Key Dates

JULY

• 4  School Offices Closed (BC) – Independence Day
   

AUGUST

• 1  Deadline for Health Forms Submission in Magnus
   

SEPTEMBER

• 1  School Offices Closed (BC) | US Athletics May Continue
• 4  School Offices Closed (BC) | Labor Day | US Athletics May Continue
• 5  New Student Orientation | Grade 6, Forms I-V (BR)
• 5  New Student / New Parent Orientation | Grades K–5 (SH)
• 6   First Day of School (BC)
• 8   Convocation (BR)
• 15  No School Activities after 3:45 p.m. (BC) | Rosh Hashanah Begins
• 24  No School Activities after 3:45 p.m. (BC) | Yom Kippur Begins
• 25  School Closed (BC) | No School Activities | Yom Kippur Ends
   

OCTOBER

• 9    No Classes (BC) | Employee In-Service Day | Fall Break | US Athletics May Continue
• 20  No Classes (SH) | Lower School Parent Conferences
   

NOVEMBER

• 12  (Sunday) No School Activities (BC) | Diwali
• 22–26  School Closed (BC) | Thanksgiving Break 
• 27  (Monday) No Classes (BC) | Faculty Professional Day (K-12)
• 28  Classes Resume (BC)
   

DECEMBER

• 8    No Classes (SH) | Lower School Faculty Collaboration Day
• 8    No Classes (Middle School) | Middle School Student-Led Conference Day
• 22  Lower School Early Dismissal — 11:00 a.m. (SH) 
• 22  Winter Break Begins After Athletics (BC) | US Athletics May Continue During Break
• 22–January 7 School Closed (BC) | Winter Break
• 24  No School Activities (BC) | Christmas Eve
• 25  No School Activities (BC) | Christmas
   

JANUARy 2024

• 8  Classes Resume (BC)
• 15  School Closed (BC) | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | US Athletics May Continue
   

FEBRUARY

• 10  (Saturday) No School Activities (BC) | Lunar New Year
• 16  No Classes (BC) | Employee In-Service Day | US Athletics May Continue
• 19  School Closed (BC) | Presidents’ Day | US Athletics May Continue
   

MARCH

• 1  No Classes (SH) | Lower School Faculty Collaboration Day
• 8  No Classes (SH) | Lower School Parent Conferences
• 8  Spring Break Begins After Athletics (BC) | US Athletics May Continue During Break
• 9–24  School Closed (BC) | Spring Break
• 25  Classes Resume (BC)
• 28  No Classes (Middle School) | Middle School Student-Led Conference Day
• 29  School Closed (BC) | No School Activities | Good Friday
• 31  No School Activities (BC) | Easter
   

APRIL

• 10  School Closed (BC) | No School Activities | Eid al-Fitr
• 19  No Classes (BC) | Employee In-Service Day | US Athletics May Continue
   

MAY

• 27  School Closed (BC) | Memorial Day | US Athletics May Continue
   

JUNE

• 7  Grade 5 Moving Up Day — 9:00 a.m. (SH) 
• 7  Lower School Early Dismissal — 11:00 a.m. (SH) 
• 9  Class of 2024 Commencement — 10:00 a.m. (BR)
• 9  Class of 2024 Commencement — 4:00 p.m. (BR) (Rain Date Alternative #1)
• 10  Class of 2024 Commencement — 5:00 p.m. (BR) (Rain Date Alternative #2)
• 10–13  Employee In-Service Days (BC)
• 19  School Closed (BC) | No School Activities | Juneteenth
  
  
  (SH) = Short Hills Campus – Lower School (K-5)
  (BR) = Basking Ridge Campus – Middle School (6-8) and Upper School (9-12)
  (BC) = Both Campuses
  (US) = Upper School