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2020-2021 Academic Calendar (Tentative)

Updated 7/2019
September 2020
7 MondayLabor Day
7 MondayOrientation Begins
12 SaturdayResidence Halls Open for Returning Students (9:00 a.m.)
14 MondayFall Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.)
18 FridayRosh Hashanah begins in the evening
19 SaturdayRosh Hashanah
24-26 - Thurs.-Sat.Clifford Symposium (tentative)
25-27 - Fri.-Sun.Homecoming
27 Sunday ***Yom Kippur begins in the evening
28 MondayYom Kippur
October 2020
9-11 Fri.-Sun.Fall Family Weekend
15-17 - Thurs.-Sat.Board Meetings
19-20 Mon.-Tue.Midterm Recess (tentative)
21 WednesdayClasses Resume (8:00 a.m.)
November 2020
3 SundayDaylight Saving Ends
11 WednesdayVeterans Day
13-14 Fri.-Sat.Institute Board of Overseers Meeting (MIIS) (tentative)
24 TuesdayThanksgiving Recess Begins (4:15 p.m.)
26 ThursdayThanksgiving
30 MondayClasses Resume (8:00 a.m.)
December 2020
10 ThursdayBoard Meeting (New York) (tentative)
11 Friday*Fall Term Classes End (4:15 p.m.)
14 MondayReading Day
15-20 Tues.-Sun.Final Exams
17 ThursdayReading Day
20 SundayRecess Begins (10:00 p.m.)
21 MondayResidence Halls Close (noon)
25 FridayChristmas Day
January 2021
1 FridayNew Year’s Day
9 SaturdayResidence Halls Open (9:00 a.m.)
11 MondayWinter Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.)
18 MondayMartin Luther King Day (no classes)
February 2021
5 FridayWinter Term Classes End Recess Begins (4:15 p.m.)
6 SaturdayCelebration for Mid-Year Graduates
10 WednesdaySpring Orientation Begins
15 MondaySpring Term Classes Begin (8:00 a.m.)
15 MondayPresidents Day
17 WednesdayAsh Wednesday
18 ThursdayWinter Carnival Recess Begins (4:15 p.m.)
19-20 Fri.-Sat.Winter Carnival (tentative)
22 MondayClasses Resume (8:00 a.m.)
March 2021
14 SundayDaylight Savings Begins 
19-20 Fri.-Sat.College Board of Overseers Meetings (tentative)
19 FridaySpring Term Recess Begins (4:15 p.m.)
27 SaturdayPassover begins in the evening
28 SundayPassover
29 MondayClasses Resume (8:00 a.m.)
April 2021
2 FridayGood Friday
4 SundayEaster
12 Monday***Ramadan begins in the evening
16 FridaySpring Student Symposium; Classes Do Not Meet
May 2021
6-8 Thurs.-Sat.Board Meetings (tentative)
8 Saturday***Lailat al-Qadr
12 Wednesday***Eid al-Fitr begins in the evening
13 Thursday***Eid al-Fitr
17 Monday**Spring Term Classes End (4:15 p.m.); Friday class schedule observed
18-19 Tues.-Wed.Reading Days
20-25 Thurs.-Tues.*Final Examinations
23 SundayReading Day
26 WednesdayResidence Halls Close for General Student Body (noon)
29 SaturdayBaccalaureate
30 SundayCommencement
30 SundayResidence Halls Close for Graduates and Senior Febs (11:00 p.m.)
31 MondayMemorial Day 
June 2021
10-13 Thurs.-SunReunion
22 TuesdayBread Loaf School of English in Vermont Begins (tentative)
25 FridayVT Language Schools Eight-Week Session Begins (tentative)
July 2021
2 FridayVT Language Schools Seven-Week Session Begins (tentative)
4 SundayIndependence Day
6 TuesdayVT Language Schools Six-Week Session Begins (tentative)
12-13 Mon.-Tues.Schools Board of Overseers Meetings (tentative)
19 Monday***Eid al-Adha begins in the evening
20 Tuesday***Eid al-Adha
August 2021
14 SaturdayCommencement, Bread Loaf School in Vermont (tentative) 
18-28 - Wed.-Sat.Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference  
20 FridayVT Language Schools Commencement (tentative)
*Fall exams scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
*Spring exams scheduled Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.
**Friday class schedule observed on Monday, May 17.  
***Dates are based on the lunar calendar and may vary.