School Calendar
St. Joseph Hill Academy Elementary School Tentative Calendar 2026-2027
- Half Days in Blue, School Closed in Bold
- Please note this is a tentative calendar and all dates are subject to change.
OCTOBER 2026
1 Regis High School Information Night for Staten Island schools at SJHA (evening)
2 Paul Effman Music Lessons Begin After School
6 Visiting Author Series
9 Half Day, No Aftercare, Half Day Bus Service
12 School Closed - Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day
13 School Closed - Conference Day
16 Basketball Pep Rally (7:00 pm, Lower Gym)
19 Fall After School Clubs Start
23 Junior High Halloween Dance (evening, Lower Gym)
25 Hill High School Open House
26 Mommy and Me Two-Year-Old Classes Begin
28 Last Day to Register for the TACHS Exam (8th Grade only)
29 Pre-K 3 Halloween Parade (morning, parents and siblings invited)
30 Pre-K 4 Halloween Parade (morning, parents and siblings invited), Trunk or Treat (evening, Landis Parking Lot), Aftercare Ends at 4:00 pm
NOVEMBER 2026
6 8th Grade TACHS Exam
10 Half Day, No Aftercare, Half Day Bus Service
11 School Closed - Veterans Day
12 8th Grade Graduation Photos and Class Act Photography Retakes
15 ES Open House
24 Half Day, No Aftercare, Thanksgiving Mass, Parent Teacher Conferences, Pie
Distribution, Half Day Bus Service
25 Half Day, No Aftercare, Pre-K Thanksgiving Celebrations, Half Day Bus Service
26 School Closed - Thanksgiving Break
27 School Closed - Thanksgiving Break
30 Middle States Visit Begins
DECEMBER 2026
1 Middle States Visit
2 Middle States Visit
3 Half Day, No Aftercare, Faculty Meeting with Middle States Committee, Regional
Spelling Bee at Sacred Heart, Half Day Bus Service
4 Middle States Visit Ends
5 Christmas Wreath Hanging (morning)
8 Immaculate Conception Mass, Christmas Fair, Christmas Tree Lighting
9 Christmas Fair
10 Christmas Fair, 1919 Society Evening Thank You Event (evening)
16 Pre-K 3 Breakfast with Santa
17 Pre-K 4 Breakfast with Santa
18 Half Day, No Aftercare, Christmas Mass, Kindergarten Christmas Show, Half Day Bus Service
22 All-school Christmas Assembly (students and faculty only)
23 Half Day, No Aftercare, Half Day Bus Service
24 School Closed - Christmas Break Begins
JANUARY 2027
4 School Resumes
15 Half Day, No Aftercare, Spotlight Theatre Company Play (7:00 pm), Half Day Bus Service
16 Spotlight Theatre Company Play (1:00 pm)
18 School Closed - MLK Jr. Day
20 Scholastic Book Fair
22 Fall After School Clubs End
31 Catholic Schools Week Mass
FEBRUARY 2027
1 Catholic Schools Week, Spring After School Clubs Start
2 Catholic Schools Week
3 Catholic Schools Week, Annual Distinguished Graduate Mass
4 Catholic Schools Week
5 Catholic Schools Week
6 Sweetheart Gala (Father Daughter Dance)
10 Ash Wednesday
12 School Closed - Conference Day, Pre-K and K New Student (27-28) Interviews
15 School Closed - Presidents’ Day
16 No Bus Service
17 No Bus Service
18 No Bus Service
19 No Bus Service, No School for Pre-K Only- New Student (27-28) Interview Day for Pre-K
22 Half Day, No Aftercare, Parent Teacher Conferences (as requested), Half Day Bus Service
26 Cheer Pep Rally Lower Gym
MARCH 2027
10 Grandparents Day (A-L Last Names)
11 Grandparents Day (M-Z Last Names)
12 Half Day, No Aftercare, Faculty Meeting, Half Day Bus Service
17 St. Patrick’s Day
19 School Closed - Faculty Conference Spirituality Day
22 School Closed - Easter Break Begins
APRIL 2027
5 Return to School from Spring Break
16 Half Day, No Aftercare, Faculty Conference, Half Day Bus Service
19 First Day of NY State Testing
21 STEM and Humanities Symposium
23 Bingo-Glow Night in Lower Gym
MAY 2027
1 2nd Grade Communion at Holy Rosary
3 Kindergarten Mother’s Day Celebration
4 Pre-K 3 Mother’s Day Celebration
5 May Crowning, Pre-K 4 Mother’s Day Celebration
6 Ascension Thursday Mass, 7th and 8th Grades Candle Ceremony
7 Plant Sale
14 Half Day, No Aftercare, Spotlight Theatre Company Play (7:00 pm), Half Day Bus Service
15 Spotlight Theatre Company Play (1:00 pm)
19 8th Grade Rose Ceremony
21 Last Day of Spring After School Clubs
25 8th Grade BBQ
26 8th Grade Mass, 8th Grade Sports Awards Dinner
28 Half Day, No Aftercare, Half Day Bus Service
31 School Closed - Memorial Day
JUNE 2027
2 8th Grade Semiformal
3 Half Day, No Aftercare, Half Day Bus Service
4 Half Day, No Aftercare, Faculty Meeting, Half Day Bus Service
7 Kindergarten Class of 2027 Graduation
8 Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 Class of 2027 Graduation
10 8th Grade Clap Out
11 School Closed - 8th Grade Class of 2027 Graduation
18 School Closed - Juneteenth Observed
21 Half Day, Tentative Last Day of School, 2027 SJHA Golf Outing and Tennis Open, No Bus Service
Depending on snow days the last day of school may need to be adjusted.
28 First Day of SJHA Summer Camps
2026-2027 Completed Events