DepEd: Official School Calendar For School Year 2015-2016

The Department of Education (DepEd) has published in its website the official school calendar for School Year (SY) 2015-2016.

The school year will officially open on Monday, June 1, 2015 and shall end on Friday, April 1, 2016. The school year consists of Two Hundred One (201) class days. This is inclusive of the 5-day semestral break. The parent-teacher conferences shall be held on the second or third Saturday after every quarterly examination. The conference is intended to apprise the parents on the progress of performance of their children and ensure parental involvement in school activities. The last week of every quarter shall be the culmination of students’ outputs and performances in order to demonstrate attainment of performance standards at all grades/year levels. To ensure quality in the school operation and actual teaching-learning, a 180-day non-negotiable contact time for teachers, and the physical presence of school heads is expected every school day, even during attending official business, the 201 days shall be enforced.

The important dates for SY 2015-2016 are as follows:

2015	June 1	First day of classes
	June 20	First Parent-Teacher Conference
	August 6-7	First Quarterly Examinations
	August 15	Distribution of Report Cards Second Parent-Teacher Conference
	August 26	National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) for K to 12–Grade 9
	October 15-16	Second Quarterly Examinations
	October 26-30	Semestral break (for students only)
	October 24	Distribution of Report Cards Third Parent-Teacher Conference
	December 19	Start of the Christmas break
2016	January 4	Resumption of classes
	January 7-8	Third Quarterly Examinations
	January 23	Distribution of Report Cards Fourth Parent-Teacher Conference
	March 2	National Achievement Test (NAT) for Secondary – Grade 10 students
	March 3-4	Fourth Quarterly Examinations for Grade 6 and Grade 10 students
	March 8	LAPG for Grade 3 elementary students
	March 10	NAT for Grade 6 elementary students
	March 17-18	Fourth Quarterly Examinations for Grades 1-5 and Grades 7-9 students
	April 1	Last day of classes Graduation
	April 4-8	Distribution of Report Cards

National, Local holidays

The department order also lists down the national holidays that fall on a weekday. There will be no classes in the following dates:

2015	June 12	Independence Day
	July 22	Eid’l Fitr (tentative)
	August 21	Ninoy Aquino Day
	August 25	National Heroes Day
2016	February 25	EDSA Revolution Anniversary

Special week, month-long observances

The same department order likewise instructs elementary and secondary schools to observe the following week- and month-long activities as mandated by law:

2015	June	Safe Kids Week
	July	National Nutrition Month National Disaster and Preparedness Month
		Career Guidance Week National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week Science and Technology Week Savings Credit Consciousness Week
	August	Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa Sight Saving Month
	September	Literacy Month Crime Prevention Month Clean and Green Month
		Science and Month Week History Week Linggo ng Kasuotang Filipino
	October	Scouting Month Children’s Month Consumer Welfare Month Clean and Green Month
		Week of the Elderly National Health Education Week
	November	National Reading Month Filipino Values Month Malaria Awareness Month
		Deaf Awareness Week Drug Abuse Prevention and Awareness Week
	December	Education Week Human Rights Week
2016	January	National Cancer Consciousness Week Autism Consciousness Week Breast Cancer Consciousness Week
	February	Philippine Arts Month
		National Children with Intellectual Disabilities Week National Dental/Oral Week Bantay Puso Week Leprosy Prevention Week
	March	Women’s Month Fire Prevention Month
		Career Guidance Week Girl Child Week

For more information, please check more information here: Department Order No. 9, s. 2015 (PDF).