2023-2024 School Year

Mon.-Wed.
Aug. 21 - Sept. 6
Mandatory team practices and tryouts for Upper School
Monday August 28 Opening Faculty Meeting
Wed-Thurs Aug 30-31
Overnight trip for Class IX 
Kindergarten Virtual Family/Teacher Visits
Monday September 4
Labor Day: School closed
Thursday September 7
Opening Day for Classes K-XII
Friday September 8
First full day of classes (Day 1)
Tuesday September 19
Lower School Curriculum Night
Thursday September 21
Upper School Curriculum Night
Monday September 25
Yom Kippur: School closed
Thursday September 28 Middle School Curriculum Night
Monday October 9
Fall Weekend/Indigenous People's Day: School closed
Friday November 10 Lower School Parent-Teacher Conferences and

IX Teacher/VI-VIII Advisor-Parent Conferences: No classes
Wed.–Fri. November 22–24 Thanksgiving Recess: School closed
Thursday December 21 Last day before Winter Vacation V-XII
Friday December 22 Last day before Winter Break for K–IV
Monday January 8 School reopens
Monday January 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: School closed
Tuesday January 16 Professional Development Day: No classes
Friday February 2 VI Teacher/IX-XII Advisor-Parent Conferences: No classes VI-XII
Monday February 19 Presidents’ Weekend: School closed
Friday March 15 Last day before Spring Break K–XII
Monday April 1 School reopens
Wednesday April 10 Eid al-Fitr: School closed
Thursday April 18 Lower School Parent-Teacher Conferences: No classes K-IV
Tuesday April 23
Passover: School closed
Monday May 27 Memorial Day: School closed
Wednesday June 12 Lower School Last Day
Thursday June 13 Middle School Last Day
Friday June 14 Upper School Last Day
Monday June 17 Closing Faculty Meeting
Wednesday June 19 Juneteenth: School closed
Thurs. - Fri. June 20-21 Professional Development Seminars

Brearley respects and encourages the religious observances of its students and their families, whether or not those observances fall on school holidays. We ask only that parents notify their daughter’s Division Leader before an absence from school for a religious holiday so that teachers may adjust assignments accordingly. Except for reasons of health, family emergencies or religious observance, students are not excused from school during the academic year. This calendar is subject to change in the event of an emergency.


The Brearley School is a K-XII independent day school for girls in New York City. Empowering girls of adventurous intellect to think critically and creatively.
610 East 83rd Street
New York, NY 10028
(212) 744-8582 

590 East 83rd Street
New York, NY 10028
(212) 744-8582