{"id":1503,"date":"2026-03-25T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2026\/03\/25\/the-2026-27-school-year-calendar\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:29:51","slug":"the-2026-27-school-year-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2026\/03\/25\/the-2026-27-school-year-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026-27 School Year Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to share that the Ontario Ministry of Education has approved our 2026-27 School Year Calendar and it is now available.<\/p>\n<h2>Important Dates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PD Days for Elementary and Secondary Staff &#8211; Wednesday, September 2 and Thursday, September 3, 2026<\/li>\n<li>First Day of School &#8211; Tuesday, September 8, 2026<\/li>\n<li>First Day of Extended Day operations is Tuesday, September 8, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Winter Break &#8211; Monday, December 21, 2026 to Friday, January 1, 2027<\/li>\n<li>March Break &#8211; Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2027<\/li>\n<li>Last Day of School for Secondary Students &#8211; Monday, June 28, 2027<\/li>\n<li>Last Day of School for Elementary Students &#8211; Tuesday, June 29, 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/school-year-information\/calendars-and-important-dates\/?utm_source=group-all-staff&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=school-year-information&amp;utm_content=school-year-calendar-important-dates\">Calendars and Important Dates<\/a> webpage contains detailed holiday information, school start and end dates, PD Days, Blended Learning Days, and Extended Day closure dates.<\/p>\n<h2>Creed Accommodations<\/h2>\n<p>Staff are asked to be mindful of the various Creed Accommodation Days and avoid scheduling exams, tests, extra-curricular clubs and sports, or events on these days. When exams or religious\/cultural days of significance coincide, every effort should be made to provide accommodations to students and staff who observe these days.<\/p>\n<h3>Printable Versions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrdsb.social\/41rChOk\">Elementary Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrdsb.social\/41rCkcY\">Secondary Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to share that the Ontario Ministry of Education has approved our 2026-27 School Year Calendar and it is now available. Important Dates PD Days for Elementary and Secondary Staff &#8211; Wednesday, September 2 and Thursday, September 3, 2026 First Day of School &#8211; Tuesday, September 8, 2026 First Day of Extended Day [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2026\/03\/25\/the-2026-27-school-year-calendar\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>The 2026-27 School Year Calendar<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}