Programs
2027 Program Calendar
When we are open, when we run full days, and when we are closed. Built from the Chicago Public Schools calendar, so the days your child is off school are the days we open early.
The 2027 program year opens on
Today we are open after school.
Today we are open all day.
We are closed today.
The 2027 program year has finished. Next year's calendar goes up in the fall.
Next closure:
Winter4 January to 19 March
Spring20 March to 18 June
Summer21 June to 21 September
Fall22 September to 21 December
The last day we operate is Friday 17 December. The week of the 20th is the winter holiday closure.
How to read this
- After schoolWe open when school lets out and run until pickup.
- Full daySchool is closed and we are open all day. No extra charge.
- ClosedWe are shut. Holidays and the two long breaks.
Winter
4 January to 19 March
January
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4Full dayGrand reopening | 5After school | 6After school | 7After school | 8After school | 9 | 10 |
| 11After school | 12After school | 13After school | 14After school | 15After school | 16 | 17 |
| 18Closed | 19After school | 20After school | 21After school | 22After school | 23 | 24 |
| 25After school | 26After school | 27After school | 28After school | 29Full day | 30 | 31 |
- Mon 4 Jan Full dayCPS professional development · Grand reopening
- Tue 5 Jan to Fri 15 Jan After school
- Mon 18 Jan ClosedMartin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tue 19 Jan to Thu 28 Jan After school
- Fri 29 Jan Full dayCPS professional development
February
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3After school | 4After school | 5After school | 6 | 7 |
| 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11After school | 12After school | 13 | 14 |
| 15Closed | 16After school | 17After school | 18After school | 19After school | 20 | 21 |
| 22After school | 23Full day | 24After school | 25After school | 26After school | 27 | 28 |
- Mon 1 Feb to Fri 12 Feb After school
- Mon 15 Feb ClosedPresidents' Day
- Tue 16 Feb to Mon 22 Feb After school
- Tue 23 Feb Full dayCPS professional development
- Wed 24 Feb to Fri 26 Feb After school
March
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3After school | 4After school | 5After school | 6 | 7 |
| 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11After school | 12After school | 13 | 14 |
| 15After school | 16After school | 17After school | 18After school | 19After school | 20 | 21 |
| 22Full day | 23Full day | 24Full day | 25Full day | 26Full day | 27 | 28 |
| 29After school | 30After school | 31After school |
- Mon 1 Mar to Fri 19 Mar After school
- Mon 22 Mar to Fri 26 Mar Full daySpring break
- Mon 29 Mar to Wed 31 Mar After school
Spring
20 March to 18 June
April
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5After school | 6Full day | 7After school | 8After school | 9After school | 10 | 11 |
| 12Full day | 13After school | 14After school | 15After school | 16After school | 17 | 18 |
| 19After school | 20After school | 21After school | 22After school | 23After school | 24 | 25 |
| 26After school | 27After school | 28After school | 29After school | 30After school |
- Thu 1 Apr to Mon 5 Apr After school
- Tue 6 Apr Full dayCPS professional development
- Wed 7 Apr to Fri 9 Apr After school
- Mon 12 Apr Full dayParent-teacher conferences
- Tue 13 Apr to Fri 30 Apr After school
May
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3After school | 4After school | 5After school | 6After school | 7After school | 8 | 9 |
| 10After school | 11After school | 12After school | 13After school | 14After school | 15 | 16 |
| 17After school | 18After school | 19After school | 20After school | 21After school | 22 | 23 |
| 24After school | 25After school | 26After school | 27After school | 28After school | 29 | 30 |
| 31Closed |
- Mon 3 May to Fri 28 May After school
- Mon 31 May ClosedMemorial Day
June
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3After school | 4After school | 5 | 6 | |
| 7After school | 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11After school | 12 | 13 |
| 14Full day | 15Full day | 16Full day | 17Full day | 18Closed | 19 | 20 |
| 21Full day | 22Full day | 23Full day | 24Full day | 25Full dayMuseum of Science and Industry | 26 | 27 |
| 28Full day | 29Full day | 30Full day |
- Tue 1 Jun to Fri 11 Jun After school
- Mon 14 Jun to Thu 17 Jun Full daySummer program
- Fri 18 Jun ClosedJuneteenth, observed
- Mon 21 Jun to Thu 24 Jun Full daySummer program
- Fri 25 Jun Full daySummer program · Museum of Science and Industry
- Mon 28 Jun to Wed 30 Jun Full daySummer program
CPS may add emergency days on 15 to 17 and 21 to 22 June. If that happens we open full day and we will write to you.
