Calendar
2026-2027 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 3 – 11 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| August 12 | CARE First day of School |
| August 24 – 28 | DIBELS Beginning of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| September 7 | Labor Day; holiday for students and employees |
| September 17 | CARE Open House |
| October 15 | End of first quarter |
| October 16 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| October 19 | Begin second grading period; first semester |
| October 21 | Parent Teacher Conferences with 1st Quarter Report Card |
| October 26 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| November 11 | Observance of Veteran’s Day; holiday for students and staff |
| November 16 – 20 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week |
| November 23 – 27 | Fall Recess |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving Day; holiday for students and staff |
| December 10 | 2nd Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| December 15 | CARE Christmas pageant |
| December 16 | Be The Light Drive-Thru |
| December 18 – Jan 1 | Winter recess for students and employees |
| January 14 | End of first semester and second grading period |
| January 15 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| January 18 | Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; holiday for students and staff |
| January 19 | Begin third grading period; second semester |
| January 19 – 22 | DIBELS Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| January 20 | 2nd Quarter Report Cards sent home |
| January 25 – 29 | Curriculum Mid-Year Benchmark Assessments |
| February 3 – 12 | LOL: Love of Literacy Week (Black History focus) |
| February 15 | Observance of President’s Day; holiday for students and employees |
| February 17 | 3rd Quarter Progress Report sent home |
| February 25 | CARE Black Heritage Program |
| March 19 | End third grading period; second semester |
| March 22 – March 26 | Spring recess for students and employees |
| March 29 | Teacher planning day, no students in school |
| March 30 | Begin fourth grading period; second semester |
| April 30 | Teacher planning day, no students in school |
| April 7 | Parent Teacher Conferences with 3rd Quarter Report Card |
| April 28 | 4th Quarter Progress Reports sent home |
| April 30 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| May 3 – 7 | Teacher Appreciation Week |
| May 10 – 14 | Terranova Standardized Testing |
| May 17 – 21 | DIBELS End of Year Benchmark Assessments |
| May 28 | Teacher planning day; no students in school |
| May 31 | Observance of Memorial Day; holiday for students and employees |
| June 3 | Last Day of School; end fourth grading period; second semester |
| June 4 – 9 | Teacher planning days; no students in school |
| June 9 | 4th Quarter Report Cards mailed home |