Grace Church School respects and encourages the religious observances of its students and their families, whether or not those observances fall on school holidays. We ask only that parents notify their child’s Division Head or Dean before an absence from school for a religious holiday.
2025-26 School Year
Updated July 23, 2025
July
4
Independence Day (school closed)
September
1
Labor Day (school closed)
September
2–3
Grade 12 Orientation/Retreat
September
3
Opening Day for EC & LS (half-day)
September
3
Grades 9 & 10 Orientation
September
3
MS Orientation
September
4
Opening Day for MS
September
4
EC half-day
September
4
Grade 11 Orientation
September
4–5
Grade 9 Overnight Trip with Peer Leaders
September
5
EC half-day
September
8
Opening Day for HS
September
23
Rosh Hashanah (school closed)
October
2
Yom Kippur (school closed)
October
13
Indigenous Peoples' Day (school closed)
October
14
Faculty and staff Professional Development Day (no school for students)
November
4
Election Day (JK–8 Visiting Day, half day for all students)
November
26–28
Thanksgiving Break (school closed)
December
19
School closes for break at 12pm
January
5
Classes resume
January
19
MLK Jr. Day (school closed)
January
20
Report Writing Day EC/LS/MS/HS (no school for students)
February
16
Presidents' Day (school closed)
February
17
Lunar New Year (school closed)
March
20
School closes for spring break
April
3
Good Friday (school closed)
April
6
Classes resume
May
22
Class of 2026 Commencement in Grace Church
May
25
Memorial Day (school closed)
June
10
Last day for students (school closes at 12pm)
June
19
Juneteenth (school closed)
Please note: Conference Days will be added to this calendar as they are finalized.
Individual dates are subject to change. Should we make adjustments to the calendar, we will endeavor to communicate with as much advance notice as possible.
Grace Church School is a co-educational independent school in downtown Manhattan, New York City providing instruction for over 800 students in junior kindergarten through twelfth grade.