Daviess Co Public Schools Approve 2025-2026 School Calendar

I know, I know. Time really flies by the older you get. It is a fact AND a phenomenon, and there's nothing we can do about it. I always say that when September 1st rolls around, New Year's Eve sometimes feels like the next day by the time we get to December 31st.

The Daviess County Public Schools 2025-2026 Calendar

I sort of laid all that out to assure you that I am not trying to speed the current school year along. But the fact is we now have an approved calendar from Daviess County Public Schools for the 2025-2026 school year. In keeping with the theme of the first paragraph, "it'll be here before you know it." (It just will.)

For starters, the start date for the next school year has been pushed back five days--from August 7th, 2024 to August 12th, 2025. In addition to the regularly-scheduled federal holidays, there will be a district-wide professional development day on September 19th, 2025 and a parent-teacher conference day on March 13th, 2026.

Fall break is set for October 13th-17th, 2025; Christmas break begins December 22nd with the kids heading back to class January 5th, 2026; and spring break is schedule for April 3rd through the 10th of 226. Here's the full calendar:

Unless Mother Nature keeps the students out of the classroom with a bunch of snow, the last day of school will be May 15th, 2026. Make-up days will be May 18th, May 20th-22nd, and May 26th if they become necessary.

DCPS also approved its '25-'26 preschool calendar which looks a little different, for obvious reasons. But the days off remain the same.