SAUSD Calendar 2026-27: Winter Break Dec. 21-Jan. 1, Spring April 5-9

Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) in California has winter break from Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 through Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, and spring recess from Monday, April 5 through Friday, April 9, 2027, according to its “2026-2027 Academic School Calendar,” printed “Board Approved: January 23, 2024.” The calendar splits student free days by school level, so each day below shows who is off, with a count of weekdays when every student is out.

SAUSD no-school days in 2026-27

The PDF’s legend separates elementary school (ES), intermediate school (IS), high school (HS) and Educational Options (OP). Transitional kindergarten (TK) goes with the elementary grades in the TK-12 label. The table adds weekdays and who is off. The calendar prints only “Holiday” in the holiday cells, so the names here are the holidays those dates fall on, except Veterans Day, which the district’s events page names.

Dates	Who is off	What the calendar marks
Mon., Sept. 7, 2026	All students	“Holiday” (Labor Day)
Mon., Oct. 5, 2026	IS only	“Duty Day/Student Free Day,” parent conferences
Fri., Oct. 9, 2026	OP only	“Duty Day/Student Free Day”
Fri., Oct. 30, 2026	TK-12 except OP	“Duty Day/Student Free Day”
Wed., Nov. 11, 2026	All students	“Holiday” (Veterans Day)
Mon., Nov. 16, 2026	ES only	“Student Free Day” for elementary school
Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27, 2026	All students	“Thanksgiving Recess,” then “Holiday” Nov. 26-27
Fri., Dec. 18, 2026	HS and OP	“Duty Day/Student Free Day”
Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027	All students	“Winter Break,” with “Holiday” on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 18, 2027	All students	“Holiday” (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Fri., Feb. 12, 2027	All students	“Holiday” (Lincoln’s Birthday)
Mon., Feb. 15, 2027	All students	“Holiday” (Presidents Day)
Fri., Feb. 19, 2027	TK-12 except OP	“Duty Day/Student Free Day”; modified day for OP
Fri., March 5, 2027	OP only	“Duty Day/Student Free Day”
Mon.-Fri., April 5-9, 2027	All students	“Spring Recess”

Counting weekdays from Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 to Wednesday, May 26, 2027, rows marked “All students” add up to 25: 1 (Sept. 7), 1 (Nov. 11), 5 (Thanksgiving), 10 (winter break), 1 (Jan. 18), 2 (Feb. 12 and 15) and 5 (spring recess). Oct. 30 and Feb. 19 add two more days off for every level except OP. Other days off apply to one level. Friday, Aug. 7 and Thursday, May 27 are also student free days, but they fall before the first day and after the last.

When is SAUSD winter break 2026?

The calendar lists “Non-Instruction - Winter Break” from Monday, Dec. 21 through Thursday, Dec. 31, with “Holiday” on Friday, Dec. 25 and Friday, Jan. 1, 2027. That is 10 weekdays. “First Day of Spring Instruction” is Monday, Jan. 4, 2027. Semesters end before the break: Thursday, Dec. 17 for high school and Friday, Dec. 18 for intermediate school, and Dec. 18 is a student free day for HS and OP. Mark the weeks on the December 2026 calendar.

When is SAUSD spring break 2027?

“Non-Instruction - Spring Recess” runs Monday, April 5 through Friday, April 9, 2027, five weekdays. Put it on the April 2027 calendar. The calendar does not mark Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, so it is not counted as a day off.

When is Thanksgiving week off for SAUSD students?

The district’s events page lists “Thanksgiving Recess” on Monday, Nov. 23, 2026 and “Thanksgiving Holiday” on Nov. 26-27. The calendar PDF marks Nov. 23-25 as “Non-Instruction - Thanksgiving Recess,” so the whole week of Nov. 23-27 is off. Before that, Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, and elementary students have a student free day on Monday, Nov. 16.

First and last day: student dates and staff dates

Date	Who	Calendar wording
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026	Staff	“First Day of Service”
Mon., Aug. 10, 2026	Students	“First Day of Instruction”
Wed., May 26, 2027	Students (IS and HS)	“Last Day of Instruction/End of Semester”
Fri., May 28, 2027	Staff	“Last Day of Service”

The calendar says “Students attend school 180 days” and lists teacher duty days as “187 (5 Student Free Duty Days + 2 PD Days).” The modified days before the last day are May 24 for IS, HS and OP and May 25-26 for TK-12. Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, is after the year ends. Compare nearby districts: Garden Grove Unified, Capistrano Unified and Los Angeles Unified.

Print the SAUSD calendar

The free printable school-year calendar shows the first and last day of instruction, the breaks, the holidays and the two TK-12 student free days on one page, with room for conferences and back-to-school night. Level-specific days are not drawn, so check the table above for your school. Districts can change dates; confirm on the district’s School Calendars page before you book. Use the printable school-year calendar for your own planning.