2012-13 Calendar For Wicomico County Public Schools Approved

The Wicomico County Board of Education at its March meeting approved the calendar for the 2012-2013 school year, after gathering input and making minor changes to the version approved on 1st reading in February.

The approved calendar is posted at www.wcboe.org in the home page Spotlight.

The 2012-13 school year will begin Monday, Aug. 27 and end June 6, 2013. Students will be off Nov. 21-23 for the Thanksgiving break, Dec. 24-Jan. 1 for the winter holidays (schools close at the regular time Friday, Dec. 21 and reopen Jan. 2), and March 28-April 2 for the spring holidays. (In response to input, the spring holidays were shifted by one day to have three days of instruction each week, instead of two days one week and four days the next.) June 4, 5 and 6 will be half-days.

Schools will also be closed Sept. 3 (Labor Day), Oct. 19 (Maryland State Education Association Convention), Nov. 6 (General Election), Jan. 21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday), Feb. 18 (Presidents’ Day) and May 27 (Memorial Day). Schools will be closed for students (but open for teachers) for professional days on Sept. 28, Nov. 5 (changed from Nov. 2 after input), and Jan. 22 and 23.

The 2013 commencement dates are as follows: May 21, Evening High School; May 28, James M. Bennett High; May 29, Parkside High; May 30, Mardela High; and May 31, Wicomico High.