The 2022–2023 ECFS Short Calendar
| Monday 8/22 | Fall sports begin |
| Monday 8/22 – Friday 8/26 | New faculty/staff orientation |
| Monday 8/29 – Wednesday 8/31 | Progressive Teaching Institute |
| Monday 9/5 | Labor Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 9/6 | Faculty/Staff opening of school meeting |
| Wednesday 9/7 | Form III orientation; 6th Grade orientation |
| Thursday 9/8 | First day of school; Upper School orientation |
| Monday 9/26 – Tuesday 9/27 | Rosh Hashanah; School closed |
| Wednesday 10/5 | Yom Kippur; School closed |
| Monday 10/10 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 10/11 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Monday 10/24 | Diwali; School closed |
| Monday 11/21 – Tuesday 11/22 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Wednesday 11/23 – Sunday 11/27 | Fall Recess |
| Monday 12/19 – Monday 1/2 | Winter Recess; Classes will resume on Tuesday 1/3 |
| Monday 1/16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed |
| Sunday 1/22 | Lunar New Year |
| Monday 2/20 | Presidents Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 2/21 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Monday 3/20 – Sunday 4/2 | Spring Recess |
| Thursday 4/6 – Friday 4/7 | Passover; Good Friday; School closed |
| Friday 4/21 | Eid al-Fitr; School closed |
| Friday 5/5 | Founder’s Day; No classes for Ethical Culture; full day Fieldston Lower; 12:00pm dismissal for Upper School; 12:30pm dismissal for Middle School |
| Thursday 5/25 | Upper School Commencement; no classes for Middle/Upper School |
| Monday 5/29 | Memorial Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 6/13 | Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm |
| Wednesday 6/14 | Fieldston Lower Graduation, 10:00am; Ethical Culture Graduation, 4:00pm |
| Monday 6/19 | Juneteenth |
NEW: The 2023–2024 ECFS Short Calendar
| Monday 8/21 | Fall sports begin |
| Wednesday 8/23 – Friday 8/25 | New faculty/staff orientation |
| Monday 8/28 – Wednesday 8/30 | Progressive Teaching Institute |
| Monday 9/4 | Labor Day; ECFS closed |
| Tuesday 9/5 | Faculty/Staff opening of school meeting |
| Wednesday 9/6 | Form III overnight trip leaves Fieldston; 6th Grade orientation |
| Thursday 9/7 | First day of school; Upper School orientation; Form III overnight trip returns to Fieldston |
| Saturday 9/16 – Sunday 9/17 | Rosh Hashanah |
| Monday 9/25 | Yom Kippur; School closed |
| Monday 10/9 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 10/10 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Wednesday 11/8 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Sunday 11/12 | Diwali |
| Wednesday 11/22 – Sunday 11/26 | Fall Recess; Classes will resume on Monday 11/27 |
| Friday 12/22 – Sunday 1/7 | Winter Recess; Classes will resume on Monday 1/8 |
| Monday 1/15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed |
| Saturday 2/10 | Lunar New Year |
| Monday 2/19 | Presidents’ Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 2/20 | Faculty/Staff professional development day; no classes |
| Monday 3/18 – Sunday 3/31 | Spring Recess; classes will resume on Monday 4/1 |
| Friday 3/29 | Good Friday; ECFS closed |
| Wednesday 4/10 | Eid al-Fitr; School closed; date subject to change |
| Tuesday 4/23 – Wednesday 4/24 | Passover; School closed |
| Friday 5/3 | Founder’s Day; no classes for Ethical Culture; full day Fieldston Lower; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle and Upper School |
| Monday 5/27 | Memorial Day; School closed |
| Thursday 5/30 | Upper School Commencement 4:00pm; No classes for Upper School; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School |
| Tuesday 6/11 | Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm |
| Wednesday 6/12 | Fieldston Lower Graduation, 10:00am; Ethical Culture Graduation, 3:00pm |
| Wednesday 6/19 | Juneteenth; ECFS closed |
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