MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

[photo, Canton Middle School, 801 South Highland Ave., Baltimore, Maryland}
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    • 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**

    2025
    January 1 (Wednesday) New Year's Day
    January 20 (third Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
    February 17 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
    April 18 (Friday) Good Friday through Monday after Easter**
    May 26 (last Monday) Memorial Day
    November 27 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day through Sunday
    December 25 (Thursday) 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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