School Calendar
August 12 Meet Your Teacher – 9:00–10:00 AM
August 15 District-wide In-service (NO CLASSES)
August 16 First day of Classes – 1st –5th Grades
August 16-17 Kindergarten Home Visits
August 18 First day of classes for Kindergarten
September 5 Labor Day (NO CLASSES)
September 13 Open House
September 16 School Pictures
October 7 Fall Break (NO CLASSES)
October 14 Fall Festival
November 8 End of First Trimester
November 11 Veterans’ Day (NO CLASSES)
November 22-23 Parent/Teacher Conferences (NO CLASSES)
November 23-25 Thanksgiving Break (NO CLASSES)
December 19-30 Winter Break (NO CLASSES)
January 3 District-wide In-service (NO CLASSES)
January 4 Students Return to Class
January 16 Martin Luther King Day (NO CLASSES)
February 20 President’s Day (NO CLASSES)
February 23 End of Second Trimester
February 24 Class/Group Pictures
March 8-9 Parent/Teacher Conferences (NO CLASSES)
March 12-16 Spring Break (NO CLASSES)
March 20-April 12 NMSBA Testing – Grades 3-5
April 6 Vernal Holiday (NO CLASSES)
May 25 Last day of classes
May 30 Memorial Day (NO CLASSES)
May 29, 30, & 31 Make-up for snow days is necessary
New Mexico students are required to have 180 days of instruction each school year. This equates to 990 hours of instruction for grades K-5 (excluding 30 minutes for lunch but including 30 minutes for recess each day). The hours of instructional time each school offers in its schedule and calendar are reviewed each year by the Public Education Department of the State of New Mexico. Mitchell consistently meets these requirements.