Lakeside School

Please note that the dates on this calendar are tentative and are subject to change. Find the full calendar at lakesideschool.org/calendar.

August 2026

3-7: Bridges

19: Upper School football starts

24: Upper School fall sports start

24: Middle School soccer starts

24-26: New faculty retreat, orientation, and training

27-28: Opening meetings for all employees

31: Faculty workday

September

1: Divisional meetings/Middle and Upper School student orientation

2: Middle and Upper School first day of school; convocation

4: Middle School grade-level retreats

7: Labor Day; Lakeside closed

17: Middle School Back-to-School Night

17-18: 12th-grade retreat

22: Middle School Picture Day

24: Upper School Back-to-School Night

25: Upper School Picture Day

28-29: 9th-grade retreat

October

1: Retake Picture Day 

9: Professional development day (NWAIS); no classes

11-16: 8th-grade GSL trips

TBD: PSATs for 10th and 11th graders

30: Fall semester midpoint

November

2: Faculty workday; no classes

11: Veterans Day; Lakeside closed

23-27: Thanksgiving break; Lakeside closed

December

TBD: Admissions all-school open house

21-Jan. 1: Winter break; Lakeside closed

January 2027

4: Classes resume

18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Lakeside closed

22: Fall semester ends

25: Faculty workday; no classes

February

6: ROAR dinner and fundraiser

15-19: Midwinter break; Lakeside closed

March

TBD: 5th-grade outdoor trips

8: Professional development day; no classes

26: Spring semester midpoint

29: Faculty workday; no classes

April

8: Upper School Grand Day

12-16: Spring break; Lakeside closed

30: Professional development day; no classes

May

TBD: 6th-grade outdoor trips

TBD: 7th-grade outdoor trips

24: May Day carnival

30: Senior prom

31: Memorial Day; Lakeside closed

TBD: Upper School final exams

June

4: Last day of school for Upper and Middle School

4: Reunions

7: Middle School graduation, 4:30 p.m.

7: Baccalaureate, 7 p.m. 

8: Commencement, 2 p.m. 

9: Faculty workday

10: Closing faculty meetings

18: Juneteenth observed; Lakeside closed

16-18: Upper School Global Service Learning pre-trip curriculum

19-20: Upper School Global Service Learning trips begin

21: Summer at Lakeside program begins

July

5: Independence Day observed; Lakeside closed

6: LEEP program begins