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NNPS 2026-2027 APPROVED 3/17/26
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Newport News Public Schools • 12465 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA 23606 • (757) 591-4500 • www.nnschools.org
July 2026 August 2026 September 2026 October 2026
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
3 Independence Day Observance 30 31 4 Schools Closed (as required by State 16 Schools Closed for Students; Half Day
10, 17, 24, 31 Summer Hours Code), 12 Month Employees Report
4 New Teachers Report Teacher PD in morning and family
7 Labor Day - Schools and Offices Closed
7 Summer Hours conferences in the afternoon (and held
throughout the week)
13 All Teachers & Teacher Assts. Report January 2027
24 All Students Report
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November 2026 December 2026 February 2027
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 28
29 30 1 Winter Break - Schools and Offices
21-31 Winter Break - Schools and Offices 15 Presidents’ Day - Schools Closed, 12
Closed
Closed Month Employees Report
3 E-Commute Teacher Workday 4 Schools Closed for Students; Full
(12 month employees to use 1/2 day
(Election Day) - Students do not report Teacher Planning Day
leave each day, Dec. 29-31)
25 Schools Closed; Half Day for 12 Month 5 Schools Reopen
Employees 18 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
26-27 Thanksgiving Observance 20-22 Exam Dates - 1/2 day high
Schools & Offices Closed schools; HS Teacher Workdays
25 Support Staff Workday and
E-Commute Teacher Workday -
Students do not report
26 Regional Prof. Development Day
March 2027 April 2027 27 Second Semester begins June 2027
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May 2027
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1
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
5 Half day for students; family 3-4 High School Graduations (tentative)
2 Students Half Day Dismissal; Teacher 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 4, 7, 8 ECC, Elementary, Middle, & High -
conferences in the afternoon (and Workday in the afternoon
held throughout the week) 5-9 Spring Break (annually 1st week of 30 31 Early Dismissal; Teacher Workdays
April for Peninsula school divisions) - 4, 7, 8 Exam Dates; Teacher Workdays
Schools & Offices Closed (12 Month 8 Last Student Day
28 Half Day Dismissal for students and 9 Last Teacher Day
employees to use 1/2 day leave each day,
school staff; 12 month employees 18 Juneteenth - Schools and Offices Closed
April 5-7)
report 25 Summer Hours
12 Schools Closed for Students; Full 31 Memorial Day Observance - Schools
Teacher Planning Day
and Offices Closed
Religious observances beginning/occurring on
First Day of School
9 Weeks Report Cards 2026-2027 student school days:
Period Ends # of Reports Yom Kippur - September 21 Eid al-Fitr - March 10
Schools & Offices Closed
Days Issued Ramadan - February 8 Ascension Day - May 6
Half Day Dismissal
Ash Wednesday - February 10
1 Nov. 2 48 Nov. 11
Early Dismissal
2 Jan. 22 43 Feb. 2
Calendar instructional hours exceed 990 Schools Closed,
3 Apr. 2 47 Apr. 20 Offices Open
state hour requirement.
4 June 8 40 June 8 Schools Closed, Half Day
*All schools need to schedule at least one evening Offices Only
conference period, preferably in the fall.
Key Dates
NOTE: If make-up days are necessary, they will be made
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