Calendar
2025-2026 CARE Elementary School Year
Please check the school calendar for holiday schedules and closures.
Parents are encouraged to find all communications, current events and to correspond with teachers on PARENT SQUARE.
Hours of Operation:
School Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Aftercare Hours Monday – Friday 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
(CARE’s calendar is not the same as MDCPS regarding teacher planning days.)
| August 4 – 12 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| August 13 | CARE First day of School |
| August 25 – 29 | DIBELS Beginning of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| September 1 | Labor Day; holiday for students and employees |
| September 22 | Teacher Planning day: no students in school |
| September 24 | 1st Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| September 25 | CARE Open House |
| October 16 | End of first quarter |
| October 17 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| October 20 | Begin second grading period; first semester |
| October 22 | Parent Teacher conferences with 1st Quarter Report Card |
| November 3 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| November 11 | Observance of Veteran’s Day; holiday for students and staff |
| November 17-21 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week |
| November 24-28 | Fall Recess |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving Day; holiday for students and staff |
| December 10 | 2nd Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| December 16 | CARE Christmas pageant |
| December 18 | Be The Light Drive-Thru |
| December 19 – Jan 2 | Winter recess for students and employees |
| January 15 | End first semester and second grading period |
| January 16 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| January 19 | Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; holiday for students and staff |
| January 20 | Begin third grading period; second semester |
| January 20 – 23 | DIBELS Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| January 21 | 2nd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
| January 26 – Jan 30 | Curriculum Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| February 6-13 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week (Black History focus) |
| February 16 | Teacher Planning Day; All President’s Day; no students in school |
| February 18 | 3rd Quarter Progress report sent home |
| February 26 | CARE Black Heritage Program |
| March 23 – 27 | Spring recess for students and employees |
| April 2 | End third grading period; second semester |
| April 3 | Good Friday; holiday for students and staff |
| April 6 | Begin fourth grading period; second semester |
| April 6 | Teacher Planning Day, no students in school |
| April 8 | Parent Teacher Conferences |
| April 8 | 3rd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
| April 29 | 4th Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| May 4 – 8 | Teacher Appreciation Week |
| May 11 – 15 | Terranova Standardized Testing |
| May 18 – 22 | DIBELS End of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| May 25 | Observance of Memorial Day; holiday for students and employees |
| June 4 | Last Day of School; end fourth grading period; second semester |
| June 5 | 4th Quarter Report Cards mailed home |
| June 5 – 10 | Teacher planning days; no students in school |