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What is Lunar New Year and do NYC schools close?

Take a look at when students return to the classrooms for the 2023-2024 academic year,

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Next week marks the Lunar New Year and parents are already flocking to Google with a simple question: Are NYC schools open?

They will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in observance of the holiday and reopen on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Lunar New Year celebrates the beginning of spring and the new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is a major holiday in China and is also celebrated in other countries, including Vietnam and South Korea.

See the full schedule for 2024-25 below:

DateWeekdayEvent
September 5ThursdayFirst day of school
September 12ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers
September 19ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools
September 26ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
October 3–4Thursday–FridayRosh Hashanah, schools closed
October 14MondayItalian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples' Day, schools closed
November 1FridayDiwali, schools closed
November 5TuesdayElection Day, students do not attend school
November 7ThursdayAfternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
November 11MondayVeterans Day, schools closed
November 14ThursdayAfternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
November 21ThursdayAfternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
November 22FridayAfternoon Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
November 28–29Thursday–FridayThanksgiving Recess, schools closed
December 24–January 1Tuesday–WednesdayWinter Recess, schools closed
January 20MondayRev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools closed
January 21–24Tues-FridayRegents Administration
January 27MondayProfessional Development Day
January 28TuesdayFirst day of Spring Semester
January 29WednesdayLunar New Year, schools closed
February 17–21Monday–FridayMidwinter Recess, schools closed
March 6ThursdayAfternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
March 13ThursdayAfternoon and Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools, students in these schools dismissed three hours early
March 20ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
March 21FridayAfternoon Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools; students in these schools dismissed three hours early
March 31MondayEid al-Fitr, schools closed
April 14–18Monday–FridaySpring Recess, schools closed
May 1ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers
May 8ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools
May 15ThursdayEvening Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
May 16FridayAfternoon Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools, K–12, and 6–12 schools
May 26MondayMemorial Day, schools closed
June 5ThursdayEid al-Adha / Anniversary Day; schools closed
June 6FridayClerical Day; no classes for students attending 3-K, Pre-K, elementary schools, middle schools, K–12 schools, and standalone D75 programs
June 10TuesdayThe first administration of the new Regents Examinations in Life Science: Biology, and Earth and Space Sciences
June 11WednesdayThe first administration of the new Regents Examination in Geometry
June 17- 26Tuesday-ThursdayRegents Administration
June 19ThursdayJuneteenth, schools closed
June 26ThursdayLast day of school for students

The calendar is available in multiple languages here.

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