Key events for the 2025-2026 academic year

BREAKS:
–Thanksgiving: Nov. 26-28
–Winter break: Dec 20-Jan. 4
–Spring break: Mars 21-Avril 5

TWO-HOUR LATE STARTS (applies to all divisions):
–Sept. 29
–Avril 27

AUGUST 2025
1: Fall sports begin
11-14: New Employee Orientation
11-14: Faculty and Staff SEED training (tentative)
18: All faculty and staff return to campus
20: CPR training
22: 7th-8th Grade & New Student Orientation
22: Faculty & Staff Welcome Back Party
25: Hawks Take Off Picnic
25: Freshmen & New Student Orientation
27: School starts all divisions; 1/2 day for PreK/JK students
27: Upper School Fall Intensives start
28: 1/2 day for PreK/JK students
29: 1/2 day for PreK/JK students

SEPTEMBER 2025
1: Labor Day (school closed)
5: Picture Day
8: Lower School Forest School informational meeting (8:15 a.m.)
12: Upper School Fall Intensive Fair (1-3 p.m.)
15-19: Spirit Week
15: Upper School faculty workday (no school for US students; PK-8 students in session)
17: Lower School Back to School Night (6-8 p.m.)
18: Middle School Back to School Night (6-8 p.m.)
19: Alumni Tailgate
19: All-school Pep Rally
19: All-school Welcome Back Assembly
20-21: Homecoming and Fall Tournament Weekend
20: Upper School Homecoming Dance (8-11 p.m.)
22: Grades 3-8 MAP testing
25: Upper School Back to School Night (6-8 p.m.)
29: Two-hour late start all divisions

OCTOBER 2025
2: Yom Kippur (no school)
3: PSAT testing for sophomores and juniors; no classes for other Upper School students
6: Picture Retake Day
8: Middle School Corn Maze event
9: Lower School Picnic & S’mores event
11: TAAC Cross-Country Championship at MV
13: Faculty and staff workday (no school for students)
15: 8th grade parent dinner/mini classes (tentative)
16: 8th graders visit 9th grade (tentative)
20: Diwali (school closed)
23-26: Fall play
23: Evening conferences
24: Conferences (no school for students)
27: Winter sports parent meeting
31: 3rd-8th Grade Strings Concert (8:30 a.m.)

NOVEMBER 2025
4: Hawk for a Day
5: Turkey Trot
10: Professional Development Day (no school for students)
15: MV hosts TAAC Hall of Fame induction ceremony
18: Fall Sports Award Night
25: Get Back Give Back Day
25: Upper School Career Day/Give Back Day
25: Lower School Fall Harvest
26-28: No school (closed for Thanksgiving break)

DECEMBER 2025
2: Giving Mardi
5: 4-6 Concert & Art Show (2 p.m.)
10: US/MS Choir and Strings Concert ( 7 p.m.)
17: 7th-8th Grade Fall Showcase
18: Jason Thomas Breakfast (Upper School)
18: Holiday party for faculty and staff
19: Faculty and staff workday (no school for students)
20-Jan. 4: No school (closed for winter break)

JANUARY 2026
5: School resumes
5: US winter Intensives start
19: MLK Jr. Day (school closed)
22: US winter Intensive Fair (1-3 p.m.)
23: Faculty and staff workday (no school for students)
30: US Lunar New Year celebration

FEBRUARY 2026
13: Professional Development Day (no school for students)
16: Presidents’ Day (school closed)
24: Spring sports meeting
25: Afro-Am Dinner (tentative)

MARCH 2026
6: 2/3 Concert & Art Show (2 p.m.)
9: Hawk for a Day
12: US Holi Celebration (2-3 p.m.)
13: Upper School Issue Day
18: Winter Sports Banquet
19: SAT testing for juniors; no school for other US students
19: 7th-8th Grade Intensive Fair (1-2 p.m.)
20: Faculty and staff workday (no school for students)
21-Avril 5: No school (spring break)

APRIL 2026
6: School resumes
9: Evening conferences
10: Conferences (no school for students)
11: 48th Annual MV Gala
16-19: Spring musical
27: Two-hour late start all divisions
27: Upper School International Lunch
29: US/MS Choir and Strings Concert (7 p.m.)

MAY 2026
1: 2nd-6th Grade Strings Concert (2-3 p.m.)
4-15: AP Testing
6: Senior Dinner (6-8 p.m.)
13: Upper School faculty workday (no school for US students; PK-8 students in session)
14: Upper School spring Intensives start
15: Annual Smead Luncheon
15: K/1 Concert & Art Show (2-3 p.m.)
18-22: Middle School field trips
21: Grade 3 Forest School Camping
25: Memorial Day (school closed)
26-27: Eid al-Adha (tentative; one date to be picked)
28: 3rd Grade Moving Up Ceremony
29: Lower School Field Day & Family Picnic

JUNE 2026
2: US Awards Ceremony (1-3 p.m.)
2: Spring Sports Award Night
3: Last day of school
3: Upper School spring Intensive Fair (1-3 p.m.)
3: Senior Walk & Assembly (8:45 a.m.)
4: Graduation rehearsal (11 a.m.)
4: Graduation Exercises (7 p.m.)
5: 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony
5-6: Track & Field State Championships
11: Last day for faculty
11: Annual Leadership dinner for donors
12: Report cards go out
19: Juneteenth (school closed)