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Upcoming school holidays and breaks for Joliet-area districts, with easy ideas for every day off.

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Upcoming days off · Joliet Public Schools District 86

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Nov 23–27
Thanksgiving breakIn 12 days

Thanksgiving break (no student attendance)

Nov 23 teacher institute, Nov 24 parent-teacher conferences, Nov 25 no school, Nov 26–27 Thanksgiving. District 86 serves PreK–8.

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Dec 21 – Jan 4
Winter breakIn 40 days

Winter break

Winter break Dec 21–Jan 1; Jan 4 is a teacher institute day (no students). Classes resume Tue, Jan 5.

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Mon, Jan 18
HolidayIn 68 days

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Mon, Mar 1
HolidayIn 110 days

Casimir Pulaski Day

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Fri, Mar 12
Teacher work dayIn 121 days

Parent-teacher conferences (no student attendance)

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Mar 26 – Apr 2
Spring breakIn 135 days

Spring break

Classes resume Apr 5. The district marks all calendar dates as tentative.

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