2015 UCAS ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016 Board Amended and Approved July 29, 2015 Semester 1: Aug. 17 – Dec. 19 Semester 2: Jan. 5 – May 20 Fall Semester 2015 86 days Spring Semester 2016 94 days Faculty Return. . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10 UCAS Classes Begin. . . . . . . . . August 17 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 18 UVU Classes Begin. . . . . . . . . . August 24 Labor Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 7 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . .September 15 Parent Teacher Conferences. . . .October 13 Mid-Semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 14 Fall Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 15-16 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 20 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . November 17 Thanksgiving Holiday. . . .November 25-27 UVU Last Day of Class . . . . December 11 UVU Final Exams . . . . . .December 14-17 UVU Semester Ends . . . . . . .December 17 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . December 15 UCAS Last Day of Class . . . December 18 UCAS Semester Ends. . . . . . .December 18 Winter Break. . . .December 21 – January 1 Faculty Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 4 UCAS Classes Begin. . . . . . . . . .January 4 UVU Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . January 4 Civil Rights Holiday. . . . . . . . . January 18 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . January 19 Washington/Lincoln Day. . . . . February 15 Reading Day (UCAS held)…..February 16 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . February 16 PLAN/ACT Assessment Day. . . . March 1 Parent Teacher Conferences. . . . . March 1 Mid-Semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 10 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 15 Spring Break . . . . . . . . . . . . March 14-18 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 19 UVU Classes End. . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 22 UVU Final Exams. . . . . . . . . . .April 25-28 UVU Graduation. . . . . . . . . …….. April 29 Board Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 17 UCAS Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . May 20 UCAS Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20 Teacher Work Day/PD. . . . . . . May 23-24 Memorial Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 30 Semester 1 = 84 instructional days Semester 2 = 92 instructional days 2 teacher professional development days 2 teacher professional development days 86 total days 94 total days This calendar includes 180 student school days as required by the State of Utah. 07/29/15 AT