SCHOOL CALENDAR 2025-2026
UPDATED March 10, 2025
Aug-24
August: Review 5-Year Plan
August 5 Staff returns. On Site Teacher Training
August 8: Open House for all families 9:30-12pm
August 11: First Day of Classes
August 21-25: Readiness Tests Administered - K-8, Math and English
August 28: Back to School 2pm-3pm
Late August: Cognia Survey #1 Perception Survey/Readiness - (Families, Teachers, Students),
Monitoring Assessment Form A and Literature Baseline Assessment
August: ACT/SAT Seniors
Sep-25
Late Sept: Cognia Survey #2 Student Engagement Survey
September 13: Student Government Association Election
September 17: Graduation Class of 2026 Planning (with parents via zoom)
September 20: Fair Day! Senior fundraising event school-wide fair.
September: ACT/SAT Seniors
Oct-25
October 7: Quarter 1 Ends
October 8: Quarter 2 Begins
Week of October 14: Parent Teacher Conferences
Before Oct 14: Teacher Observations, Eleot #1
Late October: Survey 3: Inventory Survey (Staff and Student)
October: ACT/SAT Seniors
October 31: School Wide Party - 8am-12:00pm School Day/12:00-4:00pm PARTY
Nov-25
November 1-8: Mix of Public Holidays & Teacher Training/No School
November 10: Public Holiday, Los Santos Uprising
November 27-28: Panama Holiday/No School
November: ACT/SAT Seniors
Dec-25
December 2-6: Formal Teacher Observations #1 and Eleot
December 6: Elementary Field Trip
December 8: No School, Mother's Day Observed
December 11-15: Mid-Year Exams
December 15: Rio Hato Christmas Gift Give Away led by JLM Christian Foundation
December 18: Semester Closing Celebration 8am - Presentations, Drama, Music, Fair Day, Pot Luck!
December 20: Community Service Weekend, Penonome
SEMESTER 2
Jan-26
January 12: Classes Resume/Quarter 3 Begins
January 12-16: Meetings with Grade 9,10, 11, 12 students. Review transcripts and academic plans.
January 23: Graduation Meeting Class of 2026 with parents
Late January: Mid-Year Tests Administered, Monitoring Assessment Form B and Literature Mid-Year Assessment
January: ACT/SAT Juniors
Feb-26
February 13: Carnival at FSA!
February 16-20: Carnival No School
Mar-26
March 8-13: Cognia Accrediation Review
March 13: Q3 Ends
Marc 16: Q4 Begins
March 30-April 3 Semana Santa
March 31: Deadline to register for returning families
March: ACT/SAT Juniors
Apr-26
April 1: Registration opens for new families for 2026-2027
April 2: Meeting with Grade 8 students and families
April 21-25: Formal Teacher Observations #2 and Eleot
April 30: High School Due Date for choosing electives
April: ACT/SAT Juniors
May-26
May 1: Panama Labor Day/No School
May 6-17: AP EXAMS
May 19-23: End of Year Assessments, Monitoring Assessment Form C and Literature End-Year Assessment
May 27: 8am Kindergarten, Grade 5, and Grade 8 Graduation Ceremony
May 28: Last day of learning/Quarter 4 Ends
May 29: School Closing Program
May: ACT/SAT Juniors