Key Dates
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.
2024-25 School Year
Updated February 6, 2024
| July | 4 | Independence Day (school closed) |
| August | 19 | Preseason Athletics Begins |
| September | 2 | Labor Day (school closed) |
| September | 3-4 | Grade 12 Orientation/Retreat Day (Overnight) |
| September | 4 | Grades 9 & 10 Orientation Day |
| September | 5 |
Grade 11 Orientation/Retreat Day
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| September | 5 |
EC & LS Opening Day (1/2 Day)
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| September | 5-6 | Grade 9 Trip with Grade 12 Peer Leaders (Overnight) |
| September | 6 |
1/2 Day EC
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| September | 6 |
MS Opening Day
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| September | 9 | HS Opening Day |
| October | 3 | Rosh Hashanah (school closed) |
| October | 14 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day (school closed) |
| October | 15 | Faculty Professional Day (no classes) |
| November | 5 | JK-8 Parent Visiting Day (early dismissal JK-12) |
| November | 27-29 | Thanksgiving Break (school closed) |
| December | 20 | School closes for break at 12 p.m. |
| January | 6 | Classes resume |
| January | 20 | MLK Jr. Day (school closed) |
| January | 21 | Faculty Report Writing Day (no classes) |
| January | 29 | Lunar New Year (school closed) |
| February | 17-18 | Presidents’ Day Weekend (school closed) |
| March | 14 | School closes for break at end of day |
| March | 31 | Classes resume |
| April | 18 | Good Friday (school closed) |
| May | 23 | Commencement in Grace Church (no classes JK–11) |
| May | 26 | Memorial Day (school closed) |
| June | 9 | Last full day of school for students |
| June | 10 | HS Closing Exercises at 9 a.m. |
| June | 10 | EC & LS Closing Exercises at 11 a.m. |
| June | 10 | Grades 5–7 Closing Exercises at 2 p.m. |
| June | 11 | Grade 8 Closing Exercises at 10:30 a.m. |
| June | 19 | Juneteenth (school closed) |
2025-26 School Year
Updated February 11, 2025
Please note: Conference Days will be added to this calendar as they are finalized.
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.
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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.
