Key Dates
Grace expects that students attend school each day unless they have an approved absence. Families should avoid planning to have their children miss school the day before or after a long weekend or break. The school encourages and respects 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 child’s division head or dean before an absence from school for a religious holiday so that teachers may adjust assignments accordingly.
2023-24 School Year
Updated July 24, 2023
| July | 4 | Independence Day (School Closed) |
| August | 21 | Preseason Athletics Begin (HS) |
| August | 21 | New Faculty & Staff Antiracism/Orientation Workshops/Admin Opening |
| August | 28-31 | Berkshire Preseason Trip |
| August | 28 | Opening Faculty Meetings Begin (All Faculty & Staff) |
| September | 4 | Labor Day (School Closed) |
| September | 5-6 | Grade 12 Orientation/Retreat Day (Overnight) |
| September | 6 | Grades 9 & 10 Orientation Day |
| September | 7 | MS Student Orientation |
| September | 7 | Grade 11 Orientation/Retreat Day |
| September | 7 | EC and LS Opening (Early Dismissal EC and LS) |
| September | 7-8 | Grade 9 Trip with Grade 12 Peer Leaders |
| September | 8 | MS Opening Day |
| September | 8 | Early Dismissal EC |
| September | 11 | HS Opening Day |
| September | 25 | Yom Kippur (School Closed) |
| October | 9 | Fall Weekend (School Closed) |
| October | 10 | Faculty Professional Day (No Classes) |
| October | 13 | GCS Spirit Day |
| November | 7 | EC/LS/MS Visiting Day (Early Dismissal); HS Noon Dismissal; Election Day |
| November | 10 | JK–12 Conference Day (No Classes) |
| November | 21 | Thanksgiving Break Begins (at End of School Day) |
| November | 22-24 | Thanksgiving Vacation |
| November | 27 | School Reopens |
| December | 22 | Winter Break Begins (Early Dismissal) |
| January | 8 | School Reopens |
| January | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (School Closed) |
| January | 16 | Faculty Professional Development Day (No Classes) |
| February | 13 | EC & LS Conference Day (No Classes for JK-Grade 4) |
| February | 19-20 | Presidents' Day Weekend (School Closed) |
| March | 15 | Spring Break Begins (at End of School Day) |
| April | 1 | School Reopens |
| April | 19 | Middle School Conference Day (No Classes for Grades 5-8) |
| April | 26 | Grades 9-11 Conference Day (No Class for Grades 9-12) |
| 五月 | 15 | EC & LS Conference Day (No Classes for JK-Grade 4) |
| 五月 | 20 | Senior Retreat |
| 五月 | 22 | Senior Dinner |
| 五月 | 24 | Commencement (No Classes for JK-11) |
| 五月 | 27 | Memorial Day (School Closed) |
| 五月 | 30 | 毕业舞会 |
| June | 11 | Grades 9-11 Closing |
| June | 11 | JK-4 Closing; Grades 5-7 Closing |
| June | 12 | Grade 8 Closing |
| June | 13-18; 20-21 | June School & Summer Book Club |
| June | 19 | Juneteenth (School Closed, Including June School) |
Individual dates are subject to change. Should we make adjustments to the calendar, we will endeavor to communicate with as much advance notice as possible.
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Grace Church School is a co-educational independent school in downtown Manhattan, New York City providing instruction for nearly 800 students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12.
