School Year Calendar 2021-22
Day/ Date | Event/ Activity |
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Monday, August 30, 2021 | First Day of School - Teachers |
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | First Day of School - Students |
Friday, September 3 - Monday, September 6, 2021 | Labor Day Recess - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, October 8, 2021 | Early Release Day |
Monday, October 11, 2021 | Columbus Day - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, November 5, 2021 | Kindergarten Conferences ONLY- no Kindergarten classes |
Thursday, November 11, 2021 | Veterans' Day - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, November 12, 2021 | Teacher conferences - NO SCHOOL (Grades 1-12) |
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | Early Release Day |
Thursday, November 25 - Friday, November 26, 2021 | Thanksgiving Recess - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, December 10, 2021 | Early Release Day |
Friday, December 24 - Friday, December 31, 2021 | Holiday Recess- NO SCHOOL |
Monday, January 17, 2022 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, January 28, 2022 | Early Release Day |
Monday, February 21 - Friday, February 25, 2022 | Presidents' Day/ Winter Recess - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, March 18, 2022 | Early Release Day |
Monday, April 18 - Friday, April 22, 2022 | Patriots' Day/ Spring Recess - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, May 6, 2022 | Early Release Day |
Monday, May 30, 2022 | Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL |
Friday, June 3, 2022 | Early Release Day |
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | Last Day of School (no snow days) |
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | Last Day of School (with 5 snow days) |
Andover Public Schools serves children from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds, and a goal of the APS Theory of Action is to create safe, caring, and culturally responsive classrooms and schools. With that in mind, district policy IMDC "Accommodation for Religious and Ethnic Observances" describes the handling of absences and event scheduling on days which require additional consideration. The School Committee recognizes the list below may not include all holidays observed by Andover families, but there has been an attempt to identify the major ones.
Religious and Ethnic Observances 2021-22
Holiday/ Observance | Date |
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Muharram | Tuesday, August 10, 2021 |
APS Classes for students begins on Wednesday, September 1, 2020 | |
Rosh Hashanah* (day 1) | Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
Rosh Hashanah* (day 2) | Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
Samvatsari | Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
Ganesha Chaturthi | Friday, September 10, 2021 |
Yom Kippur* | Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
First Day of Sukkot* | Tuesday, September 21, 2021 |
Navaratri | Wednesday, October 6, 2021 |
Dasera/ Dussehra | Friday, October 15, 2021 |
Diwali | Thursday, November 4, 2021 |
Chanukah/ Hanukkah* (day 1) | Monday, November 29, 2021 |
Christmas Eve | Friday, December 24, 2021 |
Kwanzaa (day 1) | Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
Epiphany | Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
Orthodox Christmas | Friday, January 7, 2022 |
Lunar New Year | Tuesday, February, 1, 2022 |
Isra & Miraj | Monday, March 1, 2022 |
Holi* | Friday, March 18, 2022 |
Ramadan* (month long) | Sunday, April 3, 2022 |
Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 10, 2022 |
Good Friday | Friday, April 15, 2022 |
Passover* (day 1) | Saturday, April 16, 2022 |
Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 17, 2022 |
Orthodox Good Friday | Friday, April 22, 2022 |
Orthodox Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
Laylat al-Qadr | Monday, April 26, 2022 |
Eid al-Fitr* | Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
Vesak Day | Monday, May 16, 2022 |
Shavuot* | Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
Juneteenth | Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
*Holidays begin at sundown the previous day |