Read from the district on October 20, 2026
Northside Independent school calendar, 2026–2027
Key dates for 2026–2027: first day of school August 10; Thanksgiving break November 23–27; winter break and one more day off December 21 to January 4; spring break and one more day off March 8–15; last day of school May 26.
Next time off
Nov 3
No school · November 3
As of October 20, 2026, the day this calendar was read
School days off this year
34
across 10 separate closures
Last day of school
May 26
Wednesday
First day of school August 10; Thanksgiving break November 23–27; Winter break + 1 more day off December 21 to January 4; Spring break + 1 more day off March 8–15; 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: term milestones.
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
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26
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28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 3–7Staff day
- 10First day
September 2026
SMTWTFS
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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19
20
21
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23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
- 7Labor Day
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
- 9–12No school
- 13Staff 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
- 3No school
- 23–27Thanksgiving 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
- 21 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
- 18MLK Day
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
- 12No school
- 15Presidents Day
- 16No school
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
- 8–12Spring break
- 15Staff day
- 26–29No school
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
- 23No school
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
- 26Last day
- 27Staff day
- 31Memorial 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
- 18Juneteenth
School break
Holiday, no school
Staff day, no students
Term milestone
Key dates
| What | Dates | School days | Back to school | Same dates in Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First day of school | August 10 | — | — | 11 of 133 · Texas first day of school 2026, by district |
| Thanksgiving break | November 23–27 | 5 | Monday, November 30 | 129 of 148 · Texas Thanksgiving break 2026, by district |
| Winter break + 1 more day off | December 21 to January 4 | 11 | Tuesday, January 5 | 69 of 151 · Texas winter break 2026–27, by district |
| Spring break + 1 more day off | March 8–15 | 6 | Tuesday, March 16 | 38 of 150 · Texas spring break 2027, by district |
| Last day of school | May 26 | — | — | 11 of 105 · Texas last day of school 2027, by district |
- Longest closure
- Winter break + 1 more day off, December 21 to January 4 (11 school days)
- One-day closures
- 4
- Closures starting Tuesday to Thursday
- 1
- Staff days, no students
- 3: Oct 13, Jan 4, Mar 15
- Early-release days
- none published
- Most days off in one month
- December, 9 school days
- Months with no day off
- August and May
- Longest run of school days
- 23, September 8 to October 8
Every date
| Date | What it is | Time off | District’s own wording |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3–7 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Work Day |
| August 10 | First day of school | — | FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL |
| September 7 | Labor Day | 1 school day | Holiday |
| October 9–12 | No school | 2 school days | Student Holiday/Teacher Exchange |
| October 13 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Student Holiday/Teacher Planning |
| November 3 | No school | 1 school day | Student Holiday/Staff Dev |
| November 23–27 | Thanksgiving break | 5 school days | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 21 to January 1 | Winter break | 10 school days | Winter Break |
| January 4 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Student Holiday/Teacher Planning |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 1 school day | Holiday |
| February 12 | No school | 1 school day | Holiday |
| February 15 | Presidents Day | 1 school day | Holiday |
| February 16 | No school | 1 school day | Bad Weather Makeup Day/ Student Holiday/Staff Dev |
| March 8–12 | Spring break | 5 school days | Spring Break |
| March 15 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Student Holiday/Teacher Planning |
| March 26–29 | No school | 2 school days | Holiday |
| April 23 | No school | 1 school day | Holiday |
| May 26 | Last day of school | — | LAST DAY OF SCHOOL |
| May 27 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Work Day |
| May 31 | Memorial Day | — | Holiday |
| June 18 | Juneteenth | — | Holiday |
Sources
- District’s calendar: https://www.nisd.net/schools/calendars (the source)
- District website: https://www.nisd.net
- District’s PDF calendar read on October 20, 2026:
https://www.nisd.net/sites/default/files/attachments/file/2025/2026-2027-nisd-calendar.pdf— every date on this page is a line of that PDF, read twice by independent methods and published only where both readings agree
How these dates are read and labeled: Methodology.