Pittsburgh School District Calendar 2025-2026
The Pittsburgh 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 Start (Quarter 1 Begins / First Day of School for most grades): August 25, 2025
- Quarter 1: August 25, 2025 – October 29, 2025
- Quarter 2: October 30, 2025 – January 21, 2026
- Thanksgiving Break (All PPS Holiday): November 27, 2025 – December 1, 2025
- Winter Break (No School): December 24, 2025 – January 2, 2026
- Quarter 3: January 26, 2026 – April 7, 2026
- Spring Break (No School): March 30, 2026 – April 3, 2026
- Quarter 4 / End of School Year: April 8, 2026 – June 12, 2026
- PSSAs Testing Windows (ELA / Math / Science & make-ups): April 20, 2026 – May 8, 2026
Note: This calendar page is created based on information from the official website Pittsburgh School District
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Pittsburgh School District Calendar 2025-2026
August 2025
- August 18 – 13th Annual #PittsburghForPPS Back to School Event
- August 25 – Quarter 1 Begins / First Day of School (All Grades Except Kindergarten)
- August 25 – Public Hearing
- August 27 – Legislative Session
- August 28 – First Day of School - Kindergarten
September 2025
- September 1 – Labor Day (All PPS Holiday)
- September 6 – 2nd Annual PPS Parent University
- September 8 – Education Committee Meeting
- September 9 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- September 12 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- September 17 – Agenda Review
- September 18 – 3rd Annual Take a Child to School Day
- September 22 – Public Hearing
- September 23 – No School (Students Only) - Rosh Hashanah
- September 24 – Legislative Session
- September 26 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
October 2025
- October 2 – No School (Students Only) - Yom Kippur
- October 6 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- October 7 – Education Committee Meeting
- October 8 – Quarter 1 Interim Progress Report Distribution
- October 13 – Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Childhood, PreK-5, PreK-8, and 6-8) - No school for students with conferences
- October 15 – Agenda Review
- October 17 – Parent Teacher Conferences (6-12 Schools, 9-12 High Schools, Special Schools, Early Head Start & SciTech visits) - No school for students with conferences
- October 20 – Public Hearing
- October 22 – Legislative Session
- October 24 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- October 29 – Quarter 1 Ends
- October 30 – Quarter 2 Begins
November 2025
- November 3 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- November 4 – Election Day - No School (Students Only) / Teacher and Staff Professional Development
- November 5 – Education Committee Meeting
- November 11 – Veterans Day Observation - No School
- November 13 – Quarter 1 Report Card Distribution
- November 14 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- November 19 – Agenda Review
- November 24 – Public Hearing
- November 25 – Legislative Session
- November 27–December 1 – Thanksgiving Break (All PPS Holiday; includes School Only Vacation Day)
December 2025
- December 2 – Board Reorganization / Education Committee Meeting
- December 3 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- December 8 – Budget Public Hearing
- December 10 – Agenda Review
- December 12 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- December 15 – Public Hearing
- December 17 – Legislative Session
- December 18 – Quarter 2 Interim Progress Report Distribution
- December 24–January 2 – Winter Break (No School)
January 2026
- January 5 – Winter Keystone Wave 2 Exams Begin
- January 12 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- January 13 – Education Committee Meeting
- January 16 – Winter Keystone Wave 2 Exams End
- January 19 – MLK Day - No School
- January 21 – Agenda Review / End of First Semester (Quarter 2)
- January 22 – No School (Students Only) / Clerical Day
- January 23 – No School (Students Only) / District Professional Development
- January 26 – Quarter 3 Begins / Public Hearing
- January 28 – Legislative Session
February 2026
- February 2 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- February 3 – Education Committee Meeting
- February 4 – Quarter 2 Report Card Distribution
- February 6 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- February 18 – Agenda Review
- February 20 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- February 23 – Public Hearing
- February 25 – Legislative Session
March 2026
- March 2 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- March 3 – Education Committee Meeting
- March 6 – Quarter 3 Interim Progress Report Distribution
- March 13 – Early Dismissal - Half Day / Teacher Professional Development
- March 18 – Agenda Review
- March 20 – School Only Vacation Day - Eid al-Fitr
- March 23 – Public Hearing
- March 25 – Legislative Session
- March 30–April 3 – Spring Break (No School)
April 2026
- April 7 – Quarter 3 Ends
- April 8 – Quarter 4 Begins
- April 13 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- April 14 – Education Committee Meeting
- April 20 – Quarter 3 Report Card Distribution
- April 20 – PSSAs ELA Testing Window Begins
- April 24 – PSSAs ELA Testing Window Ends
- April 22 – Agenda Review
- April 27 – PSSAs Math/Science & Make-ups Testing Window Begins
- April 27 – Public Hearing
- April 29 – Legislative Session
- May 1 – PSSAs Math/Science & Make-ups Testing Window Ends
May 2026
- May 4 – PSSAs Optional Math/Science & Make-ups Testing Window Begins
- May 8 – PSSAs Optional Math/Science & Make-ups Testing Window Ends
- May 11 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting / Spring Keystone Exams Begin
- May 11 – Spring Keystone Exams Begin (testing)
- May 12 – Education Committee Meeting
- May 15 – 28th Annual Take a Father to School Day
- May 19 – School Only Vacation Day - Election
- May 20 – Agenda Review / Quarter 4 Interim Progress Report Distribution
- May 22 – Spring Keystone Exams End
- May 25 – Memorial Day (All PPS Holiday)
- May 26 – Public Hearing
- May 27 – Legislative Session
June 2026
- June 1 – Business and Finance Committee Meeting
- June 2 – Education Committee Meeting
- June 10 – 5th and 8th Grade Promotions
- June 11–12 – High School Commencements
- June 12 – Last Day of School - All Students (End of School Year / Quarter 4 Ends)
- June 17 – Agenda Review
- June 19 – Juneteenth (All PPS Holiday)
- June 22 – Public Hearing
- June 24 – Legislative Session / Quarter 4 Report Card Distribution
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The first day of school for most grades is 2025-08-25 (Quarter 1 begins). Kindergarten begins 2025-08-28.
The last day of school for all students is 2026-06-12 (end of Quarter 4).
Early Release / Half Days include 2025-09-12, 2025-09-26, 2025-10-24 (next examples), with additional early release days on 2025-11-14, 2025-12-12, 2026-02-06.
Spring Break runs from 2026-03-30 through 2026-04-03 (no school).
No. Veterans Day is observed as a district holiday on 2025-11-11; there is no school.
Winter Break runs from 2025-12-24 through 2026-01-02 (no school).
PSSAs ELA: 2026-04-20 to 2026-04-24; PSSAs Math/Science & make-ups: 2026-04-27 to 2026-05-01 (optional window 2026-05-04 to 2026-05-08). Spring Keystone Exams: 2026-05-11 to 2026-05-22.
Yes. Examples include 2025-09-23 (Rosh Hashanah) and 2025-10-02 (Yom Kippur); these are No School (Students Only) days.
Thanksgiving Break is 2025-11-27 through 2025-12-01 (All PPS holiday; includes a Monday school-only vacation day).
Plan Ahead with the Pittsburgh School District Calendar
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