Burlington Schools Set Aug. 31 Start Date For Grades 1-12

BURLINGTON — Burlington Public Schools has finalized its return-to-class calendar, setting Monday, Aug. 31 as the first day of school for grades 1-12, with staff professional-development days and student orientations filling the final two weeks of summer.

SCHOOLS

The district's calendar shows teachers reporting for building set-up and professional development Aug. 25-27, ahead of the Aug. 31 start for grades 1-12. Younger and newer students get an earlier introduction to their buildings: Marshall Simonds Middle School holds a sixth-grade WEB orientation Aug. 20, and Burlington High School runs a freshman orientation Aug. 25. The academic calendar also carries into the school year, with no school for teachers or students Sept. 4 and a Labor Day break Sept. 7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"🌱 Patch AM: BCAT Outdoor Movie Night - Shrek and 13 more events": Burlington Patch's Patch AM Team rounded up the week's community calendar, spotlighting BCAT's outdoor screening of "Shrek" alongside an estate sale set for Aug. 22 and 23 among more than a dozen other local listings (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/burlington).

COMING UP

Marshall Simonds Middle School holds its sixth-grade WEB orientation Thursday, Aug. 20, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. The SAT is administered Saturday, Aug. 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. An estate sale runs Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., per this week's Burlington Patch community calendar.

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