Bell Schedule
2025-26 Regular and special bell schedules and red/black rotation calendar
Regular Bell Schedule
Warning Bell - 7:25| RED Day | TIME | BLACK Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Period Learning Seminar |
7:30 - 8:35 | 1st Period Learning Seminar |
| 2nd Period (second breakfast) |
8:40 - 9:30 | 2nd Period (second breakfast) |
| 3rd Period | 9:34 - 10:49 | 4th Period |
| 5th Period | 10:53 - 12:56 A Lunch Block Lunch: 10:53 - 11:23 Recess: 11:23 - 11:38 Class: 11:38 - 12:56 B Lunch Block Class: 10:53 - 11:43 Lunch: 11:43 - 12:13 Recess: 12:13 - 12:28 Class: 12:28 - 12:56 C Lunch Block Recess: 10:58 - 11:13 Class: 11:13 - 12:26 Class: 12:25 - 12:56 |
6th Period |
| 7th Period | 1:00 - 2:15 |
8th Period |
Special Bell Schedules
Red/Black Rotation Calendar
Red/Black Rotation Days
Red Days
- August | 18, 20, 22, 26, 28
- September | 3, 5, 11, 15, 17, 19, 24, 26, 30
- October | 3, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31
- November | 6, 10, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25
- December | 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18
- January | 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 20, 22, 26, 28
- February | 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27
- March | 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 24, 26
- April | 7, 9, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30
- May | 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 29
- June | 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16
Black Days
- August | 19, 21, 25, 27
- September | 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 25, 29
- October | 1, 6, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 28, 30
- November | 5, 7, 12, 14, 18, 20, 24
- December | 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19
- January | 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 27
- February | 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 18, 20, 24, 26
- March | 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 23, 25, 27
- April | 8, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29
- May | 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 28
- June | 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17
FCPS School Year Calendar
View this year's Standard School Year calendar on the FCPS website.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 4, 2025 | Holiday| Independence Day |
| August 4-7 | New Teacher Training |
| August 11-15 | Professional Work Days for Staff | 11 - School Planning Day | 12 - Teacher Work Day | 13 - Staff Development Day | 14 - Teacher Work Day | 15 - School Planning Day |
| August 18 | First Day of School |
| August 29, September 1 | Holidays| Labor Day Break |
| September 23 | Holiday| Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown 9/22 - sundown 9/24) |
| October 2 | Holiday| Yom Kippur | (begins sundown 10/1 - sundown 10/2) |
| October 13 | Student Holiday| Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Staff Development Day for Staff) |
| October 20 | Holiday| Diwali |
| October 31 | End of First Quarter - 2-hour Early Release |
| November 1-2 | Religious and Cultural Observance | All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos |
| November 3 | Student Holiday(School Planning Day for Staff) |
| November 4 | Student Holiday(Teacher Workday for Staff) | Election Day |
| November 11 | Holiday| Veterans Day |
| November 26 - 28 | Holidays | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 8 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Bodhi Day |
| December 14 - 22 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Chanukah (begins sundown 12/14-sundown 12/22) |
| December 22 - January 2 | Holidays | Winter Break |
| December 25 | Christmas |
| January 1, 2026 | Holiday| New Year's Day |
| January 6 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Three Kings Day/Epiphany |
| January 7 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Christmas |
| January 19 | Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday |
| January 19 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Epiphany |
| January 28 | End of Second Quarter - 2-hour Early Release |
| January 29 | Student Holiday(Staff Development Day for Staff) |
| January 30 | Student Holiday(Teacher Workday for Staff) |
| February 16 | Holiday| Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day |
| February 17 | Student Holiday(School Planning Day for Staff) |
| February 17 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Lunar New Year |
| February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 2/17 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/18) |
| February 18 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Ash Wednesday |
| February 25 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Ash Wednesday |
| March 20 | Holiday| Eid al-Fitr (begins sundown 3/19 – sundown 3/20) |
| March 20 | Nowruz |
| March 27 | End of Third Quarter - 2-hour Early Release |
| March 30 - April 3 | Holidays| Spring Break |
| April 1 | First evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/1 - sundown 4/9) |
| April 3 | Good Friday |
| April 5 | Easter |
| April 6 | Student Holiday(Teacher Workday for Staff) |
| April 10 | Student Holiday(School Planning Day for Staff) | Orthodox Good Friday |
| April 12 | Orthodox Easter |
| April 16 | Religious and Cultural Observance | Theravada New Year |
| May 25 | Holiday| Memorial Day |
| May 26 | Student Holiday(Teacher Workday for Staff) |
| May 27 | Holiday| Eid al-Adha (begins sundown 5/26 - sundown 5/27) |
| June 17 | Last Day of School / Early Release (time of early release determined by each school) |
| June 18 | Teacher Workday for Staff |
| June 19 | Holiday| Juneteenth |
