Thayer Academy Calendars
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2020-21 |
2021-22 (tentative) | |
| Orientation for Grade 9 (Wed 1:30 p.m.; return Fri 10 a.m.) * | 8/25 - 8/27 | |
| Orientation for Grades 5 & 6, and New Student Orientation (all NEW students Grades 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) | 8/26 (Th) | |
| Orientation for Grades 10, 11, and 12 | 9/7 (Tu) | |
| Orientation for NEW students Grades 10 and 11 | 8/26 (W) | |
| Orientation for NEW students Grades 5 and 7; Grade 10 Reorientation | 9/2 (W) | |
| Orientation for NEW students Grades 6 and 8; Grade 11 Reorientation; Orientation for NEW MS Parents (online) | 9/3 (Th) | |
| Orientation for Grade 9; Grade 12 Reorientation | 9/8 (Tu) | |
| First Day of Classes | 9/9 (W) | 9/8 (W) |
| No School: Yom Kippur (2020); Rosh Hashanah (2021) | 9/28 (M) | 9/16 (Th) |
| No School: Columbus Day | 10/12 (M) | 10/11(M) |
| No School: Veterans Day (Observed) | 11/11 (W) | 11/11 (Th) |
| No School: Thanksgiving Recess | 11/25-27 | 11/24-26 |
| Last day before Winter Recess | 12/18 (F) | 12/17 (F) |
| Classes Resume | 1/4 (M) | 1/3 (M) |
| No School: M. L. King Jr. Day | 1/18 (M) | 1/17 (M) |
| No School: Presidents Day | 2/15 (M) | 2/21 (M) |
| No School: Faculty Work Day | 2/16 (Tu) | 2/22 (Tu) |
| Last day before Spring Recess | 3/12 (F) | 3/11 (F) |
| Classes Resume | 3/29 (M) | 3/28 (M) |
| No School: Patriots’ Day | 4/19 (M) | 4/18 (M) |
| No School: Memorial Day | 5/31 (M) | 5/30 (M) |
| Last day of classes for Upper School (followed by exam week) | 6/3 (Th) | 5/27 (F) |
| Last day of classes for Middle School | 6/4 (F) | 6/3 (F) |
| Recognition Day (for Middle School) | 6/10 (Th) | 6/9 (Th) |
| Last Chapel (for Upper School) | 6/11 (F) | 6/10 (F) |
| Commencement | 6/12 (Sa) | 6/11 (Sa) |
Typically, sports teams begin practicing the day after Labor Day; with the exception of varsity football which sometimes practices over the Labor Day weekend.
Some varsity athletic teams have trips during the second week of March vacation.
* Upper School Overnight Orientation for all ninth graders – “Camp Bournedale” – begins on the Wednesday before Labor Day and ends two days later (Friday).