Key Dates

Grace Church School respects and encourages the religious observances of its students and their families, whether or not those observances fall on school holidays. We ask only that parents notify their child’s Division Head or Dean before an absence from school for a religious holiday.



2025-26 School Year

Updated November 11, 2025
July 4 Independence Day (school closed)
September 1 Labor Day (school closed)
September  2–3 Grade 12 Orientation/Retreat
September  3 Opening Day for EC & LS (half-day)
September 3 Grades 9 & 10 Orientation
September 3 MS Orientation
September 4 Opening Day for MS
September 4 EC half-day
September 4 Grade 11 Orientation
September 4–5 Grade 9 Overnight Trip with Peer Leaders
September 5 EC half-day
September 8 Opening Day for HS 
September  23 Rosh Hashanah (school closed)
October  2 Yom Kippur (school closed)
October 13 Indigenous Peoples' Day (school closed)
October 14 Faculty and staff Professional Development Day (no school for students) 
November 4 Election Day (JK–8 Visiting Day, half day for all students)
November  14 EC/LS/MS Conferences (no classes JK–8)
November  21 HS Conferences (no classes 9–12)
November 26–28 Thanksgiving Break (school closed)
December 19 School closes for break at 12pm
January  5 Classes resume
January  19 MLK Jr. Day (school closed)
January  20 Report Writing Day EC/LS/MS/HS (no school for students)
February 11 EC/LS Conferences (no classes JK–4)
February 16 Presidents' Day (school closed)
February  17 Lunar New Year (school closed)
March 20 School closes for spring break
April 3 Good Friday (school closed)
April  6 Classes resume
April  17 MS Conferences (no classes 5–8)
April  24 HS Conferences (no classes 9–12)
May 13 EC/LS Conferences (no classes 5–8)
May  22 Class of 2026 Commencement in Grace Church
May  25 Memorial Day (school closed)
June 10 Last day for students (school closes at 12pm)
June 19 Juneteenth (school closed) 
Individual dates are subject to change. Should we make adjustments to the calendar, we will endeavor to communicate with as much advance notice as possible. 


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Grace Church School is a co-educational independent school in downtown Manhattan, New York City providing instruction for over 800 students in junior kindergarten through twelfth grade.