2026-2027

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Updated 2026-08-04

Moses Lake School District Calendar 2026-2027

Complete holiday schedule and key dates for Moses Lake School District for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Key Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)	Status
First Day of School	September 2, 2026 (Wed)	School Opens
Labor Day	September 7, 2026 (Mon)	No School
Veterans Day	November 11, 2026 (Wed)	No School
Thanksgiving	November 26, 2026 - November 27, 2026	No School
Winter Break	December 21, 2026 - January 1, 2027	No School
Martin L. King Jr. Day	January 18, 2027 (Mon)	No School
President's Day	February 15, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Spring Break	April 5, 2027 - April 9, 2027	No School
Memorial Day	May 31, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Last Day of School	June 11, 2027 (Fri)	School Closes

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No-School Periods

Period	Date(s)	Length
Thanksgiving Window	Nov 26–29, 2026Districtwide no-school: Nov 26–27, 2026 · Adjacent weekend: Nov 28–29, 2026	4 days
Winter Break Window	Dec 19, 2026–Jan 3, 2027Districtwide no-school: Dec 21, 2026–Jan 1, 2027 · Adjacent weekend: Dec 19–20, 2026; Jan 2–3, 2027	16 days
Spring Break Window	Apr 3–11, 2027Districtwide no-school: Apr 5–9, 2027 · Adjacent weekend: Apr 3–4, 2027; Apr 10–11, 2027	9 days

Other Important Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)
WaKIDS Conferences	Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026
K-8 Conferences / Grades 9-12 Conferences or Professional Development	Nov 4, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026
End of Quarter 1	Nov 5, 2026
End of Quarter 2 / Semester 1	Jan 27, 2027
K-5 Conferences - Early Release	Mar 25, 2027
K-8 Conferences / Grades 9-12 Conferences or Professional Development	Mar 26, 2027
End of Quarter 3	Mar 31, 2027

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124. Moses Lake School District

Irrigated agriculture, aviation and steady population growth have made Moses Lake one of central Washington's larger regional school systems. More than 8,000 students attend twenty schools. Neighborhood elementary campuses feed three middle schools, and most students eventually enter Moses Lake High School. City neighborhoods and the surrounding agricultural area meet inside the same district, bringing multilingual, migrant and frequently mobile families into a broad public-school network.

Moses Lake High provides the main comprehensive route. Advanced courses, arts, athletics and student organizations sit beside pathways in agriculture, engineering, health care, business, manufacturing and technology. Farms, food processing, flight operations and industrial employers are close enough that career exploration can connect with the economy students see around them.

Multilingual and migrant support helps families take part in the full school system. Staff help families communicate across languages, maintain records and services during periods of mobility, and keep students connected when agricultural work or household changes interrupt continuity.

Vanguard Academy offers a smaller project-based high-school environment, while Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center serves Moses Lake students and peers from surrounding districts. Its concentrated programs include automotive technology, construction, cosmetology, culinary arts, criminal justice, firefighting, flight, health occupations, game programming and welding. Moses Lake can support a comprehensive high school, a project-centered alternative and a regional technical center as connected parts of one district, each serving a different student need.

Compared With Washington Districts

This comparison uses the default instance shown in statewide summaries: Traditional Calendar.

Later regional startSeptember 2, 2026

Moses Lake starts on this date; Ephrata (September 3, 2026) and Quincy School District (August 26, 2026) use different first-day dates in the related calendar set.

Early-release dates9 items

Moses Lake lists 9 early-release or half-day items that may affect pickup times even when school is in session.

Later last dayJune 11, 2027

Moses Lake ends on this date; Quincy School District (June 9, 2027) and Royal (June 10, 2027) close on different dates in the related calendar set.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does school start in Moses Lake School District in 2026-2027?

Grades 1-6, grade 9, and all CBTech students start September 2, 2026. Grades 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12 start September 3. Kindergarten uses split attendance during September 8-10.

When is the last day of school?

The last day is June 11, 2027. Although its dark-blue grid cell has a thin yellow border, the source does not explicitly assign the separate TBD early release to June 11, so no early release is inferred.

When are Moses Lake's conference schedules?

November 3 is an early-release conference-preparation or professional-development day, and November 4-6 are early-release conference or professional-development days. March 25 is a K-5 conference early release, and March 26 has K-8 conferences with grade 9-12 professional development or conferences.

Which dates are 3.5-hour early releases?

The yellow-coded 3.5-hour early releases are November 25, January 29, February 12, March 12, and May 28. An additional early release is listed as TBD and is not projected to a date.

Does Moses Lake have Monday late starts?

Yes. The source says all Mondays have a one-hour late start. This high-frequency rule is summarized rather than plotted individually.

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