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First day
Thanksgiving Break
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Winter Break
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Spring Break
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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
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5 Teachers Return and Staff Development
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10
11 Teachers Return and Staff Development
12 First day of school
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15
16
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22
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24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29
30
31 Weekday in term
September 2026
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
4 Weekday in term
5
6
7 Labor Day
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12
13
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19
20
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26
27
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
October 2026
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3
4
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10
11
12 ½ Teacher Workday/ ½ Staff Development Day/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17
18
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Parent Conferences
24
25
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
31
November 2026
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1
2 Weekday in term
3 Election Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7
8
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14
15
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Staff Development
21
22
23 Thanksgiving Break
24 Thanksgiving Break
25 Thanksgiving Break
26 Thanksgiving Break
27 Thanksgiving Break
28
29
30 Weekday in term
December 2026
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
4 Weekday in term
5
6
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12
13
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 1/2 Day Students and Teachers/End of Q2
19
20
21 Winter Break
22 Winter Break
23 Winter Break
24 Winter Break
25 Winter Break
26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break
28 Winter Break
29 Winter Break
30 Winter Break
31 Winter Break
January 2027
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M
T
W
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F
S
1 Winter Break
2 Winter Break
3 Winter Break
4 Winter Break
5 Winter Break
6 Teachers Return/Teacher Workday
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9
10
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16
17
18 MLK Jr. Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23
24
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Parent Conferences
30
31
February 2027
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6
7
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Staff Development/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
13
14
15 Presidents’ Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20
21
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27
28
March 2027
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M
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S
1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6
7
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 ½ Teacher Workday/ ½ Staff Development Day/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
13
14
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20
21
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Spring Break
27 Spring Break
28 Spring Break
29 Spring Break
30 Spring Break
31 Spring Break
April 2027
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1 Spring Break
2 Spring Break
3
4
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10
11
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17
18
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Staff Development/Progress Reports
24
25
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
May 2027
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1
2
3 Weekday in term
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8
9
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15
16
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22
23
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29
30
31 Memorial Day
June 2027
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Last Day of Class/Half Day for All Students/Report Cards/ 180th Day of School; Last day of school
4 Teacher Workday (Last Day for Teachers)
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9
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The 2026-27 year in words
Berkeley 01 starts the 2026-27 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 42 weeks from first day to last day, with 180 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. After listed exceptions, the first week has three potential weekdays and the last week has three.
The calendar lists 3 breaks. Thanksgiving Break: to , which is 5 days and 5 weekdays without classes. Winter Break starts and ends , a total of 16 days with 12 weekdays off. Students are off for Spring Break from to , 8 days counting weekends and 6 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Winter Break is the longest break, 16 days from start to finish.
Between and there are 40 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 85 potential weekdays before winter break and 95 after it.
Outside the breaks, 5 holidays are listed: Labor Day (), Election Day (Schools and Offices Closed) (), MLK Jr. Day (Schools and Offices Closed) (), Presidents’ Day (Schools and Offices Closed) () and Memorial Day (). 4 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day, MLK Jr. Day (Schools and Offices Closed), Presidents’ Day (Schools and Offices Closed) and Memorial Day.
7 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on . 6 early-release days are listed, from to .
Among the 5 South Carolina districts on this site, Berkeley 01 starts earlier than 0 and later than 4. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in South Carolina is (Richland 02) and the latest is (Berkeley 01).
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 web page on bcsdschools.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.
Dates in detail
Breaks
Break
Starts
Ends
Days
Weekdays
Thanksgiving Break
5
5
Winter Break
16
12
Spring Break
8
6
Holidays
Day
Date
Labor Day
Election Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
MLK Jr. Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
Presidents’ Day (Schools and Offices Closed)
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
Day
Date
Teachers Return and Staff Development
Teachers Return and Staff Development
½ Teacher Workday/ ½ Staff Development Day/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
Teachers Return/Teacher Workday
Staff Development/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
½ Teacher Workday/ ½ Staff Development Day/Inclement Weather Day (No School for Students)
Teacher Workday (Last Day for Teachers)
Early release
Day
Date
1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Parent Conferences
1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Staff Development
1/2 Day Students and Teachers/End of Q2
1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Parent Conferences
1/2 Day Students; 1/2 Day Staff Development/Progress Reports
Last Day of Class/Half Day for All Students/Report Cards/ 180th Day of School
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
Month
Potential weekdays
August 2026
14
September 2026
21
October 2026
21
November 2026
15
December 2026
14
January 2027
16
February 2027
18
March 2027
18
April 2027
20
May 2027
20
June 2027
3
Where these dates come from
Source: bcsdschools.net (a web page), 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.