Guilford County Schools Calendar 2026-27: Winter Break, Spring Break and Last Day

Guilford County Schools (GCS) in North Carolina has no school for students Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027, and Spring Break is March 22-26, 2027, by the district’s Traditional Academic Calendar 2026-2027. The last day of school is Thursday, June 10, 2027. This story covers the traditional calendar; the district’s Early and Middle College schools follow separate calendars and differ.

The calendar PDF’s footer reads “Revised by the Board of Education 8/11/2026” and it does not say what that revision changed. The next day with no school for students is Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.

Guilford County school breaks in 2026-27

Weekdays off are our count from the district’s dates. The January teacher workday is included because the district’s handbook marks teacher workdays as “no school for students.”

Break	No school for students	Weekdays off	Next school day on the calendar
Thanksgiving Break for Students	Wed., Nov. 25 to Fri., Nov. 27, 2026	3	Mon., Nov. 30, 2026
Winter Break for Students	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027, plus Mon., Jan. 4	11	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring Break	Mon., March 22 to Fri., March 26, 2027	5	Tue., March 30, 2027

Next school days are inferred from the calendar, which shows no closure on those dates. Monday, April 5 is a mandatory teacher workday, so students are out that day as well.

Every Guilford County day off for students

Date	Weekday	What the district lists
Aug. 24, 2026	Monday	First Day of School (teacher preplanning days are Aug. 17-21)
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 21, 2026	Monday	Optional Teacher Workday (Yom Kippur)
Oct. 30, 2026	Friday	Optional Teacher Workday
Nov. 3, 2026	Tuesday	Optional Teacher Workday (Election Day)
Nov. 11, 2026	Wednesday	Veterans Day Holiday
Nov. 25-27, 2026	Wednesday-Friday	Thanksgiving Break for Students (the grid marks Nov. 25 “Teacher Workday”)
Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027	Monday-Friday	Winter Break for Students
Jan. 4, 2027	Monday	Optional Teacher Workday
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Jan. 25, 2027	Monday	Mandatory Teacher Workday
Feb. 15, 2027	Monday	Mandatory Teacher Workday
March 22-26, 2027	Monday-Friday	Spring Break
April 5, 2027	Monday	Mandatory Teacher Workday
May 31, 2027	Monday	Memorial Day Holiday
June 10, 2027	Thursday	Last Day of School and End of Quarter 4/Semester 2
June 11, 2027	Friday	Teacher Postplanning Day

The district’s Key Changes and Highlights page uses ”* = no school for students” and lists “Wednesday, November 25 – Friday, November 27, 2026*” as one example. Plan the first break on the December 2026 calendar.

Guilford County Schools winter break 2026

Winter Break for Students runs Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027. Jan. 4 is a teacher workday with no school for students, and the calendar’s next school day is Tuesday, Jan. 5. The calendar does not print a return date, so check with your school for the first day back.

Guilford County Schools spring break 2027

Spring Break is Monday-Friday, March 22-26, 2027. Friday, March 26 is Good Friday by our count, and Monday, April 5, the day after Easter by our count, is a mandatory teacher workday with no school for students. For other North Carolina districts, see the Wake County calendar story, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg calendar story and the spring break 2027 roundup.

The district’s Board of Education post of Jan. 13, 2026 adds that the Early and Middle College schools at Greensboro College, Guilford College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Greensboro share a spring break the week of March 8-12, 2027. Those schools follow separate non-traditional calendars (Extended Year, Early and Middle Colleges and Academies), so check their own calendars.

Do Guilford County schools list early release or make-up days?

The traditional calendar lists no early release days and no inclement-weather make-up days. The same January 2026 post says the district’s revision moves the end of the first quarter grading period to Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, and sets the fall optional teacher workday for Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.

When does the 2027-28 Guilford County school year start?

The district has also posted a 2027-2028 traditional calendar, last revised 1/13/2026. Students start Monday, Aug. 23, 2027, and the last day is Thursday, June 8, 2028.

When does the Guilford County school year start and end in 2026-27?

Students started Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, and finish Thursday, June 10, 2027. The free printable puts the district’s dates on one page, and our printable school-year calendar page has more layouts.