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School Year Calendar

The calendar survey closed on February 28. Thank you for your feedback! 84.47% of the 206 results were in favour of the 2019-20 calendar.

Defined Requirements

The Saskatchewan Education Act requires the following:

A minimum of 950 hours of instructional time per year;
Post Labour Day student start time;
Six weeks of summer vacation;
Christmas break that begins no later than December 23 and ends not earlier than January 2;
A Spring break with no more than 5 consecutive days.

Calendar Highlights

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School Year Calendar for 2018/19

The jointly constructed calendar was presented for Board approval at the March 15, 2018 Regular Board Meeting. The calendar was then sent to the Ministry of Education for review. GSSD received confirmation of approval on April 9, 2018. To view the 2018-19 school year calendar, click on the image below:

Total # Days	197
Instructional Days	185
Non-Instructional Days	12
Instructional Hours	956
Non-Instructional Hours	60
Total Hours in Calendar	1016
Minutes per Instructional Day	310
Minutes per Non-Instructional Day	300
# August/Sept Non-Instructional Days	5
Opening Day of classes	Sept. 4
In-service Days	Oct. & May “tied” to long weekends
Christmas Break	Dec. 24 to Jan. 4
Semester Turn-around (Departmental exams schedule Jan 23 - Jan 28)	Jan. 29
Semester 1	92 instructional 7 non-instructional
Semester 2	93 instructional 5 non-instructional
February Break	Feb. 18 to 22
Easter Break	Apr. 19 to 26
June Departmental exams scheduled	June 20 to 26 (excluding June 21)

Previous School Year Calendars

Draft 2019-20 Calendar Survey​

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​​​​School Year Calendar for 2018/19

Previous School Year Calendars

Draft 2019-20 Calendar Survey

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School Year Calendar for 2018/19