The first day of school is Monday, August 26 for students in grades 1-12, with dismissal at the standard time.
The first day of school is Wednesday, September 4 for preschool and kindergarten students.
2024-2025 HPS Year-at-a-Glance Calendar (PDF provided in 11 languages).
See also separate calendars in English | Spanish | Haitian Creole | Arabic | Bengali | Dari | Khmer | Kirundi | Portuguese | Swahili | Vietnamese
Early Start Schools | Late Start Schools | |
|---|---|---|
Holyoke STEM Academy, McMahon, Metcalf Middle | Donahue, E.N. White, Kelly, Lawrence, Morgan, Sullivan Middle | |
School doors open; students arrive Breakfast in the Classroom begins | 7:30 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. |
Official Start Time | 7:45 a.m. | 8:45 a.m. |
Half-Day Morning PreK ends | 10:10 a.m. | 11:10 a.m. |
Half-Day Afternoon PreK begins | 11:50 a.m. | 12:50 p.m. |
Official End Time | 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays: | 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays: |
Dean & North Campuses | Opportunity Academy | Transitions Academy | |
|---|---|---|---|
School doors open; students arrive | 7:35 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 7:35 a.m. |
Official Start Time | 7:45 a.m. | 8:25 a.m. | 7:45 a.m. |
Homerooms/Breakfast in the classroom ends | 7:54 a.m. | 8:25 a.m. | 8 a.m. |
Students marked tardy | 7:57 a.m. | 12 minutes after the period begins | 7:57 a.m. |
Official End Time | 2:30 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 2:20 p.m. Wednesdays: |
