Key dates for the 2025-26 school year

Between teacher institutes, holiday breaks and various hour-early dismissals, there are a number of dates to keep in mind for the 2025-26 school year.

Keep an eye on GeneseoSchools.org, our mobile app (Apple’s App Store) or (Google Play), and social media accounts — Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) — for the latest information.

August 5, 2025

Elementary Schools Kindergarten Orientation (6 pm)

August 6, 2025

Schedules/homeroom teachers visible in Skyward if online registration submitted (4 pm)

August 7-8, 2025

GMS Locker Setup (2-6 pm)

August 8, 2025

GMS New Student Orientation (10 am)

August 11, 2025

GHS Freshman Orientation (8-11:30 am)

Elementary Schools Open Houses (4-6 pm)

Geneseo Middle School Open House (5-7 pm)

Geneseo High School Open House (6-8 pm)

August 12, 2025

Teacher Institute (No School)

Northside Elementary's Preschool Back to School Night (5-7 pm)

August 13, 2025

First Day of Student Attendance (Kindergarten-12th Grade) – One-Hour Early Dismissal

August 13-15, 2025

One-Hour Early Dismissal

August 18, 2025

First Day of Pre-Kindergarten

September 1, 2025

Labor Day (No School)

September 24, 2025

School Improvement Day (Half-Day)

October 10, 2025

End of 1st Quarter (1st Semester Midterm)

Homecoming Parade (Students Dismissed One Hour Early)

October 16, 2025

Parent/Teacher Conferences (Students Dismissed One Hour Early)

October 17, 2025

Parent/Teacher Conferences (No Student Attendance)

October 20, 2025

Teacher Institute (No Student Attendance)

November 19, 2025

School Improvement Day (Half-Day)

November 24-28, 2025

Thanksgiving Break

December 12, 2025

Teacher Inservice (Half-Day)

December 19, 2025

End of 1st Semester/2nd Quarter

December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026

Christmas Break

January 16-17, 2026

GHS Wrestling Invitational (All Students Dismissed One Hour Early on Jan. 16)

January 19, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day/Teacher Institute (No School)

February 13, 2026

Teacher Inservice (Half-Day)

February 16, 2026

Presidents’ Day (No Student Attendance; if there is a school emergency day prior to this day, then Presidents’ Day will be a day of attendance)

March 6, 2026

Teacher Institute (No Student Attendance)

March 13, 2026

End of 3rd Quarter (2nd Semester Midterm)

March 16-20, 2026

Spring Break

April 3-6, 2026

Easter Break (if there is a school emergency day prior to this day, then Monday, April 6 will be a day of attendance)

April 29, 2026

School Improvement Day (Half-Day)

May 22, 2026

End of 2nd Semester/4th Quarter

Last Day of Student Attendance

Teacher Inservice (Half-Day)

May 25, 2026

Memorial Day (No School)

May 26 - June 1, 2026

Potential Emergency Days (school code requires 5 emergency days total be included in the school calendar; used for emergency days after April 6, 2026)