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2025-2026 School Year Calendar (PDF)
2024-2025 School Year Calendar (PDF)
2024-2025 School Hours
2024-2025 School Year Calendar
First day of classes Elementary and Secondary Schools Tuesday, September 3, 2024
First Day of classes Semester Two Secondary Friday, January 31, 2025
School Year ends Elementary and Secondary Schools Friday, June 27, 2025
Number of school days for the 2024-2025 school year 194
Number of Instructional Days in Elementary Schools 187
Number of Instructional Days in Secondary Schools 187
Number of Professional Activity Days in Elementary Schools 7
Number of Professional Activity Days in Secondary Schools 7
School Holidays for the 2024-25 School Year
| Every Saturday and Sunday | |
| Labour Day | Monday, September 2, 2024
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| Thanksgiving Day | Monday, October 14, 2024
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| Christmas Break | Monday, December 23, 2024 to Friday, January 3, 2025 (inclusive) |
| Family Day | Monday, February 17, 2025
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| Mid-Winter Break | Monday, March 10, 2025 to Friday, March 14, 2025 (inclusive) |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 18, 2025
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| Easter Monday | Monday, April 21, 2025
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| Victoria Day | Monday, May 19, 2025
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Professional Activity Days
Elementary Schools (including St. Sofia C.E.S.)
1. Monday, September 16, 2024 Principal's Day: Reorganization/Faith Development
2. Friday, October 11, 2024 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
3. Friday, November 22, 2024 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
4. Monday, January 20, 2025 Term 1 Assessment and Evaluation of Pupil Progress
5. Friday, February 14, 2025 Reporting to Parents
6. Friday, May 16, 2025 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
7. Monday, June 9, 2025 Term 2 Assessment and Evaluation of Pupil Progress
Secondary Schools
1. Friday, October 11, 2024 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
2. Friday, November 22, 2024 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
3. Thursday, January 30, 2025 Principal’s Day: Semester Turnaround
4. Friday, February 14, 2025 *Principal's Day: Assessment and Evaluation/Faith Development
5. Friday, May 16, 2025 Provincial Priorities in a Catholic Context
6. Thursday, June 26, 2025 *Principal’s Day: Year End Reporting and Activities
7. Friday, June 27, 2025 *Principal’s Day: Year End Reporting and Activities
Secondary Schools - Examination Days
Semester 1: January 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 2025 January 29, 2025 - Instructional Day - Examination Review
Semester 2: June 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24 - Secondary School Exams (*refer to the Update to Secondary School Exam Schedule)
June 25, 2025 - Instructional Day - Examination Review
*Semester and year end evaluations and school-wide promotion meetings; contact parents with course and summer school recommendations, OSR and report card preparation; inventory management of books, equipment, learning materials; curriculum development for new course outlines; goal setting for the upcoming school year.
Note: Parents/guardians sit on the School Year Calendar Committee and they have recommended that PA days be on a Monday or Friday.