2020 New York City School Calendar is Now OUT!!!

Click here to see the 2020-2021 NYC school calendar!

Moms and Dads are ready to plan vacations, getaways and childcare for the rest of the year, so we’ve been eagerly awaiting the launch of the 2019-2020 School Calendar from the New York City DOE which is for all of New York City’s public schools. Here’s a list of all the dates for your diary for the new school year. If you need ideas for things to do on those random days off, check out our posts on Things to Do on Election Day, The Ultimate Guide to Holiday Fun and Things to Do with Kids in New York During Fall Holidays.

September 5

First day of school for all students (partial school day for pre-kindergarten public school students).

September 12

Parent Teacher Conferences for Elementary Schools and K-8 Schools (Evening).

September 19

Parent Teacher Conferences for Middle Schools (Evening).

September 26

Parent Teacher Conferences for High Schools, K-12, and 6-12 Schools (Evening).

September 30 – October 1

Rosh Hashanah (Schools Closed).

October 9

Yom Kippur (Schools Closed).

October 14

Columbus Day (Schools Closed).

November 5

Election Day or Chancellor’s Conference Day for Staff Development (Students do not attend school). Here are some ideas for things to do for Election Day 2019!

November 6 – 7

Parent Teacher Conferences for Middle Schools and District 75 Programs (Evening and Afternoon).

November 11

Veteran Day Observed (Schools Closed).

November 13 – 14

Parent Teacher Conferences for Elementary Schools and K-8 Schools (Evening and Afternoon).

November 21 – 22

Parent Teacher Conferences for High School, K-12, and 6-12 Schools (Evening and Afternoon).

November 28 – 29

Thanksgiving Recesses (Schools closed). Here are some ideas for Family Holiday Fun in New York City!

December 23 – January 1

Winter Recess (Schools closed). Here are some ideas for Family Holiday Fun in New York City!

January 20

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Schools closed).

January 27

January Clerical Day for Upper Grades Only (High School and 6-12 students do not attend, unless enrolled in a District 75 program).

January 28

Spring Term Begins (For students in semester-model schools).

February 17 – 21

Midwinter Recess (Schools closed).

March 4 – 5

Parent Teacher Conferences for Elementary Schools and K-8 Schools (Evening and Afternoon).

March 12 – 13

Parent Teacher Conferences for Middle Schools and District 75 Programs (Evening and Afternoon).

March 19 – 20

Parent Teacher Conferences for High Schools, K-12, and 6-12 Schools (Evening and Afternoon).

April 9 – 17

Spring Recess (Schools closed).

May 7

Parent Teacher Conferences for Elementary Schools and K-8 Schools (Evening).

May 14

Parent Teacher Conferences for Middle Schools (Evening).

May 21

Parent Teacher Conferences for High Schools, K-12, and 6-12 Schools (Evening).

May 25

Memorial Day (Schools closed).

June 4

Anniversary Day or Chancellor’s Conference Day for Staff Development (Students do not attend school).

June 9

June Clerical Day for Lower Grades Only (Elementary School/Middle School/District 75 students do not attend).

June 26

Last Day of School for All Students (Early Dismissal). Looking for ideas for summer fun? Check out our guides to the best Waterparks and Playgrounds in NYC!

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

Buckley Country Day School

Founded in 1923, Buckley Country Day School is a co-educational independent day school serving 350 children in grades Toddler through Eight. We focus on developing a rigorous curriculum and teaching evolving skills required for the students&rsquo; future, while remaining committed to a liberal arts, classical education dedicated to nurturing the &ldquo;whole child.&rdquo;

Twin Parks Montessori Schools

TwIn Parks Montessori Schools nurtures a child&rsquo;s natural tendency to learn.&nbsp; Our three campuses on the Upper West Side of Manhattan serve children from 3 months to 5 years of age.&nbsp; We are called Twin Parks because each of our campuses are across from Central Park or Riverside Park.&nbsp; Being close to nature is just one of many things that make Twin Parks a wonderful school.&nbsp; Twin Parks is well known for its warm stimulating environment, joyful, active, independent learners, and welcoming community.&nbsp; At Twin Parks, each child is regarded with profound respect and care. Our nurturing teachers foster a beautiful learning environment designed to help each child reach their full potential.&nbsp;&nbsp; All of our students, even our youngest children, have enriched experiences in math, language, science, cultural arts, music, art and movement.&nbsp; The Montessori approach is internationally renowned for the development of each child&rsquo;s creativity, individual resourcefulness, and potential. All of our classrooms share a deep commitment to the Montessori Method and at each level our program is carefully constructed around the developmental stages of the child. The Montessori curriculum varies at the levels of our school, but the goals are consistent throughout the programs: - To partner with parents in the education of their children - To foster a love and joy of learning - To help children develop a positive self-image&nbsp; - To foster open minds, compassion, and respect for others - To develop independence and confidence. - To instill in each child a sense of responsibility for the world in which we live - To maintain the highest standards for a safe and clean program.