ECFS Divisional Calendars
Click your divisional link below to view the calendar, and subscribe in your calendar app to get the latest updates. Each calendar includes both division-specific and all school events.
The 2024–2025 ECFS Short Calendar
Tuesday 6/10 Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm Wednesday 6/11 Ethical Culture Graduation, 10:00am; Fieldston Lower Graduation, 2:00pm Thursday 6/19 Juneteenth; School closed
The 2025–2026 ECFS Short Calendar
Monday 8/18 Fall sports begin Monday 8/25–Friday 8/29 New faculty/staff orientation Monday 9/1 Labor Day; School closed Tuesday 9/2–Wednesday 9/3 Faculty/staff opening of school meetings Thursday 9/4 First day of school Tuesday 9/23–Wednesday 9/24 Rosh Hashanah; School closed Thursday 10/2 Yom Kippur; School closed Monday 10/13 Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed Tuesday 10/14 Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students Monday 10/20 Diwali; School closed Wednesday 11/26–Sunday 11/30 Fall Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 12/1 Monday 12/22–Sunday 1/4 Winter Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 1/5 Monday 1/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed Monday 2/9 Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students Monday 2/16 Presidents Day; School closed Tuesday 2/17 Lunar New Year; School closed Friday 3/20 Eid al-Fitr; School closed; date subject to change based on the lunar calendar Monday 3/23–Sunday 4/5 Spring Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 4/6 (Passover and Good Friday fall within these dates) Friday 5/1 Founder’s Day; full day for Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower; 12:30pm dismissal for Middle and Upper School Monday 5/25 Memorial Day; School closed Friday 5/29 Upper School Commencement 4:00pm; No classes for Upper School students; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School students Tuesday 6/9 Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm Wednesday 6/10 Fieldston Lower Graduation, 10:00am; Ethical Culture Graduation, 2:00pm Friday 6/19 Juneteenth; School closed
