Lakeside School

Please note that the dates on this calendar are tentative and are subject to change. Find the full calendar at lakesideschool.org/calendar.

August 2025

4-8: Bridges

20: US football starts

20-22: New faculty retreat, orientation, and training

25: US fall sports starts

25: MS soccer starts

27-28: Opening meetings for all employees

28: All-School Party

29: Faculty workday

September

1: Labor Day; Lakeside closed

2: Divisional meetings/MS and US student orientation

3: MS and US First day of school; convocation

5: MS grade-level retreats

15-16: 12th-grade retreat

18: MS Back-to-School Night

25: US Back-to-School Night

29-30 9th-grade retreat

October

10: Professional Development Day (NWAIS); no classes

12-17: 8th-grade GSL trips

17: PSATs for 10th and 11th graders

31: Fall semester midpoint

November

3: Faculty workday; no classes

11: Veterans Day observed; Lakeside closed

24-28: Thanksgiving break; Lakeside closed

December

7: Admissions all-school open house

22-Jan. 2: Winter break; Lakeside closed

January 2026

5: Classes resume

16: Fall semester ends

19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Lakeside closed

20: Faculty workday; no classes

February

7: ROAR dinner and fundraiser

16-20: Midwinter break; Lakeside closed

27: Professional development day; no classes

March

4-6: 5th-grade outdoor trips

26: Spring semester midpoint

27: Faculty workday; no classes

April

9: MS Grand Day

13-17 Spring break; Lakeside closed

May

1: Professional development day; no classes

13-15: 6th-grade outdoor trips

19-22: 7th-grade outdoor trips

24: Senior prom

25: Memorial Day; Lakeside closed

29: May Day carnival

TBD: US final exams

June

5: Last day for US and MS

5: Reunions

8: MS graduation, 4:30 p.m.

8: Baccalaureate, 7 p.m. 

9: Commencement, 2 p.m. 

10: Faculty workday

11: Closing faculty meetings

19: Juneteenth; Lakeside closed

16-18: US Global Service Learning pre-trip curriculum

19-20: US Global Service Learning trip begins

22: Summer at Lakeside program begins

July

3: Independence Day observed; Lakeside closed

6: LEEP program begins