Read from the district on October 8, 2026
Sheldon Community school calendar, 2026–2027
Key dates for 2026–2027: Thanksgiving break November 25–27; winter break and one more day off December 23 to January 4; spring break March 25–29; last day of school May 26.
Next time off
Oct 30
Teacher work day, no students · October 30
As of October 8, 2026, the day this calendar was read
School days off this year
20
across 8 separate closures
Last day of school
May 26
Wednesday
Thanksgiving break November 25–27; Winter break + 1 more day off December 23 to January 4; Spring break March 25–29; Last day of school May 26;
Key dates and the month grids, on one or two sheets
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Month by month
Days off: school breaks, holidays and staff days. Not days off: early releases and term milestones.
July 2026
SMTWTFS
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
- 11Testing
August 2026
SMTWTFS
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 10Freshmen Orientation (HS)
- 11Freshmen Orientation (HS)
- 12Freshmen Orientation (HS)
- 13Freshmen Orientation (HS)
- 19Open House All Buildings
- 26Early release
September 2026
SMTWTFS
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
- 2Early release
- 7Labor Day
- 23Early release
- 28Staff day
- 30Early release
October 2026
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
- 7Early release
- 14Early release
- 21Early release
- 28Early release
- 30Staff day
November 2026
SMTWTFS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
- 4Early release
- 11Early release
- 18Early release
- 25–27Thanksgiving break
December 2026
SMTWTFS
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
- 2Early release
- 9Early release
- 16Early release
- 22Semester ends
- 23 onWinter break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
- to 1Winter break
- 4Staff day
- 5Term starts
- 6Early release
- 13Early release
- 20Early release
- 27Early release
February 2027
SMTWTFS
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
- 3Early release
- 10Early release
- 15Staff day
- 17Early release
- 24Early release
March 2027
SMTWTFS
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
- 3Early release
- 10Early release
- 17Early release
- 24Early release
- 25–29Spring break
- 31Early release
April 2027
SMTWTFS
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
- 7Early release
- 14Early release
- 21Early release
- 23No school
- 28Early release
May 2027
SMTWTFS
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 5Early release
- 12Early release
- 19Early release
- 21Last day for some grades
- 26Semester ends
- 27Staff day
June 2027
SMTWTFS
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
- 2Early release
- 9Early release
- 16Early release
- 23Early release
- 30Early release
School break
Holiday, no school
Staff day, no students
Early release
Term milestone
Key dates
| What | Dates | School days | Back to school | Same dates in Iowa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving break | November 25–27 | 3 | Monday, November 30 | 17 of 28 · Iowa Thanksgiving break 2026, by district |
| Winter break + 1 more day off | December 23 to January 4 | 9 | Tuesday, January 5 | 9 of 28 · Iowa winter break 2026–27, by district |
| Spring break | March 25–29 | 3 | Tuesday, March 30 | 5 of 29 · Iowa spring break 2027, by district |
| Last day of school | May 26 | — | — | 6 of 20 · Iowa last day of school 2027, by district |
- Longest closure
- Winter break + 1 more day off, December 23 to January 4 (9 school days)
- One-day closures
- 5
- Closures starting Tuesday to Thursday
- 3
- Staff days, no students
- 4: Sep 28, Oct 30, Jan 4, Feb 15
- Early-release days
- 43: Aug 26, Sep 2, Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 7, Oct 14 and 37 more
- Most days off in one month
- December, 7 school days
- Longest run of school days
- 29, January 5 to February 12
- Same break dates as
- IKM–Manning Community and Schaller-Crestland Community
Every date
| Date | What it is | Time off | District’s own wording |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 11 | Testing | — | ACT Testing |
| August 10 | Freshmen Orientation (HS) | — | Freshmen Orientation (HS) |
| August 11 | Freshmen Orientation (HS) | — | Freshmen Orientation (HS) |
| August 12 | Freshmen Orientation (HS) | — | Freshmen Orientation (HS) |
| August 12 | New Teacher Orientation | — | New Teacher Orientation |
| August 13 | Freshmen Orientation (HS) | — | Freshmen Orientation (HS) |
| August 13 | New Teacher Orientation | — | New Teacher Orientation |
| August 19 | Open House All Buildings | — | Open House All Buildings |
| August 26 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| September 2 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| September 7 | Labor Day | 1 school day | Labor Day - No School |
| September 23 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| September 28 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher PD/Workday - No School |
| September 30 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| October 7 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| October 14 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| October 21 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| October 28 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| October 30 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher PD/Workday - No School |
| November 4 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| November 11 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| November 18 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| November 25 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| November 25–27 | Thanksgiving break | 3 school days | Thanksgiving Break - No School; Nov 25: No School |
| December 2 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| December 9 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| December 16 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| December 22 | End of semester | — | End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester |
| December 23 to January 1 | Winter break | 8 school days | Christmas Break - No School |
| December 23 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| December 30 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| January 4 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher PD/Workday - No School |
| January 5 | New term begins | — | Begin 3rd Quarter/2nd Semester |
| January 6 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| January 13 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| January 20 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| January 27 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| February 3 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| February 10 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| February 15 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher PD/Workday - No School |
| February 17 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| February 24 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| March 3 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| March 10 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| March 17 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| March 24 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| March 25–29 | Spring break | 3 school days | No School - Spring Break |
| March 31 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| April 7 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| April 14 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| April 21 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| April 23 | No school | 1 school day | No School |
| April 28 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| May 5 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| May 12 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| May 19 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| May 21 | Last day for some grades | — | Seniors Last Day |
| May 26 | End of semester | — | End of 4th Quarter/2nd Semester |
| May 26 | Last day of school | — | Last Day of School |
| May 26 | Early release | — | One Hour Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| May 27 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher PD/Workday - No School |
| June 2 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| June 9 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| June 16 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| June 23 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
| June 30 | Early release | — | Early Out Teacher Professional Development |
Sources
- District’s calendar: https://www.sheldonschools.com/events (the source)
- District website: https://www.sheldonschools.com
- Calendar feed read on October 8, 2026:
https://thrillshare-cmsv2.services.thrillshare.com/api/v4/o/3219/cms/events
How these dates are read and labeled: Methodology.