RA 7797 – An Act to Lengthen the School
Calendar from 200 Days to Not More Than 220
Class Days
Appropriate DepEd officials should be notified
in advance regarding any deviation
National and local celebrations, holidays and
activities may be observed, provided that the
total number of school days shall not be
compromised.
Make up classes can be conducted to compensate
for the activities spent for activities deemed
beneficial to the learning-teaching process.
Likewise, make up classes are recommended in
lieu of no-school days due to occurrence of a
natural and man-made calamities
 ENCLOSURE NO. 1
 CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016
Month
No. of
School
Days
Date
May 2015
0
1
Activity
• Labor Day (regular holiday)
4-10
• Palarong Pambansa
18-23
• Brigada Eskwela
25-29
• Oplan Balik Eskwela
Month
No. of
School
Days
Date
Activity
June
21
1
• Beginning of classes for SY 20152016
12
• Independence Day (regular
holiday)
• Special PEPT
20
•1st Parent-Teacher Conference
(Saturday)
17
• Eid’l Fitr (regular holidaytentative)
July
22
Month
August
No. of Date
School
Days
10
6-7
15
• 1st Quarter Examination
• Distribution of cards/ParentsTeacher Conference (Saturday)
9
21
• Ninoy Aquino Day (special nonworking holiday)
• National Career Assessment
Examination for K to 12 Grade 9
• National Heroes Day (regular
holiday)
26
31
September
Activity
21
•Eidl Adha (regular holidaytentative)
Month
No. of
School
Days
Date
October
22
5
15-16
Activity
• World Teachers Day
• 2nd Quarter Examination
26-30 •Mid-Year Assessment and
INSET /Semestral Break
24
•Distribution of cards/ParentTeacher Conference
(Saturday)
Month
November
No. of Date
School
Days
20
1
• All Saints Day (special nonworking holiday)
15
• Philippine Educational
Placement Test (PEPT)
LUZVIMIN
22
19
• Bonifacio Day (regular
holiday)
• Start of Christmas Break
30
• Rizal Day (regular holiday)
30
December
14
Activity
Month No. of Date
School
Days
January
2016
20
4
7-8
23
30
February
2016
20
25
Activity
• Resumption of Classes
(Monday)
• 3rd Quarter Examinations
• Distribution of cards/ParentTeacher Conference (Saturday)
• Early Registration Day
(Saturday)
• EDSA People Power I
Anniversary (Observance)
Month
March
No. of Date
School
Days
21
Activity
• National Achievement Test (NAT)
(Secondary –Grade 10)
3-4 • 4th Quarter Examination (Final
Examinations for Grades 6 and 10)
8
• Language Assessment for Primary
Grades (LAPG) for Grade 3
10
• National Achievement Test (NAT for
Elementary- Grade 6)
17-18 • 4th Quarter Examinations (Final
Exam for Grades 1-5 & Grades 7-9)
24 • Maundy Thursday (regular holiday)
25 • Good Friday (regular holiday)
26 • Black Saturday (special non-working
holiday)
2
Month
April
No. of Date
School
Days
1
May
Total No.
of Days
201
Activity
• Graduation
• Last Day of Classes
4-8 • Distribution of cards
9
•Araw ng Kagitingan (regular holiday)
11 • Start of Summer Classes ( Monday )
1
• Labor Day (regular holiday)
• Palarong Pambansa
16-21 • Brigada Eskwela
21 •End of Summer Classes and Final
Exams
23-27 • Oplan Balik Eskwela
1
Implementing Guidelines of the
SY 2015-2016
1. The new school year formally opens on Monday, June 1,
2015 and end on Friday, April 1, 2016
 Parent—Teacher Conferences – 2nd or 3rd Saturday
after every quarterly exam.
