BRANFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2015-2016 School Year Calendar
KEY
Early Release Day
No School for Students
JULY ‘15
S
3
13-15
20-23
Independence Day
Observance
Administrators Retreat
Columbia Writing PD
M
T
AUGUST ’15 (3/180)
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
S
M
7
10
14
15
17
23
24
2
3
5
12
19
25
26-27
Elementary Back to School
Night
Labor Day – No School
BHS Back to School Night
Rosh Hashanah - No School
PD – No School
WIS Back to School Night
Grades 5 & 7
Yom Kippur – No School
WIS Back to School Night
Grades 6 & 8
PD - Early Release
Election Day Teacher P.D. –
No School Students
BHS Evening Conferences
WIS Evening Conferences
WIS Parent Conferences –
Early Release
Early Release Day
Thanksgiving Recess
Holiday Recess Continued
School Resumes
PD - Early Release Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
3
16
22
25
Elementary PK-4 Parent
Conferences - Early Release
Elementary PK-4 Evening
Conferences
PD – Early Release Day
BHS Evening Conferences
Good Friday
PD – Early Release
Memorial Day
BOE Approval: 1-28-15
S
7
8
9
10
11
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
19
20 21
22
23
24
25
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
26
27
29
30
31
23 24
25
26
28
29
28
OCTOBER ’15 (42/180)
S
M
S
M
T
W
6
7
13
20
27
Th
F
S
T
W
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
4
5
6
7
14
15
16
17
18
19
11
12
13
21
22
23
24
25
26
18
19
20
28
29
30
25
26
27
NOVEMBER ’15 (60/180)
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
6
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
S
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
Th
F
S
1
2
3
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
12
15
Columbus Day
Elementary PK-4 Parent
Conferences – Early Release
Day
Elementary PK-4 Evening
Conferences
PD – Early Release Day
BHS Evening Conferences
20
21
22
M
9
23
24-31
PD – Early Release Day
Early Release Day
Holiday Recess
FEBRUARY ’16 (115/180)
S
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
MARCH ’16 (137/180)
S
Opening Day/PD
Staff Development Day
Staff Work Day
Students’ First Day
DECEMBER ’15 (77/180)
S
S
24
25
26
27
31
SEPTEMBER ’15 (21/180)
4
11
15
16
24
WIS Evening Conferences
WIS Parent Conferences –
Early Release Day
Presidents’ Day
Winter Recess
PD - Early Release
7
11-15
27
BHS Evening Conferences
Spring Recess
PD – Early Release Day
APRIL ’16 (153/180)
S
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
27
28
29
30
31
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
MAY ’16 (174/180)
11
30
F
6
31
1
Th
5
JANUARY ’16 (96/180)
1
4
13
18
W
1
30
3
T
JUNE ’16 (180/180)
S
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
S
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
29
30
31
26
27
28
29
30
8
Potential Last Day - Early
Release Day Staff & Students
Ten (10) weather or emergency days
requiring the closing of schools;
additional days will be taken from spring
recess beginning April 11th.
Print Date: 4-22-15