School Year Dates

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Savannah-Chatham County 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
Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students)
to
Winter Break (School Staff/Students)
to
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 Weekday in term8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
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 Weekday in term5
67 Labor Day (Holiday for All)8 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 Weekday in term19
2021 Weekday in term22 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 Weekday in term3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Staff Planning / Student Holiday9 Fall Holiday (School Staff/Student Holiday)10
1112 Columbus Day (School Staff/Student Holiday)13 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 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Weekday in term3 Remote-Learning Half-Day4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans Day (Holiday for All)12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students)24 Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students)25 Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students)26 Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All)27 Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All)28
2930 Weekday in term
December 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
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 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)22 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)23 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)24 Winter Break (School Staff/Students); Winter Break (Holiday for All)25 Winter Break (School Staff/Students); Winter Break (Holiday for All)26 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)
27 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)28 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)29 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)30 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)31 Winter Break (School Staff/Students)
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 New Year’s Day (Holiday for All)2
34 Staff Planning / Student Holiday5 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 Weekday in term16
1718 Martin Luther King, Jr Day (Holiday for All)19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23
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 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Remote-Learning Half-Day13
1415 Staff Planning / No School for Students16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
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 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 St. Patrick’s Day (School Staff/Student Holiday)18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Spring Break Holiday (Holiday for All)27
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 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
May 2027
SMTWTFS
1
23 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Last day of school22
2324 Staff Planning Day / Post Planning25 Staff Planning Day / Post Planning26272829
3031 Memorial Day (Holiday for All)

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for Savannah-Chatham County opens on and closes on , a span of about 42 weeks. Leaving out the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays on the list, that leaves 185 potential weekdays; additional closures may be missing from this summary. Because the year opens on a Monday, the first week contains five potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains five to the Friday finish.

2 breaks are marked on the calendar. Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students) runs through : 3 days off the calendar, 3 of them weekdays. Winter Break (School Staff/Students): to , which is 11 days and 9 weekdays without classes. The longest is Winter Break (School Staff/Students) at 11 days.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 40 potential weekdays, from to . After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 90 before it and 95 after it.

13 other days off are marked as holidays: Independence Day Holiday Observed (Holiday for All) (), Labor Day (Holiday for All) (), Fall Holiday (School Staff/Student Holiday) (), Columbus Day (School Staff/Student Holiday) (), Veterans Day (Holiday for All) (), Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All) (), Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All) () and New Year’s Day (Holiday for All) (), and 5 more. 10 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Independence Day Holiday Observed (Holiday for All), Labor Day (Holiday for All), Fall Holiday (School Staff/Student Holiday), Columbus Day (School Staff/Student Holiday), Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All), New Year’s Day (Holiday for All), Martin Luther King, Jr Day (Holiday for All), Spring Break Holiday (Holiday for All), Memorial Day (Holiday for All) and Juneteenth (Holiday for All).

There is no school for students on the days set aside for teachers: Staff Planning / Student Holiday (), Staff Planning / Student Holiday (), Staff Planning / No School for Students (), Staff Planning Day / Post Planning () and Staff Planning Day / Post Planning (). Early-release days: Remote-Learning Half-Day () and Remote-Learning Half-Day ().

Among the 8 Georgia districts on this site, Savannah-Chatham County starts earlier than 3 and later than 0, on the same day as 4 others. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in Georgia is (Fulton County) and the latest is (Forsyth County).

The source describes this calendar as approved. Approved calendars still change: weather days, board votes and contract settlements can move dates, so confirm anything you are planning around.

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
Thanksgiving Break (School Staff/Students)33
Winter Break (School Staff/Students)119
Holidays
DayDate
Independence Day Holiday Observed (Holiday for All)
Labor Day (Holiday for All)
Fall Holiday (School Staff/Student Holiday)
Columbus Day (School Staff/Student Holiday)
Veterans Day (Holiday for All)
Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All)
Thanksgiving Break Holiday (Holiday for All)
Winter Break (Holiday for All)
Winter Break (Holiday for All)
New Year’s Day (Holiday for All)
Martin Luther King, Jr Day (Holiday for All)
St. Patrick’s Day (School Staff/Student Holiday)
Spring Break Holiday (Holiday for All)
Memorial Day (Holiday for All)
Juneteenth (Holiday for All)
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Staff Planning / Student Holiday
Staff Planning / Student Holiday
Staff Planning / No School for Students
Staff Planning Day / Post Planning
Staff Planning Day / Post Planning
Early release
DayDate
Remote-Learning Half-Day
Remote-Learning Half-Day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202621
September 202621
October 202619
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202721
April 202722
May 202715

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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