2025-2026 Accessible Calendar

The Shawnee Mission School District
2025-2026 Calendar (Accessible)

JULY
4: Independence Day - Offices Closed
24: Elementary School Offices reopen
31: New Teachers Report – Professional Learning 

August
5: Continuing Teachers Report
5, 6, 7, 8:  Profressional Learning / Work Time
11: Classes begin; Grades 1- 7, & 9 (Early Dismissal 1-6)
11, 12: Pre-K & Kdg. Conferences
12: Classes begin Grades 8, 10-12
13: First Day for Pre-K and Kindergarten

SEPTEMBER
1: Labor Day, Schools/Offices Closed
12: NO School/Professional Learning

OCTOBER
9: Quarter 1 Ends
10: NO School / Teacher Workday
13: Quarter 2 Begins
15: District night event for Parent Conferences 7-12
16: District night event for Parent Conferences Pre-K-6
17: NO school /Parent Conferences 

NOVEMBER 
3: NO School / Professional Learning
24 NO School / Teacher Facilitated Professional Learning
24-28: Schools & Offices Closed/Thanksgiving Break

DECEMBER                         
19: NO School Pre-K
19: Early Dismissal K-12/Teacher Workday
19: Quarter 2 Ends
22-31: Schools & Offices Closed / Winter Break                

JANUARY
1-2: Winter Break, Schools/Offices Closed
5: NO School /Teacher Workday
6: Quarter 3 Begins
19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Schools/Offices Closed
20:  NO School / Professional Learning

FEBRUARY
11: District night event for parent conferences 9-12
12: District night event for parent conferences Pre-K-8
13: NO School/Parent conferences
16: Presidents’ Day, Schools/Offices Closed

MARCH
13: Quarter 3 Ends
13: NO School /Teacher Workday
16-20: Spring Break
23: Quarter 4 Begins

APRIL 
17: NO School Grades/Professional Learning

MAY
21: Last Day of School Pre-K
22: Last Day of School, Early Dismissal Grades K-11
22: Quarter 4 Ends 
25: Memorial Day, Schools/Offices Closed 
26: Teacher Workday
27: Teacher Facilitated Professional Learning
28: Teacher Flex Day

JUNE
19: Juneteenth/Offices Closed

Graduation:
May 19:  7:00 p.m. - SME @ SMN; SMS @ SMS 
May 20:  7:00 p.m. - SMN @ SMN; SMW @ SMS
May 21:  6:30 p.m. - Horizons @ SMS; 7:00p.m. SMNW @ SMN 

Teacher Contract Days
New Teachers: 194
Returning Teachers: 191
(Includes 4 inclement weather days)

Student Days Per Quarter
First Quarter: 42
Second Quarter: 43
Third Quarter: 44
Fourth Quarter: 44

Total Days: 173