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2024–2025 District Calendar
On Feb. 28, 2024, the Ashland School Committee approved the 2024–2025 district calendar.
You can view the 2024-2025 district calendar on this page, with drop-downs listing our Family Reconnect Weekends, state-mandated holidays and other observed major religious and cultural days. To view the calendar in a language other than English, on your desktop, scroll up and click the "Translate Language" button. To translate this page on a mobile device, scroll up to menu and select "Translate Language."
You may also download a PDF version of the district calendar from the file library below.
August 2024
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 New Teacher Orientation | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 ALL STAFF Professional Development | 27 ALL STAFF Professional Development | 28 First Day of School for Grades 1-12 | 29 | 30 Labor Day Recess; No School | 31 |
September 2024
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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01 | 02 Labor Day; No School | 03 First Day of School for PreK and Kindergarten | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
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October 2024
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 Rosh Hashanah; No School | 04 | 05 |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 Yom Kippur Family Reconnect Weekend |
13 Family Reconnect Weekend | 14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day; No School Family Reconnect Weekend | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch; Conferences | 29 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch; Conferences | 30 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch; Conferences | 31 |
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November 2024
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| 01 Diwali; No School | 02 |
03 | 04 | 05 Election Day; Professional Development Day; No Classes | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
10 | 11 Veterans’ Day; No School | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Early Dismissal Day Before Lunch | 28 Thanksgiving Recess; No School | 29 Thanksgiving Recess; No School | 30 |
December 2024
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 Winter Vacation; No School | 24 Winter Vacation; No School | 25 Winter Vacation; No School | 26 Winter Vacation; No School | 27 Winter Vacation; No School | 28 |
29 | 30 Winter Vacation; No School | 31 Winter Vacation; No School |
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January 2025
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 01 New Year’s Day; No School | 02 Winter Break; No School | 03 Winter Break; No School | 04 |
05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Family Reconnect Weekend |
19 Family Reconnect Weekend | 20 M.L. King Jr. Day; No School Family Reconnect Weekend | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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February 2025
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09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 February Vacation; No School | 18 February Vacation; No School | 19 February Vacation; No School | 20 February Vacation; No School | 21 February Vacation; No School | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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March 2025
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02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 (PreK-12) Early Release Day After Lunch - Professional Development Family Reconnect Weekend | 15 Family Reconnect Weekend |
16 Family Reconnect Weekend | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch - Conferences | 26 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch - Conferences | 27 (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch - Conferences | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 Eid el Fitr; No School |
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April 2025
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Good Friday; No School | 19 |
20 | 21 Spring Break; No School | 22 Spring Break; No School | 23 Spring Break; No School | 24 Spring Break; No School | 25 Spring Break; No School | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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May 2025
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04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 (PreK-12) Early Release Day After Lunch – Professional Development | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 Memorial Day; No School | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
June 2025
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 Ashland High School Graduation | 07 |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Juneteenth Observed; No School | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 Tentative 180th School Day; Early Dismissal Before Lunch | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 185th day (if 5 Snow Days are needed) |
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July 2025
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 Independence Day Observed | 05 |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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District-Observed Holidays
Aside from the 12 state-mandated holidays, the district observes and closes for the following holidays, provided they land on a weekday:
- Diwali
- Eid al-Fitr
- Good Friday
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
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Family Reconnect Weekends
During Family Reconnect Weekends, there will be no school-related activities throughout the weekend. Teachers should not assign homework over the Family Reconnect Weekend nor expect students to take a major assessment immediately upon returning from a Family Reconnect Weekend.
For the 2024-2025 school year, the following dates have been designated as Family Reconnect Weekends:
- October 12-14
- January 18-20
- March 14-16
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List of Important Dates
August 2024
22: New Teacher Orientation
26-27: ALL STAFF Professional Development
28: First Day of School for Grades 1-12
30: Labor Day Recess; No SchoolSeptember 2024
2: Labor Day; No School
3: First Day of School for PreK and KindergartenOctober 2024
3: Rosh Hashanah; No School
12-14: Family Reconnect Weekend
12: Yom Kippur
14: Indigenous Peoples’ Day; No School
28-30: (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch; ConferencesNovember 2024
1: Diwali; No School
5: Election Day; Professional Development Day; No Classes
11: Veterans’ Day; No School
27: Early Dismissal Day Before Lunch
28-29: Thanksgiving Recess; No SchoolDecember 2024
23-31: Winter Vacation; No SchoolJanuary 2025
1: New Year’s Day; No School
2-3: Winter Break; No School
20: M.L. King Jr. Day; No School
18-20: Family Reconnect WeekendFebruary 2025
17-21: February Vacation; No SchoolMarch 2025
14: (PreK-12) Early Release Day After Lunch - Professional Development
14-16: Family Reconnect Weekend
25-27: (PreK-5) Early Release Before Lunch - Conferences
31: Eid el Fitr; No SchoolApril 2025
18: Good Friday; No School
21-25: Spring Break; No SchoolMay 2025
16: (PreK-12) Early Release Day After Lunch – Professional Development
26: Memorial Day; No SchoolJune 2025
6: Ashland High School Graduation
19: Juneteenth Observed; No School
23: Tentative 180th School Day; Early Dismissal Before Lunch
30: 185th day (if 5 Snow Days are needed)July 2025
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State-Mandated Holidays
These are the 12 state holidays in Massachusetts for which public schools must be closed:
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Washington’s Birthday/Presidents’ Day
- Patriots’ Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day