| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 11, 2027 (Wed) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 6, 2027 (Mon) | No School |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 20, 2027 - November 28, 2027 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 20, 2027 - January 5, 2028 | No School |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 17, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Spring Break | March 11, 2028 - March 19, 2028 | No School |
| Good Friday Holiday | April 14, 2028 (Fri) | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 25, 2028 (Thu) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Highlands County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
The School Board of Highlands County has not published a final adopted 2027-2028 calendar in this data set. The district calendar page checked on May 28, 2026 lists the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 calendars, so this page is a historical-pattern projection until Highlands releases the next calendar.
Highlands' strongest patterns are an August 11 student start, a weekend-inclusive Thanksgiving holiday block, a Christmas/New Year Winter Break, a March Spring Break, and a spring Friday holiday aligned with Good Friday. Teacher workdays, professional-development days, early releases, progress reports, report-card windows, hurricane make-up rules, and one-off April student holidays are not projected.
County context: Highlands County School District serves families across Highlands County, where the district calendar is the practical baseline for school-year planning. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 11, 2027 and finish on May 25, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Thanksgiving Break (November 20, 2027 - November 28, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - January 5, 2028), and Spring Break (March 11, 2028 - March 19, 2028). Parents can use this view for travel windows, shared-custody exchanges, childcare coverage, after-school activities, and comparing district days off with work schedules.
What to watch: The most important local differences from a generic statewide calendar are the district's own break placement, board-approved student holidays, and any campus-facing schedule notes published by the district. No recurring early-release entry is listed in the student-facing data used for this page. Teacher planning days and student holidays are separated from regular school days whenever the official source identifies them. Weather or makeup-day language is preserved in the page notes when the district publishes it, which matters for hurricane-season planning and emergency childcare coverage.
Official-source handling: Projected from Highlands County's current official calendar page, the district's 2024-2025 through 2026-2027 calendar patterns, Florida school-start rules, and stable public holidays. We manually review first-party district material, screen it for student-facing dates, and organize it into key dates, calendar grids, downloadable files, and printable summaries. Because this page is marked projected, it should be used for early planning until the district releases a final adopted calendar. User-submitted corrections are checked against official district sources before this page is updated.
The projected first day for Highlands County students is Wednesday, August 11, 2027. The district used August 11 as the student start in both 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.
Thanksgiving Break is projected as a full holiday block from Saturday, November 20 through Sunday, November 28, 2027, with the core school-week closure on November 22-26.
Winter Break is projected for Monday, December 20, 2027 through Wednesday, January 5, 2028, reflecting Highlands' recent Christmas/New Year break pattern while avoiding unconfirmed January teacher workdays.
Spring Break is projected as Saturday, March 11 through Sunday, March 19, 2028, with the main school-week break on March 13-17.
Yes. Highlands listed a spring Friday holiday on Good Friday in recent calendars, so Friday, April 14, 2028 is projected as a Good Friday holiday.
No. Early release days, teacher workdays, professional-development days, progress/report-card dates, and hurricane make-up rules are excluded until Highlands publishes a 2027-2028 source.
Data Source: Projected from Highlands County's current official calendar page, the district's 2024-2025 through 2026-2027 calendar patterns, Florida school-start rules, and stable public holidays.
Official Source: Visit the Highlands County official calendar source.
How we adapt the calendar: FL School Calendar converts district calendar documents into a parent-friendly view focused on student attendance, holidays, breaks, teacher planning days, early releases, downloadable calendar files, and printable summaries.
Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with Highlands County School District or the Florida Department of Education. While we strive for accuracy, always verify important dates with the official district website before making travel, childcare, work, or attendance plans.
Last updated: May 28, 2026