Somerville Public Schools 2024–2025 School Calendar

This version of the calendar was approved by the School Committee on January 22, 2024. For more information or questions, please contact Erika Garcia.

Early Release Wednesdays

  • All students are released early on Wednesdays.
  • Early release Wednesday dismissal times are as follows:
  • Prekindergarten at 12:00 pm
  • Grades K to 8 at 1:00 pm
  • Somerville High School at 1:34 pm
  • Next Wave and Full Circle Schools at 12:10 pm

A List of Important Dates

August, 2024

August 28, 1st day for students in grades 1 - 12 with a noon dismissal
August 30, No school but offices are open

September 2024

September 2, No school and offices are closed for Labor Day
September 3, 1st day for kindergarten and prekindergarten students

October 2024

October 14, No school and offices are closed for  Indigenous Peoples’ Day

November 2024

November 5, No School: Election Day (Offices Open)
November 11, No School: Veterans’ Day
November 27, Begin Thanksgiving Recess at noon

December 2024

December 20, Begin Winter Recess at noon,
December 23 to December 31, No School
December 25, Offices Closed

January 2025

January 1 to 3, No School, Winter Recess continues

January 1, Offices Closed
January 6 – Classes Resume
January 20, No School and Offices closed for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 2025

February 17 to 21, February Vacation. No School.
February 17, Offices closed for Presidents Day

March 2025

Regular schedule all month

April 2025

April 18 to 25, April Vacation, No school
April 21, Patriots’ Day. Offices and Schools closed

May 2025

May 26, No School: Memorial Day
May 30. Class Day (Tentative) no school for students in grades 9, 10, 11 at Somerville High School

June 2025

June 2, Graduation Day (Tentative)
June 17, Last day of school (180 days)
June 19, Juneteenth (Offices Closed)
June 24, 185th day

The dates for the academic quarters are as follows

  • First Quarter is August 28 to November 1, 2024.
  • Second Quarter is November 4, 2024 to January 24, 2025
  • Third Quarter is January 27, 2025 to April 4, 2025
  • Fourth Quarter is April 7 to June 17, 2025

 

Religious Holidays Celebrated by some of our community members follows

Dates with a star or asterisk begin at sundown the previous evening.

The following dates are organized by holiday name, religion, date.

  • Mawlid Al-Nabi (Sunni) Islamic September 15 - 16
  • Mawlid Al-Nabi (Shi’a) Islamic September 16
  • Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu September 7
  • Rosh Hashanah* Jewish October 3 - 4
  • Navaratri Hindu October 3 - 12
  • Yom Kippur* Jewish October 12
  • Diwali Hindu November 1
  • All Saints Day Western Christian November 1
  • Birth of the Báb Bahá'í November 2
  • All Souls Day Christian November 2
  • Birth of the Bahá’u’lláh Bahá'í November 3
  • St. Nicholas Day Christian December 6
  • Bodhi Day Buddhist December 8
  • Christmas Christian December 25
  • Hanukkah* Jewish December 26 - January 2
  • Kwanzaa African American December 26 - January 1
  • Epiphany Christian January 6
  • Three Kings Day/ Día De Los Reyes Latin America, Spain and Hispanic January 6
  • Feast of the Nativity Orthodox Christian January 7
  • Guru Gobindh Singh Birthday Sikh January 17
  • Lunar New Year East and South East Asian January 29
  • Ash Wednesday Christian February 14
  • Nirvana Day Buddhist February 15
  • Ayyám-i-Há Bahá'í February 25 - 28
  • Ramadan* Islamic March 1 - 30
  • Purim Jewish March 13 Holi Hindu March 14
  • Naw-Rúz Bahá'í March 19 - 20
  • Palm Sunday Christian March 24
  • Eid al-Fitr Muslim March 31
  • Hanuman Jayanti Hindu April 12
  • Passover* Jewish April 13 - 20
  • Vaisakhi Sikh April 14 Easter Christian April 20
  • National Day of Prayer USA — Interfaith May 1
  • Buddha Day Buddhism May 5
  • Haitian Flag Day Haitian Heritage May 18
  • Ascension of Bahá’ulláh Bahá'í May 28
  • Ascension Day Christian May 29
  • Shavuot* Jewish June 2 - 3
  • Pentecost Christian June 8
  • Pentecost Eastern Orthodox Christian June 24