BPS Master Calendar & Events

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2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR DATES

Teachers PD & Conference Dates
August 28 – Teacher PD
August 29 – Classroom set-up
November 9 - PreK and Elementary Professional Development - No School Students
November 9 - Middle and High School Parent Conferences - No School Students
December 7 - PreK and Elementary Parent Conferences - No School Students
December 7 - Middle and High School Professional Development - No School Students
January 2 - Districtwide Professional Development - No School Students
March 21 - Districtwide Professional Development - No School Students

Elementary Parent Conferences
April 25 - BECC Spring Conferences
March 14 - Elementary Evening Parent Conferences
May 9 - Preschool Evening Parent Conferences

First Day of School Students Last Day of School Teachers & Students
August 30 - grades 1 - 12 June 18, 2024 - Students last day of school with no snow days - half day of school
September 6 - PreK & K June 18 2024 - Teachers last day of school with no snow days - half day of school
June 26, 2024 - Students last day of school with 5 snow days built in - half day of school
June 26, 2024 - Teachers last day of school with 5 snow days built in - half day of school

Half Day of School Students’
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 (day before Thanksgiving)

State Holidays, Religious & School Vacations - No School
September 1, 2023 - no school teachers and students
September 4, 2023 – Labor Day
October 9, 2023 – No School
November 10, 2023 - Veteran’s Day celebrated
November 23 & 24, 2023 – Thanksgiving
December 22, 2022 – Dec. 29, 2023 – Holiday Vacation
January 1 & 2, 2024 – New Year’s Day
January 15, 2024 – Martin Luther King Day
February 19, 2024 – Presidents’ Day
February 20 – 23, 2024 – Winter Vacation
March 29, 2024 - Good Friday
April 15, 2024 – Patriots’ Day
April 16 - 19, 2024 – Spring Vacation
May 27, 2024 – Memorial Day
June 19, 2024 - Juneteenth - if we use 5 snow days

Religious Holidays
Rosh Hashanah* September 15 - September 17, 2023
Yom Kippur* September 24 - September 25, 2023
Sukkot* September 29 - October 6, 2023
Diwali October 31, 2023
Chanukah* December 7 - December 15, 2023
Christmas December 25, 2023
Kwanzaa December 26, 2023
Chinese New Year February 10, 2024
Passover* April 22 - April 30, 2024
Good Friday March 29, 2024
Easter March 31, 2024
Orthodox Good Friday May 3, 2024
Orthodox Easter May 5, 2024
Ramadan** March 10 - April 19, 2024
Shavuot* June 11 - June 13, 2024
Eid al-Fitr** April 9 - April 10, 2024
Eid al-Adha** June 16 - June 17, 2024

*All observances begin at sundown. In addition to dates noted, observant Jews celebrate the second, seventh, and eighth days of Passover; the second, eighth, and ninth days of Sukkot; and two days of Shavuot – Mass. Lawyers Diary and Manual. Information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
**Due to the lunar calendar, these are only approximate dates.

BHS
Quarter 1 Ends: October 27, 2023 Quarter 1 Report Cards Published: November 8, 2023
Quarter 2 Ends: January 12, 2024 Quarter 2 Report Cards Published: January 24, 2024
Quarter 3 Ends: April 5, 2024 Quarter 3 Report Cards Published: April 11, 2024
Quarter 4 Ends GRADES 9, 10, 11: June 11, 2024 Quarter 4 Report Cards Published: June 18, 2024
Quarter 4 Ends FOR SENIORS: May 24, 2024 Quarter 4 Report Cards Published: FOR SENIORS: May 31, 2024

MSMS Marking Periods
Full Year Classes
FY = Core Classes, World Languages, Music, Physical Education, Art (Gr 6), Reading Strategies (Gr 6)
SEM = Family Consumer Science (Gr 7)
TRI = Computer Science (Gr 7 & 8), Family Consumer Science (Gr 8)
Trimester 1: Term Ends: November 11, 2023 Term 1 Report Card Published: December 7, 2023
Trimester 2: Term Ends: March 14, 2024 Term 2 Report Card Published: March 21, 2024
Trimester 3 FOR GRADE 8: Term Ends: June 5, 2024 Term 3 Report Card Published: June 18, 2024
Trimester 3 FOR GRADES 6 & 7: Term Ends: June 11, 2024 Term 3 Report Card Published: June 18, 2024

Semester Classes
Health, Computer Science (Gr 6), Art (Gr 7 & 8)
Semester 1: Term Ends: January 25, 2024 Report Cards Published: February 1, 2024
Semester 2 FOR GRADE 8: Term Ends: June 5, 2024 Report Cards Published: June 18, 2024
Semester 2 FOR GRADES 6 & &: Term Ends: June 11, 2024 Report Cards Published: June 18, 2024

BECC and Elementary Report Cards:
Semester 1 ends: January 5, 2024 Report Cards go home: January 18, 2024
Semester 2 ends June 7, 2024 Report Cards go home: June 18, 2024

Approved by School Committee: April 25, 2023