2026-2027

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Updated 2026-07-28

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Calendar 2026-2027

Complete holiday schedule and key dates for Alleghany Highlands Public Schools for the 2026-2027 academic year.

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District Overview

Total Schools 6

Students 2,805 (2024–2025)

County Alleghany County and City of Covington

Grades Served PK–12

Key Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)	Status
First Day of School	August 12, 2026 (Wed)	School Opens
Labor Day	September 7, 2026 (Mon)	No School
Veterans Day	November 11, 2026 (Wed)	No School
Thanksgiving Day	November 26, 2026 (Thu)	No School
Christmas Day	December 25, 2026 (Fri)	No School
New Year's Day	January 1, 2027 (Fri)	No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	January 18, 2027 (Mon)	No School
Anticipated Last Day / Early Release	May 26, 2027 (Wed)	School Closes

No-School Periods

Continuous periods when students in this calendar are not in class, including weekends and adjacent districtwide no-school dates.

Period	Date(s)	Length
Thanksgiving Day Window	Nov 25–29, 2026	5 days
Christmas Day Window	Dec 19, 2026–Jan 3, 2027	16 days
Student Holiday Window	Mar 25–30, 2027	6 days

Other Important Dates — Traditional Calendar

Event	Date(s)
Begin First Nine Weeks	Aug 12, 2026
Interim Reports Issued	Sep 14, 2026
Parent/Teacher Conferences	Sep 28, 2026
End 1st Nine Weeks (45 days)	Oct 16, 2026
Report Cards Issued	Oct 22, 2026
Interim Reports Issued	Nov 20, 2026
End of 2nd 9 weeks	Jan 8, 2027
End of 1st Semester, 90 days	Jan 12, 2027
Report Cards Issued	Jan 14, 2027
Interim Reports Issued	Feb 16, 2027
End 3rd Nine Weeks (45 days)	Mar 18, 2027
Report Cards Issued	Mar 23, 2027
Interim Reports Issued	Apr 26, 2027
Alleghany High School Graduation 6:30pm	May 21, 2027
Anticipated End of Fourth Nine Weeks (45 Days) / Second Semester (90 Days) / School Year (180 Days)	May 26, 2027

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Alleghany Highlands Public Schools: Enrollment & Schools

Virginia public education enrollment snapshot for 2024–2025, reported as of September 30, 2024 Fall Membership.

Schools by grades served

3Pre-K serving

4Elementary serving

1Middle grades serving

1High school serving

Counts use the school categories and grade spans reported in the 2024–2025 Virginia School Quality Profiles. Grade-band counts may overlap when one school serves more than one band.

Schools in the state enrollment report

6 schools

School	Grades reported	Enrollment
Alleghany High	9–12	819
Callaghan Elementary	PK–5	270
Covington Middle	6–8	594
Jeter-Watson Elementary	PK–5	491
Mountain View Elementary	K–5	415
Sharon Elementary	PK–5	216

Sources: 2024–2025 public school enrollment source Official school directory State district ID 003 Last verified 2026-07-28

Compared With Virginia Districts

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

Student-only planning days19 items

Alleghany Highlands lists 19 teacher, planning, or student-holiday items beyond the headline break periods.

Earlier last dayMay 26, 2027

Alleghany Highlands ends on this date; Albemarle County (May 27, 2027) and Amherst County (June 3, 2027) close on different dates in the related calendar set.

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