2020-21 Academic Year Calendar
An easy to print Academic Year Calendar is available here: 2020-21 Academic Year Calendar
| August | Fri | 28 | New student registration |
| Sat | 29 | Orientation for all new students | |
| Sun | 30 | Boarding orientation | |
| Mon | 31 | Returning student registration | |
| Athletic preseason begins | |||
| September | Tues | 1 | Convocation |
| First day of classes | |||
| Fri | 4 | Class Day; special programming | |
| Mon | 7 | Labor Day; school in session | |
| Fri-Sun | 18-20 | Rosh Hashanah; school in session | |
| Mon | 28 | Yom Kippur; no classes; houses open | |
| October | Sat-Fri | 3-9 | Sukkot; school in session |
| Thurs-Sat | 8-10 | Family Weekend | |
| Mon-Tues | 12-13 | Fall Break; no classes; houses open | |
| Wed | 14 | Fall classes resume | |
| Mon | 19 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh; school in session | |
| Sat | 24 | Admissions Open House | |
| Chandler Bowl | |||
| November | Mon | 11 | Veterans Day; school in session |
| Sat | 14 | Diwali; school in session | |
| Fri | 20 | Thanksgiving vacation begins at 6 p.m. or after last commitment | |
| Sat | 21 | Boarding students depart by 12 p.m.; houses close and school is closed | |
| Sun | 29 | Houses open at 4 p.m., boarders return by 8 p.m. | |
| 30 | Fall classes resume | ||
| December | Fri-Fri | 11-18 | Chanukah; school in session |
| Thurs | 17 | Fall classes end | |
| Boarding community dinner followed by senior holiday chapel; mandatory for all seniors and all boarders | |||
| Fri | 18 | Winter break begins; shuttle for boarders departs at 9 a.m.; houses close at 12 noon | |
| January | Mon | 4 | Houses open at 4 p.m. (Monday), boarders return by 8 p.m. |
| Tues | 5 | Second semester begins | |
| Mon | 18 | MLK Day; school in session; special programming | |
| February | Fri | 12 | Lunar New Year; school in session |
| Mon | 15 | Presidents' Day; no classes; houses open | |
| Wed | 17 | Ash Wednesday; school in session | |
| March | Fri | 5 | Spring break begins at noon; students depart between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.; houses close and school is closed |
| Mon | 22 | Houses open at 4 p.m. (Monday), boarders return by 8 p.m. | |
| Tues | 23 | Classes resume | |
| Fri | 26 | Senior Transition Seminar | |
| Fri-Sat | 26-27 | Junior Leadership Retreat | |
| Sat | 27 | Passover begins at sundown; ends April 4; school in session | |
| April | Thurs | 1 | Admissions Revisit Day |
| Fri | 2 | Good Friday; school in session | |
| Mon | 5 | Admissions Revisit Day | |
| Wed | 7 | Admissions Revisit Day | |
| Tues | 13 | Ramadan (ends May 12); school in session | |
| Mon | 19 | Patriots' Day; no classes; houses open | |
| Tues | 20 | First Day of Ridván; school in session | |
| Wed | 28 | Ninth Day of Ridván; school in session | |
| Fri | 30 | Orthodox Good Friday; school in session | |
| May | Thurs | 13 | Eid al-Fitr; school in session |
| Mon-Tues | 17-18 | Shavuot; school in session | |
| Thurs | 27 | Baccalaureate | |
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Fri |
28 |
Commencement 10 a.m. Students depart between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.; houses close and school is closed |
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| Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh |