PALCS is open 180 days and runs a schedule like other public schools with holidays, winter break and spring break. Traditionally, our first day is in September the day after Labor Day, and the school year ends in June.
View our at-a-glance School Calendar. Our full school calendar can be found in PALCSchool.
PALCS does not offer summer courses to the public.
2020-2021 School Calendar
| August 31, 2020 | First Day of School |
| September 7, 2020 | No School Labor Day |
| September 23, 2020 | MP1 Progress Check 1 |
| September 25, 2020 | No School/Teacher In-service |
| September 28, 2020 | No School - Yom Kippur |
| October 12, 2020 | No School - Columbus Day |
| October 19, 2020 | MP1 Progress Check 2 |
| October 23, 2020 | Student Day Off/Teacher In-service |
| November 10, 2020 | End of Marking Period 1 |
| November 26-27, 2020 | No School - Thanksgiving Break |
| December 4, 2020 | MP2 Progress Check 1 |
| December 24, 2020 - January 1, 2021 | Holiday: Winter Break |
| January 5, 2021 | MP2 Progress Check 2 |
| January 18, 2021 | No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| January 27, 2021 | End of MP2 |
| January 29, 2021 | No School - Teacher In-Service |
| February 15, 2021 | No School - President's Day |
| February 19, 2021 | MP3 Progress Check 1 |
| February 26, 2021 | No School - Teacher In-Service |
| March 15, 2021 | MP3 Progress Check 2 |
| March 29-April 5, 2021 | No School - Spring Break |
| April 13, 2021 | End of MP3 |
| April 20-23, 2021 | Holiday: Spring Break |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2021 – Friday, April 24, 2021 | PSSA Testing |
| May 4, 2021 | MP4 Progress Check 1 |
| May 18-20, 2021 | Keystone Exams |
| May 28, 2021 | MP4 Progress Check 2 |
| May 28, 2021 | Last Day of School for Seniors |
| May 31, 2021 | No School - Memorial Day |
| June 11, 2021 | Last Day of School |
| June 19, 2021 | Graduation |
| August 31, 2020 | First Day of School |
| September 7, 2020 | No School Labor Day |
| September 23, 2020 | MP1 Progress Check 1 |
| September 25, 2020 | No School/Teacher In-service |
| September 28, 2020 | No School - Yom Kippur |
| October 12, 2020 | No School - Columbus Day |
| October 19, 2020 | MP1 Progress Check 2 |
| October 23, 2020 | Student Day Off/Teacher In-service |
| November 10, 2020 | End of Marking Period 1 |
| November 26-27, 2020 | No School - Thanksgiving Break |
| December 4, 2020 | MP2 Progress Check 1 |
| December 24, 2020 - January 1, 2021 | Holiday: Winter Break |
| January 5, 2021 | MP2 Progress Check 2 |
| January 18, 2021 | No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| January 27, 2021 | End of MP2 |
| January 29, 2021 | No School - Teacher In-Service |
| February 15, 2021 | No School - President's Day |
| February 19, 2021 | MP3 Progress Check 1 |
| February 26, 2021 | No School - Teacher In-Service |
| March 15, 2021 | MP3 Progress Check 2 |
| March 29-April 5, 2021 | No School - Spring Break |
| April 13, 2021 | End of MP3 |
| April 20-23, 2021 | Holiday: Spring Break |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2021 – Friday, April 24, 2021 | PSSA Testing |
| May 4, 2021 | MP4 Progress Check 1 |
| May 18-20, 2021 | Keystone Exams |
| May 28, 2021 | MP4 Progress Check 2 |
| May 28, 2021 | Last Day of School for Seniors |
| May 31, 2021 | No School - Memorial Day |
| June 11, 2021 | Last Day of School |
| June 19, 2021 | Graduation |
