Academic Calendar

Please note: This calendar is subject to change, pending state guidance for events and as other circumstances require. Also see our school events calendar. 

Fall 2021

September 

• September 1, Wednesday: Fall varsity sports begin
• September 2, Thursday: New student orientation (9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., in person); new parent orientation (4:30 p.m., virtual)
• September 3, Friday: New student orientation (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., virtual)
• September 6, Monday: Labor Day (school closed)
• September 6, Monday: Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown)
• September 7–8, Tuesday–Wednesday: Rosh Hashanah (no classes)
• September 9, Thursday: Opening day of school
• September 10, Friday: Fall recreational sports begin
• September 14, Tuesday: Hancock Virtual Town Hall Meeting
• September 15, Wednesday: Yom Kippur (begins at sundown)
• September 16, Thursday: Yom Kippur (school closed)
• September 21, Tuesday: Parents’ Back to School Night, 6:00 p.m.
• September 23–26, Thursday–Sunday: Hancock (tentative)
• September 27, Monday: Post-Hancock Holiday (no classes) (tentative)

October

• October 2, Saturday: SAT
• October 5, Tuesday: Optional PSAT Prep Course for 11s (Reading and Writing), 3:30–5:30 p.m. 
• October 11, Monday: Indigenous Peoples Day (school closed)
• October 12, Tuesday: Monday classes; optional PSAT Prep Course for 11s (Math), 3:30–5:30 p.m.
• October 13, Wednesday: PSAT during class periods for 10s
• October 14, Thursday: Parent-Teacher conferences for 12s, 6:00 p.m.
• October 22, Friday: End of first quarter for 12s
• October 29, Friday: End of first quarter for 9s, 10s, 11s; fall sports end

November

• November 1–3, Monday–Wednesday: Quarter Break 
• November 4, Thursday: Second quarter begins
• November 5, Friday: Winter sports begin
• November 6, Saturday: SAT
• November 11, Thursday: Parent-Teacher conferences for 9s, 10s, 11s (no classes)     
• November 23, Tuesday: Modified schedule, Thanksgiving Assembly, recent alumni/ae reception (virtual)
• November 24–26, Wednesday–Friday: Thanksgiving Holiday (school closed), Homework-Free Weekend 

December

• December 3–4, Friday–Saturday: Fall Play 
• December 4, Saturday: SAT 
• December 10, Friday: Project Week proposals due for 9s, 10s, 11s;
• December 17, Friday: Normal schedule; holiday happenings after school; Winter Concert, 7:30 p.m. at First Church in Boston 
• December 20–31, Monday–Friday: Winter Vacation

Spring 2022

January

• January 3, Monday: Classes resume
• January 7, Friday: Senior Project proposals due, last date for papers and tests due before exams
• January 12, Wednesday: College meeting for parents of 11s, 6:00 p.m. (Interested parents of 10s also invited)
• January 14–21, Friday–Friday: Midyear Exams
• January 17, Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (school closed)
• January 24–28, Monday–Friday: Project Week (no classes)
• January 31, Monday: Third quarter begins

February

• February 10, Thursday: Parent-teacher conferences for 9s and new students, 6:00 p.m. (no assembly)
• February 21, Monday: Presidents’ Day (school closed)
• February 28, Monday: Winter sports end

March 

• March 4–5, Friday–Saturday: Winter Play
• March 7–25, Monday–Friday: Senior Projects
• March 9, Wednesday: Fourth quarter begins
• March 11–25, Friday–Friday: Spring Vacation
• March 12, Saturday: SAT 
• March 28, Monday: Classes resume, spring sports begin

April

• April 7, Thursday: Dress rehearsal for Spring Concert, 4:00 p.m.
• April 8, Friday: Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m.
• April 15, Friday: Good Friday (school in session)
• April 16–18, Saturday–Monday: Homework-Free Weekend
• April 17, Sunday: Easter
• April 18, Monday: Patriots Day (school closed)
• April 20, Wednesday: Monday classes
• April 23, Saturday: Prom, 7:00 p.m. (tentative)
• April 30, Saturday: COMMUN

May  

• May 2–13, Monday–Friday: AP Exams 
• May 3, Tuesday: Parent Reception and Art Show Opening, 7:00 p.m.
• May 7, Saturday: SAT 
• May 7, Saturday: New Students’ Day (tentative)
• May 18, Wednesday: Spring sports end
• May 19, Thursday: Friday classes
• May 20–22, Friday–Sunday: Hancock
• May 23–24, Monday–Tuesday: Post-Hancock Holidays (no classes)
• May 25, Wednesday: Monday classes
• May 27, Friday: Last date for papers and tests due before exams; Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m. 
• May 30, Monday: Memorial Day (school closed)

June

• June 3–8, Friday–Wednesday: Final Exams
• June 4, Saturday: SAT 
• June 8, Wednesday: Rehearsal for Graduation Speakers, 1:00–4:00 p.m.; Head of School’s Reception for seniors, 5:00 p.m.
• June 9, Thursday: Graduation Rehearsal, 8:30–10:00 a.m. Beach Day, 10:30 a.m.
• June 10, Friday: Graduation rehearsal, 9:00 a.m.; Graduation, 10:30 a.m. at First Church in Boston
• June 14, Tuesday: New Parents Dinner, 6:00 p.m.