Brooklyn Friends School Major Dates Calendar
This calendar reflects all school major dates only.
Current BFS families and colleagues can log in to myBFS to view the complete school calendar, which includes Learning Community–specific closures as well as all-school and Learning Community events.
| Month | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 4 | Middle School Conferences (No School for MS) | |
| 5 | Middle School Conferences (No School for MS) | Half Day for Early Childhood & Lower School for Report Writing | |
| 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 (Buildings Closed) |
| 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 |
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| 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 |