2023-2024 Calendar Information
2023-2024 Sands Secondary School Calendar Information for Parents| Days in Session | 187 |
| Hours of Instruction in School Week | Grades 8-12: 26.6 hrs |
| Number of Days of Instruction | 180 |
| Minutes of Instruction in School Day | Grades 8-12: 319 min |
| Number of Non-Instructional Days | 6 (District Wide) |
2023-2024 School Calendar
| School Opens (Altered Bell Schedule) | Tuesday, September 5 |
| Semester 1 Starts | Wednesday, September 6 |
| Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) | Friday, September 22 |
| Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Statutory Holiday | Monday, October 2 |
| Thanksgiving Day - Statutory Holiday | Monday, October 9 |
| Interim Report Card (Semester & Linear Classes) | Thursday, October 19 |
| Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) | Friday, October 20 |
| District Closure Day | Friday, November 10 |
| Remembrance Day - Statutory Holiday | Monday, November 13 |
| Reporting to Parents - Early Dismissal, 1:00 pm | Friday, November 17 |
| Mid-Semester Report Card (Semester Classes) | Thursday, November 23 |
| Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) | Monday, November 27 |
| Term 1 Report Card | Friday, December 1 |
| Parent Teacher Interviews Reporting to Parents - Early Dismissal, 1:00 pm | Tuesday, December 5 |
| Last Day of School before Winter Vacation | Friday, December 22 |
| Winter Vacation Period | December 25 - January 5 |
| School Reopens after Winter Vacation | Monday, January 8 |
| Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) | Friday, January 26 |
| Semester 1 Classes End | Monday, January 29 |
| Semester 1 "I" Days | Tuesday, January 30 - Wednesday, January 31 |
| Semester 2 Starts | Thursday, February 1 |
| Semester 1 Final Report Cards | Thursday, February 8 |
| Non-Instructional Day (District Wide) | Friday, February 16 |
| Family Day - Statutory Holiday | Monday, February 19 |
| Interim Report Cards (Semester Classes) | Thursday, March 14 |
| Term 2 Report Card (Linear Classes) | Thursday, March 14 |
| Spring Vacation Period | March 18 - March 28 |
| Good Friday - Statutory Holiday | Friday, March 29 |
| Easter Monday - Statutory Holiday | Monday, April 1 |
| School Reopens | Tuesday, April 2 |
| Reporting to Parent - Early Dismissal, 1:00 pm | Friday, April 19 |
| Mid-Semester Report Card (Semester Classes) | Thursday, April 25 |
| Parent Teacher Interviews Reporting to Parents - Early Dismissal, 1:00 pm | Tuesday, May 7 |
| Non-Instructional Day | Friday, May 17 |
| Victoria Day - Statutory Holiday | Monday, May 20 |
| Red Carpet, Grad Banquet, Dry Grad | Friday, May 24 |
| Last Day of Semester 2 Classes | Friday, June 21 |
| Semester 2 "I" Days | Monday, June 24 - Tuesday, June 25 |
| Valedictory | Wednesday, June 26 |
| Final Report Cards | Thursday, June 27 |
| Last Day for Students | Thursday, June 27 |
| School Closes / Administrative Day | Friday, June 28 |