Fall 2025

• Staff Kickoff Week: Sept. 15-20, 2025 (staff only!)

• Fall 2025 Enrollment Closes: Sept. 19, 2025

• Student Orientation (First-Year, Second-Year Students): Sept. 22-27, 2025

• Academy Fall Kickoff Week: Sept. 29 - Oct. 4, 2025 (students and staff!)

• First Day of Fall Classes (7-Month Program): Oct. 6, 2025

• CLOSED: Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24-29, 2025

• Last Day of Fall Classes: Dec. 20, 2025

Winter 2026

• Winter Break (No Classes): Dec. 22 - Jan. 3, 2026

• First Day of Winter Classes: Jan. 5, 2026

• CLOSED: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Jan. 19, 2026

• Martin Luther King, Jr. makeup day: Jan. 26, 2026

• Fall 2026 Registration Begins: March 1, 2026

• Last Day of Winter Classes: March 19, 2026

• Summer Placement Registration Begins (First-Year, Second-Year Students): March 23, 2026

• Summer Placement Registration Ends (First-Year, Second-Year Students): March 27, 2026

Spring 2026

• First Day of Spring Classes: March 23, 2026

• Summer Placement Prep Begins (First-Year, Second-Year Students): May 4, 2026

• Summer Placement Prep Ends (First-Year, Second-Year Students): May 23, 2026

• Last Day of Class (7-Month Program): May 30, 2026

Summer 2026

• First 2-Week Summer Session Begins: June 1, 2026

• Summer Placement Season Begins (First-Year, Second-Year Students): June 9, 2026

• First 2-Week Summer Session Ends: June 13, 2026

• Second 2-Week Summer Session Begins: June 15, 2026

• CLOSED: Juneteenth: June 19, 2026

• Second 2-Week Summer Session Ends: June 27, 2026

• CLOSED: Independence Day observed: July 3, 2026

• CLOSED: Independence Day: July 4, 2026

• Youth Design Summit (YDS) Session Begins: July 7, 2026

• Youth Design Summit (YDS) Session Ends: August 7, 2026

• Summer Placement Season Ends: August 15, 2026