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Deer Valley Unified District (4246) school calendar 2026-27

First day, last day, breaks, holidays and teacher workdays, read from the district's own calendar.

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First day
Fall Break Day
Fall Break
to
Thanksgiving Day recess
to
Winter Break
to
Winter Break
Spring Break
to
Spring Break Day
Last day

Kindergarten, pre-K, individual grades and particular schools may have different start dates or schedules. Check the district calendar for your child's grade and school.

Unmarked weekdays and computed counts use only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. Other closures may be missing, so these are potential weekdays, not verified days of attendance.

Month by month

  • Weekday in term
  • Break
  • Holiday
  • No students (teacher workday)
  • Early release
  • First day
  • Last day
August 2026
SMTWTFS
1
23 First day of school4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Early Release - 90 min8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Early Release - 90 min15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Early Release - 90 min22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Weekday in term
September 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Early Release - 90 min5
67 Labor Day No School8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Early Release - 90 min19
2021 Fall Break Day22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
October 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Early Release - 90 min3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 K-12 P/T Conferences - Half Day9 K-12 P/T Conferences - Half Day10
1112 Fall Break13 Fall Break14 Fall Break15 Fall Break16 Fall Break17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Early Release - 90 min24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Early Release - 90 min7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans Day Observed12 Weekday in term13 Early Release - 90 min14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Day recess24 Thanksgiving Day recess25 Thanksgiving Day recess26 Thanksgiving Day recess27 Thanksgiving Day recess28
2930 Weekday in term
December 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Early Release - 90 min5
67 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Half Day - 9-12 only18 Half Day -K-1219
2021 Winter Break22 Winter Break23 Winter Break24 Winter Break25 Winter Break26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break28 Winter Break29 Winter Break30 Winter Break31 Winter Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Break2
34 Staff Development, No School5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9
1011 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Early Release - 90 min16
1718 Martin Luther King Day - No School19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Early Release - 90 min23
2425 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30
31
February 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Early Release - 90 min6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 K-8 only P/T Conf. - Half Day12 K-8 only P/T Conf. - Half Day13
1415 Presidents Day - No School16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Early Release - 90 min20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27
28
March 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Early Release - 90 min6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Early Release - 90 min13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Spring Break23 Spring Break24 Spring Break25 Spring Break26 Spring Break27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Spring Break Day24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Early Release - 90 min
May 2027
SMTWTFS
1
23 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Early Release-90 min8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Early Release-90 min15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Last Day for students 1/2 day; Last day of school26272829
3031 Memorial Day - Offices Closed

The 2026-27 year in words

Students in Deer Valley Unified District (4246) go back on . The year ends on , roughly 42 weeks later, with 180 potential weekdays in between after only the days off listed here are counted out. After listed exceptions, the first week has five potential weekdays and the last week has two.

7 breaks are marked on the calendar. Fall Break Day is a single day, . Fall Break runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Students are off for Thanksgiving Day recess from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Winter Break runs through : 11 days off the calendar, 9 of them weekdays. Winter Break is a single day, . Students are off for Spring Break from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Spring Break Day is a single day, . The longest is Winter Break at 11 days.

Between and there are 25 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 87 before it and 93 after it.

5 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day No School (), Veterans Day Observed (), Martin Luther King Day - No School (), Presidents Day - No School () and Memorial Day - Offices Closed (). For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day No School, Martin Luther King Day - No School, Presidents Day - No School and Memorial Day - Offices Closed, which sit next to a weekend.

There is no school for students on the days set aside for teachers: Staff Development, No School (). 26 early-release days are listed, from to .

Among the 3 Arizona districts on this site, Deer Valley Unified District (4246) starts earlier than 1 and later than 1. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in Arizona is (Gilbert Unified District (4239)) and the latest is (Tucson Unified District (4403)).

The source does not say whether the board has approved this calendar, so treat the dates as the district's current published plan and check before you commit to travel.

We read these dates from a PDF calendar on resources.finalsite.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Fall Break Day11
Fall Break55
Thanksgiving Day recess55
Winter Break119
Winter Break11
Spring Break55
Spring Break Day11
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day No School
Veterans Day Observed
Martin Luther King Day - No School
Presidents Day - No School
Memorial Day - Offices Closed
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Staff Development, No School
Early release
DayDate
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
K-12 P/T Conferences - Half Day
K-12 P/T Conferences - Half Day
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Half Day - 9-12 only
Half Day -K-12
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
K-8 only P/T Conf. - Half Day
K-8 only P/T Conf. - Half Day
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release - 90 min
Early Release-90 min
Early Release-90 min
Last Day for students 1/2 day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202621
September 202620
October 202617
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202718
April 202721
May 202717

Where these dates come from

Source: resources.finalsite.net (a PDF calendar), read on . Districts revise calendars after severe weather, board votes and contract settlements, so the district's own page is the version that counts. If a date here looks wrong, tell us and we will re-check the source. How we check.

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