2025 - 2026 ELC Calendar

August 25 – Staff reports to work
August 28 at 6pm – Parent Orientation – Sanctuary
September 2 – appointments from 9am – 12 noon – Meet the Teacher
September 3 – First full day of school and Lunch Bunch (Extended Day) Begins
September 24 – Parent coffee in Fellowship Hall
October 8 & 9 – Back to School Pictures
October 24 – Pumpkin Patch
November 19 – Christmas Pictures
November 21 - Thanksgiving Experience
November 24– November 30 - Thanksgiving Holiday, School resumes on Monday, December 1
December 17 – 11:00am - Christmas Music Program
December 20 – January 4 - Christmas Holiday, School resumes on Monday, January 5
January 16 – Parent / Teacher Conferences – no school for students
January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – no school 
February 11 - 4-year-old Class Mardi Gras parade 
February 13 – February 22 - Mardi Gras Holiday, School resumes on Monday, February 23
March 11 - Spring Pictures
March 27 - 6:00pm - Spring Music Program and Art Show 
April 3 - April 12 - Easter Holiday, School resumes on Monday, April 13
April 29 - Class Group Pictures
May 4 – 8 – Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5 – GiveNOLA Day
May 21 – Last Day of Lunch Bunch
May 22 – Moving Up Ceremony for 4-year-olds / Last Day of School
May 30 – Teacher’s Last Day