 culminating of students output and performances –
last week of every quarter
 180-day non-negotiable contact time
2. A General Assembly should be conducted to orient
stakeholders on the curriculum, co-curricular and
ancillary services
 Secondary Level - career exposure program for
Grades 7-10 (Done the week before the first day of
classes
 Career Guidance Program for Grades 9-10 (Between
July and November 2015)
3. Early Childhood Development (ECD) Checklist for
Kindergarten Children
 School Readiness Year-End Assessment (SreYA
 Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI
Assessment tools – Grades 2-6
 Secondary Schools shall perform Diagnostic
Assessment on the readiness for learning of Grade 7
students
4. Mid-Term Break – evaluate individual teachers and
their collective performance
 INSET Training
5. Christmas break begins December 19, 2015 and
resume January 4 2016
6. Formative Assessments shall be conducted regularly
 NETRC - NCAE (National Career Assessment
Examination)

- LAPG ( Language Assessment for Primary
Grades

- NAT (National Achievement Test)
7. Summer Classes April 11, 2016 – May 21, 2016
8. For SY 2016-2017
 Early Registration – January 30, 2016
 BrigadaEskwela May 16-21, 2016
 INSET
9. Trainings sponsored/conducted by the Department summer break as part of the capacity building
program
Activity/School Celebration
May 2015
Palarong Pambansa
National Schools Maintenance Week (Brigada Eskwela)
Stakeholders Orientation on K to 12 Basic Enhanced
Education Curriculum
INSET/ Planning Week
National Flag Day Celebration (May 28)
June 2015
Opening of Classes
Philippine Independence Day Celebration
World Environment Day
Safe Kids Week
PNOY 1B Trees Project
Pambansang Gawad sa Ulirang Kabataan
Nationwide Search for the Outstanding W.A.T.C.H. Schools
Birth Anniversary of Galicano Apacible
Historic Siege of Baler and Phil-Spanish Friendship Day
July 2015
Career Guidance Week
National Nutrition Month
National Disaster and Preparedness Month
National Disability Prev. and Rehab. Week
Science and Technology Week
Savings Credit Consciousness Week
Eid’l Fitr
PNOY 1B TreesProject
Birth Anniversary of Apolinario dela Cruz
Birth Anniversary of Apolinario Mabini
August 2015
International Indigenous People Day
History Month
Birth Anniversary of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon
!st Quarter Examinations
ASEAN Day
Sight Saving Month
Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa
White Cane Safety Day
International Youth Day
Ninoy Aquino Day
National Heroes Day
NCAE
PNOY 1B Trees Project
September 2015
National Teachers’ Month
National Crime Prevention Week
Opening of Malolos Congress
Anniversary of Declaration of Martial Law
Birth Anniversary Gen. Miguel Malvar
Clean and Green Month
Literacy Month
Science and Math Week
Linggo ng Kasuotang Filipino
History Week
International Day of Peace
Eid’l Adha
PNOY 1B Trees Project
Family Week
October 2015
National Indigenous People Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Elderly Filipino Week
Leyte Gulf Landing
Children’s Month
Clean and Green Month
Scouting Month
Week of the Elderly
Global Handwashing Day
National Health Education Week
National Leadership Training for Student Government
Officers
Juvenile Justice and Welfare Consciousness Week
National Science and Math Fair
INSET
PNOY 1B Trees Project
November 2015
Deaf Awareness Week
National Reading Month
Filipino Values Month
Malaria Awareness Month
Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT)
Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week
National Youth Day
PNOY 1B Trees Project
National Music Competition for Young Artists
National Week for the Gifted and Talented
National Clean Month/National Environmental Awareness
Month
Araw ng Pagbasa
Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio
December 2015
National Children’s Day of Broadcasting
Linggo ng Kabataan
World AIDS Day
Education Week
Human Rights Week
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Historical, Cultural and Arts Festival of Excellence
PNOY 1B Trees Project
Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal
January 2016
National Cancer Consciousness Week
Autism Consciousness Week
Breast Cancer Consciousness Week
Early Registration Day
PNOY 1B Trees Project
Anniversary of the Inauguration of the First Philippine
Republic
February 2016
National Dental/Oral Health Month
Adoption Consciousness Celebration
National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual
Abuse and Exploitation
Anniversary of the Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
EDSA People Power Revolution
Philippine Arts Month
Premyo Rizal Writing Contests
National Children with Intellectual Abilities Week
Bantay Puso Week
Leproxy Prevention Week
PNOY 1B Trees Project
March 2016
Birth Anniversary of Paciano Rizal
National Achievement Test (Grades 6 and 10)
Language Assessment for Primary Grades (Grade 3)
Women’s Month
Fire Prevention Month
Global Peace Festival
Career Guidance Week
Girl Child Week
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Graduation Ceremonies
PNOY 1B Trees Project
April 2016
Birth Anniversary of Francisco “Balagtas”Baltazar
National Disability Week
National Children’s Book Week
National Festival of Talents
National School Press Conference
Araw ng Kagitingan and Phil. Veterans Week
Start of Summer Classes
May 2016
Palarong Pambansa
Labor Day
End Summer Classes
Final Exam for Summer
National Flag Day Celebration