Seattle Public Schools 2022-23 Calendar (2025)

FAQs

What is the first day of school for Seattle Public Schools? ›

September 4 First day of school for 1st – 12th grade students. Sept. 4 is not an early release Wednesday. Early release will occur every Wednesday except for the first week of school.

Wednesday, September 4 – First day of school (first day of school for 1st – 7th and 9th graders). Thursday, September 5-Friday, September 6 - All students except students in kindergarten, Transition to Kindergarten and developmental preschool attend school.

As part of the basic education requirements in Washington state, each local education agency (LEA*) must make a minimum of 180 school days available to students each school year.

In Western Australia, children can start their education in Kindergarten, however compulsory schooling starts the following year in Pre-primary and continues until the end of Year 12. All children of compulsory school age must be enrolled in school and attend every day - that is the law.

According to Washington State school attendance rules, a child must be five years old by August 31 to attend kindergarten.

All kindergarten classes are all day classes. The state of Washington requires that school districts provide the option of kindergarten part-day attendance.

(b) Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, the minimum hours for all grades are 27 hours and 45 minutes each week (1,665 weekly minutes), or 5 hours and 33 minutes (333 minutes) for each scheduled school day.

at a public school in a primary program is to be provided: – at least 25 hours and 50 minutes instruction during each week in which the school is open for instruction; and – at least 4 hours and 10 minutes instruction during each day in which the school is open for instruction.

What State Has the Fewest Required School Days? Besides the states that do not have a required minimum number of school days each year, Colorado has the fewest required school days in the United States, at 160.

What state has 4 day school week? ›

Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado have had four-day schools for a long time. They are a more recent addition in places like Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. The states are gatekeepers in a way, mandating a minimum number of instructional days or hours.

Seattle Public Schools, the largest K-12 school system in Washington state, has a deep commitment to every student's journey—to ensure that each student will graduate ready for college, career and life.

Washington state and Seattle Public School legally require that students entering kindergarten in the fall must have turned five (5) years of age on or before August 31 of the enrollment year.

The District shall employ a uniform eleven-point weighted grading system at the high school level, awarding the following marks: A , A- , B+ , B , B- , C+ , C , C- , D+ , D , E , A “D” mark is the lowest passing grade; an “E” mark indicates failure.

An attendance area school is one to which elementary, middle and high-school students are assigned based on where they live, as long as the school offers the services the student needs. This dataset is maintained by Seattle Public Schools.

School Hours: 7:55 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.

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Seattle Public Schools (SPS) uses the PowerSchool product as its Student Information System (SIS) to manage, track and report on student information including data on student demographics, classes, attendance, grades, credits, transcripts, etc.

In Washington state, a traditional school year lasts 180 days. Students have a few short breaks along the way and a long break in the summer.