Period Ends
- April 8 – Third Grading Period - Fourth Grading Period Begins
- April 20 – PSSA English Language Arts Testing Begins
- April 24 – PSSA English Language Arts Testing Ends
- April 27 – PSSA Math & Science Testing Begins
May 2026
- May 1 – PSSA Math & Science Testing Ends
- May 4 – PSSA Math & Science Make-Ups Begin
- May 8 – PSSA Math & Science Make-Ups End
- May 11 – Keystone Exam Window Begins (Spring)
- May 22 – Keystone Exam Window Ends (Spring)
- May 19 – Primary Election Day / Teacher Inservice (No School for Students)
- May 25 – Memorial Day
June 2026
- June 4 – MDS/LSS Graduation
- June 8 – Last Day for ALL Kindergarten
- June 8 – CDEHS Graduation
- June 9 – CDHS Graduation
- June 9 – Last Student Day (End of Fourth Grading Period)
- June 10 – Last Teacher Day
- June 11 – Make-Up Day
- June 18 – Juneteenth Holiday (Observed)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
First student day is September 2, 2025.
Last student day is June 9, 2026.
The published calendar does not list any Early Release / early dismissal days; days listed are full-day inservice or holidays.
Spring Break is listed April 2–6, 2026.
No. Veterans Day is a holiday on November 11, 2025; schools are closed.
Winter Break runs December 24–31, 2025 and continues January 1–2, 2026 (district break span Dec 24, 2025 to Jan 2, 2026).
PSSA ELA is April 20–24, 2026; PSSA Math & Science are April 27–May 1, 2026; make-ups May 4–8, 2026.
Keystone windows include Summer (July 28–August 1, 2025), Winter segments (Dec 3–17, 2025 and Jan 5–16, 2026), and Spring (May 11–22, 2026).
Plan Ahead with the Central Dauphin School District Calendar
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