SCHOOL CALENDAR 2026-2027
Aug-26
August: Review 5-Year Plan
August 3 Staff returns. On Site Teacher Training
August 6: Open House/Parent Meeting for all families 9:30am
August 11: (Tuesday) First Day of Classes, Week 1: Meetings with Grade 9,10, 11, 12 students. Review transcripts and academic plans.
August 21-25: Readiness Tests Administered - K-8, Math and English
August 27: Back to School 1:30pm-2:30pm
Late August: Cognia Survey Perception Survey/Readiness - (Families, Teachers, Students),
Monitoring Assessment Form A and Literature Baseline Assessment
August: ACT/SAT Seniors
Sep-26
Week of Sept 1: Student Government Association Election
September 18: Graduation Class of 2027 Planning (with parents via zoom)
Late September: Cognia Survey Student Engagement
September: ACT/SAT Seniors
September/October: Emergency Drill Practice
Oct-26
October 2: Quarter 1 Ends
October 5: Quarter 2 Begins
Week of October 5: Parent Teacher Conferences
Before Oct 14: Teacher Observations, Eleot #1
Late October: Survey 3: Inventory Survey (Staff and Student)
October: ACT/SAT Seniors
October 29: PTA Halloween Event
Late October: Cognia Survey Inventory (Families, Teachers, Students)
Nov-26
November 2-9: Mix of Public Holidays & Teacher Training/No School
November 10: Public Holiday, Los Santos Uprising
November 26-27: Panama Holiday/No School
November: ACT/SAT Seniors
Late November: Cognia Survey Perception (Families, Teachers, Students)
Dec-26
December 1-4: Formal Teacher Observations #1 and Eleot, Meetings with Grade 9,10, 11, 12 students. Review transcripts and academic plans.
December 8: No School, Mother's Day Observed
December 14-18: Mid-Year Exams
December 18: Semester Closing Celebration 8am - Presentations, Drama, Music, Fair Day, Pot Luck! 46
Jan-27
January 11: Classes Resume/Quarter 3 Begins
January 11-15: Meetings with Grade 9,10, 11, 12 students. Review transcripts and academic plans.
January 21: Graduation Meeting Class of 2026 with parents
Late January: Mid-Year Tests Administered, Monitoring Assessment Form B and Literature Mid-Year Assessment
January: ACT/SAT Juniors
Cognia Survey Perception Survey/Readiness - (Families, Teachers, Students),
Feb-27
February 8-12: Carnival No School
Cognia Survey Student Engagement
Mar-27
March 19: Q3 Ends
March 22-26: Semana Santa
March 29: Q4 Begins
March 29: Week of Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 31: Deadline to register for returning families
Cognia Survey Inventory (Families, Teachers, Students)
Apr-27
April 1: Registration opens for new families for 2026-2027
April 8: Meeting with Grade 8 students and families
April 19-23: Formal Teacher Observations #2 and Eleot
April 30: High School Due Date for choosing electives
April: ACT/SAT Juniors
Cognia Survey Perception (Families, Teachers, Students)
May-27
May 3: Panama Labor Day/No School
May 3-14: AP EXAMS
May 19-23: End of Year Assessments, Monitoring Assessment Form C and Literature End-Year Assessment
May 21: Last day of school for Seniors
May 21: GRADUATION CLASS OF 2027
May 27: 8am Kindergarten and Grade 8 Graduation Ceremony
May 28: Last day of learning/Quarter 4 Ends
May: ACT/SAT Juniors