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.

    2021
    January 18 (Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
    February 15 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
    April 2 (Friday) Good Friday through Monday after Easter
    May 31 (Monday) Memorial Day
    November 25 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
    November 26 (fourth Friday) American Indian Heritage Day
    December 24 (Friday) Christmas Day (holiday) through New Year's Day

    2020
    January 20 (Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
    February 17 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
    April 10 (Friday) Good Friday through Monday after Easter
    May 25 (Monday) Memorial Day
    November 3 (Tuesday) Election Day
    November 26 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
    November 27 (fourth Friday) American Indian Heritage Day
    December 24 (Thursday) Christmas Eve 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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