MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS


[photo, Canton Middle School, 801 South Highland Ave., Baltimore, Maryland} In Maryland, if federal and State observances of a holiday fall on different days, each local board of education determines on which date the holiday will be observed in its public schools (Code Education Article, sec. 7-103).

Canton Middle School, 801 South Highland Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


2026

January 1 (Thursday) New Year's Day
January 19 (third Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
February 16 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
April 3 (Friday) Good Friday through Monday after Easter**
May 25 (last Monday) Memorial Day
November 3 (Tuesday) General Election Day
November 26 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day through Sunday
December 25 (Friday) Christmas Day through New Year's Day**

For more information on public school schedules, see: www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/School-Systems/Open-Closing-Dates.aspx

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