Lower Dauphin School District Calendar 2025-2026
The Lower 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
- School Year (First Student Day to Last Student Day): August 25, 2025 – June 5, 2026
- End of Marking Period 1 (MS/HS): October 29, 2025
- Thanksgiving Break: November 26, 2025 – November 28, 2025
- Winter Break: December 24, 2025 – December 31, 2025
- End of Marking Period 2 (MS/HS): January 21, 2026
- End of Second Trimester (Elementary): March 6, 2026
- End of Marking Period 3 (MS/HS): March 30, 2026
Note: This calendar page is created based on information from the official website Lower Dauphin School District
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Lower Dauphin School District Calendar 2025-2026
July 2025
- July 4 – Schools & Offices Closed (Independence Day)
August 2025
- August 6–7 – New Teacher Orientation
- August 19–21 – In-Service Days
- August 25 – First Student Day
- August 29 – Schools Closed
September 2025
- September 1 – Schools & Offices Closed (Labor Day)
- September 26 – 2-hour Early Dismissal (In-Service)
October 2025
- October 13 – Schools Closed (In-Service, Act 80)
- October 29 – End of Marking Period 1 (MS/HS)
November 2025
- November 4 – Election Day - Schools Closed (In-Service, Act 80)
- November 20 – End of First Trimester (Elementary)
- November 25 – 1/2 Student Day
- November 26–28 – Thanksgiving Break - Schools & Offices Closed
December 2025
- December 1 – Schools Closed
- December 4 – 1/2 Student Day (In-Service)
- December 5 – Schools Closed (In-Service)
- December 23 – 1/2 Student Day
- December 24–31 – Winter Break - Schools & Offices Closed
January 2026
- January 1–2 – Schools & Offices Closed (New Year Observed)
- January 9 – 2-hour Early Dismissal (In-Service)
- January 19 – Schools Closed (In-Service)
- January 21 – End of Marking Period 2 (MS/HS)
February 2026
- February 13 – Schools Closed (In-Service) - 1st Weather Make-up Day
- February 16 – Schools Closed - 2nd Weather Make-up Day
March 2026
- March 6 – 2-hour Early Dismissal (In-Service)
- March 6 – End of Second Trimester (Elementary)
- March 16 – Schools Closed (In-Service, Act 80)
- March 30 – End of Marking Period 3 (MS/HS)
April 2026
- April 1 – 1/2 Student Day
- April 2–3 – Spring Break - Schools Closed
- April 6 – Schools Closed (In-Service) - 3rd Weather Make-up Day
May 2026
- May 1 – 2-hour Delayed Opening (In-Service)
- May 19 – Election Day - Schools In Session (Community Service Day - HS)
- May 25 – Schools & Offices Closed (Memorial Day)
June 2026
- June 4 – Commencement
- June 5 – Last Student Day (1/2 Day)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The first student day is 2025-08-25.
The last student day is 2026-06-05 (half day).
Notable early release dates include 2025-09-26, 2025-11-25, and 2025-12-04 (additional half days and 2-hour early dismissals occur throughout the year).
Spring break closures are 2026-04-02 through 2026-04-03.
Yes — the calendar does not list a closure for 2025-11-11; schools are in session that day.
Winter Break runs from 2025-12-24 through 2025-12-31.
The calendar totals 180 student days for the 2025-26 school year.
Key endpoints include MP1: 2025-10-29, End of First Trimester (Elem): 2025-11-20, MP2: 2026-01-21, End of 2nd Trimester (Elem): 2026-03-06, MP3: 2026-03-30.
Plan Ahead with the Lower Dauphin School District Calendar
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