2024-2025 School Calendar
September 5th – 1st day of school, Phase-in schedule starts
September 8th – Ice Cream Social, MELC Playground
September 10th – 1st full day of school
September 15th – rain date for Ice Cream Social
September 18th – bulb planting
October 3rd – school closed, Rosh Hashanah
October 14th – school closed, Columbus Day
October 16th – Halloween Pumpkin Patch – MELC Playground
October 17th – Back to School Night
October 19th – Open House
October 23rd – rain date for Halloween Pumpkin Patch – MELC Playground
October 26th – MELC Family Halloween Party, TBD
October 27th, rain date for MELC Family Halloween, TBD
November 1st, school closed, Diwali
November 7th & 8th – school closed, NJEA Convention
November 27th – 29th – school closed, Thanksgiving Recess
December 20th – January 1st – school closed, Holiday Recess
January 20th – school closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 25th – Open House
February 14th – 18th – school closed, Winter Recess
March 8th – Open House
April 14th – April 18th – school closed, Spring Break
May 6th – Teacher Appreciation Day
May 7th – School Pictures – outside MELC Playground
May 14th – School Pictures – rain date
May TBD – Spring Family Party
May TBD – Rain date, Spring Family Party
May 23rd & May 26th – school closed, Memorial Day
May 28th – MELC School Spirit Day
May 30th – School Year End Celebration – Last Day of School, outside, MELC Playground
June 2nd – June 20th, summer camp
** MELC generally follows the Glen Ridge Public Schools for weather-related delayed openings and closings. (Calendar is subject to change)