Calendar
This calendar reflects all-school major dates only.
Current BFS families and BFS colleagues may log in to myBFS to view the full calendar, including specific Learning Community closures, all-school, and Learning Community specific events.
2025-2026 Academic Year Overview
| August | 18 | Fall Pre-Season Begins (Middle and Upper School Student-Athletes) |
| 18 | Orientation begins for New Colleagues | |
| 25 | Opening Days begin for Colleagues | |
| September | 1 | Labor Day (Buildings Closed) |
| 3 | First Day of School for K–12 Half-day for Grades K and 1 Phase-in begins for Early Childhood (2s – 4s) | |
| 23–24 | Rosh Hashanah (Buildings Closed) | |
| October | 2 | Yom Kippur (Buildings Closed) |
| 13 | Indigenous Peoples Day (Buildings Closed) | |
| 14 | Professional Day for Colleagues (No Classes) | |
| 20 | Diwali (Buildings Closed) | |
| November | 26 - 28 | Fall Break (Buildings Closed) |
| December | 1 | Professional Day for Colleagues (No Classes) |
| 19 | Winter Break starts (Half-day of classes for students) | |
| January | 5 | Classes Resume |
| 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Buildings Closed) | |
| 20 | Professional Day for Colleagues (No Classes) | |
| February | 16 | Presidents’ Day Weekend (Buildings Closed) |
| 17 | Lunar New Year (Buildings Closed) | |
| March | 20 | Eid (estimated date; to be confirmed in Winter/Spring 2026)* |
| 23 | Spring Break Begins | |
| April | 6 | Classes Resume |
| May | 25 | Memorial Day (Buildings Closed) |
| June | 7 | Baccalaureate for the Class of 2026 |
| 10 | Last day of Classes (all Learning Communities) Lower School and Middle School Moving Up Ceremonies | |
| 11 | Commencement for the Class of 2026 (All Colleagues attend) | |
| 13-18 | Closing Days for Colleagues | |
| 19 | Juneteenth (Buildings Closed) | |
| 22 | Start of Camp Brooklyn |