• Division Calendar

    *The Stafford County School Board reserves the right to amend this calendar. 

    Adoption Date: November 8, 2022

    Key Dates 2023

    July

    • 24-28 New Licensed Professional Learning
      Week
    • 31 School Based Professional Learning Day –All
      Levels (Elementary, Middle & High – Hours
      8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

    August

    • 1 Division Based Professional Learning Day – Elementary & Middle School
    • 1 Staff Work Day – High School
    • 1 Open House – High Schools
    • 2 School Based Professional Learning Day – Elementary School
    • 2 Staff Work Day – Middle School
    • 2 Division Based Professional Learning Day – High School
    • 2 Open House – Middle Schools
    • 3 Staff Work Day – Elementary School
    • 3 School Based Professional Learning Day – Middle & High School
    • 3 Open House – Elementary Schools
    • 4 Division Based Professional Learning Day – Elementary, Middle & High Schools
    • 7 Staff Work Day – All Levels
    • 8 Transition Day – First Day of School for Kindergarten, 6th & 9th Grades
    • 9 First Day of School – All Grades

    September

    • 1, 4 Student/Staff Holiday: Labor Day Break
    • 25 Student/Staff Holiday: Yom Kippur

    October

    • 5 End 1st Nine Weeks
    • 6 No School - Staff Work Day
    • 9 No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Hours 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

    November

    • 7 Student/Staff Holiday: Election Day
    • 10 Student/Staff Holiday: Veterans Day (Obs.)
    • 22-24 Student/Staff Holiday: Thanksgiving Break

    December

    • 20 End 1st Semester
    • 21-29 Student/Staff Holiday: Winter Break

    Key Dates 2024

    January

    • 1, 2 Student/Staff Holiday: Winter Break
    • 3 No School – Staff Work Day
    • 4 Second Semester Begins
    • 15 Student/Staff Holiday: MLK, Jr. Day

    February

    • 16 No School - Professional Learning Day (Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
    • 19 Student/Staff Holiday: President’s Day

    March

    • 7 End 3rd Nine Weeks
    • 8 No School – Staff Work Day
    • 11–15 Student/Staff Holiday: Spring Break
    • 29 Student/Staff Holiday: Good Friday

    April

    • 1 Student/Staff Holiday: Easter Monday
    • 10 Student/Staff Holiday: Eid al-Fitr

    Other Information

    Procedures for make-up days:

    Should the school year fall below the required instructional days or hours, the difference may be made up by converting non-school days to school days, adding instruction time to existing days, or adding days to the end of the year.

    Holiday Observances

    • Labor Day Break - September 1 & 4
    • Yom Kippur – September 25
    • Election Day – November 7
    • Veterans Day – November 10 (Obs.)
    • Thanksgiving Break – November 22-24
    • Winter Break – December 21 - January 2
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. – January 15
    • Presidents’ Day – February 19
    • Spring Break – March 11-15
    • Good Friday - March 29
    • Easter Monday – April 1
    • Eid al-Fitr – April 10
    • Memorial Day – May 27

    Grade Report Dates

    Stafford County is committed to conferencing with parents – we encourage parents to reach out at any time to request a conference.

    High Schools Grades 9th - 12th Year-long XY Block Courses

    1. End of Quarter: October 5, Grade Reports: October 12
    2. End of Quarter: December 20, Grade Reports: January 10
    3. End of Quarter: March 7, Grade Reports: March 21
    4. End of Quarter: May 23, Grade Reports, May 30

    High Schools Grades 9th-12th 4x4 Block Schedule

    1. End of Quarter: September 6, Grade Reports: September 13
    2. End of Quarter: October 5, Grade Reports: October 12
    3. End of Quarter: November 9, Grade Reports: November 16
    4. End of Quarter: December 20, Grade Reports: January 10
    5. End of Quarter: February 6, Grade Reports: February 13
    6. End of Quarter: March 7, Grade Reports: March 21
    7. End of Quarter: April 19, Grade Reports: April 26
    8. End of Quarter: May 23, Grade Reports: May 30

    Elementary & Middle Schools Grades K-8th

    1. End of Quarter: October 5, Grade Reports: October 12
    2. End of Quarter: December 20, Grade Reports: January 10
    3. End of Quarter: March 7, Grade Reports: March 21
    4. End of Quarter: May 23, Grade Reports: (K-5) May 23, (6-8) May 30

    #ELEVATESTAFFORD