Summer
21 June to 21 September
July
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Full day | 2Full dayUrban Air | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5Closed | 6Full day | 7Full day | 8Full day | 9Full dayArt Institute | 10 | 11 |
| 12Full day | 13Full day | 14Full day | 15Full day | 16Full dayMLK Skate Rink | 17 | 18 |
| 19Full day | 20Full day | 21Full day | 22Full day | 23Full dayAdler Planetarium | 24 | 25 |
| 26Full day | 27Full day | 28Full day | 29Full day | 30Full dayYouth Boss Expo | 31 |
- Thu 1 Jul Full daySummer program
- Fri 2 Jul Full daySummer program · Urban Air
- Mon 5 Jul ClosedIndependence Day, observed
- Tue 6 Jul to Thu 8 Jul Full daySummer program
- Fri 9 Jul Full daySummer program · Art Institute
- Mon 12 Jul to Thu 15 Jul Full daySummer program
- Fri 16 Jul Full daySummer program · MLK Skate Rink
- Mon 19 Jul to Thu 22 Jul Full daySummer program
- Fri 23 Jul Full daySummer program · Adler Planetarium
- Mon 26 Jul to Thu 29 Jul Full daySummer program
- Fri 30 Jul Full daySummer program · Youth Boss Expo
August
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2Full day | 3Full day | 4Full day | 5Full day | 6Full dayDave & Buster's | 7 | 8 |
| 9Full day | 10Full day | 11Full day | 12Full day | 13Full dayGoogle | 14 | 15 |
| 16Full day | 17Full day | 18Full day | 19Full day | 20Full dayiFLY | 21 | 22 |
| 23After school | 24After school | 25After school | 26After school | 27After schoolEnd of summer picnic | 28 | 29 |
| 30After school | 31After school |
- Mon 2 Aug to Thu 5 Aug Full daySummer program
- Fri 6 Aug Full daySummer program · Dave & Buster's
- Mon 9 Aug to Thu 12 Aug Full daySummer program
- Fri 13 Aug Full daySummer program · Google
- Mon 16 Aug to Thu 19 Aug Full daySummer program
- Fri 20 Aug Full daySummer program · iFLY
- Mon 23 Aug to Thu 26 Aug After school
- Fri 27 Aug After schoolEnd of summer picnic
- Mon 30 Aug to Tue 31 Aug After school
CPS classes resume on Monday 23 August, so we go back to after-school hours that week.
September
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3After school | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6Closed | 7After school | 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11 | 12 |
| 13After school | 14After school | 15After school | 16After school | 17After school | 18 | 19 |
| 20After school | 21After school | 22After school | 23After school | 24Full day | 25 | 26 |
| 27After school | 28After school | 29After school | 30After school |
- Wed 1 Sep to Fri 3 Sep After school
- Mon 6 Sep ClosedLabor Day
- Tue 7 Sep to Thu 23 Sep After school
- Fri 24 Sep Full dayCPS professional development
- Mon 27 Sep to Thu 30 Sep After school
Fall
22 September to 21 December
October
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4After school | 5After school | 6After school | 7After school | 8After school | 9 | 10 |
| 11Full day | 12After school | 13After school | 14After school | 15After school | 16 | 17 |
| 18After school | 19After school | 20After school | 21After school | 22After school | 23 | 24 |
| 25After school | 26After school | 27After school | 28After school | 29After school | 30 | 31 |
- Fri 1 Oct to Fri 8 Oct After school
- Mon 11 Oct Full dayCPS closed
- Tue 12 Oct to Fri 29 Oct After school
November
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Full day | 2Full day | 3After school | 4After school | 5After school | 6 | 7 |
| 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11Full day | 12After school | 13 | 14 |
| 15After school | 16After school | 17After school | 18After school | 19After school | 20 | 21 |
| 22Closed | 23Closed | 24Closed | 25Closed | 26Closed | 27 | 28 |
| 29After school | 30After school |
- Mon 1 Nov Full dayCPS professional development
- Tue 2 Nov Full dayParent-teacher conferences
- Wed 3 Nov to Wed 10 Nov After school
- Thu 11 Nov Full dayCPS closed
- Fri 12 Nov to Fri 19 Nov After school
- Mon 22 Nov to Fri 26 Nov ClosedThanksgiving closure
- Mon 29 Nov to Tue 30 Nov After school
December
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1After school | 2After school | 3After school | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6After school | 7After school | 8After school | 9After school | 10After school | 11 | 12 |
| 13After school | 14After school | 15After school | 16After school | 17After school | 18 | 19 |
| 20Closed | 21Closed | 22Closed | 23Closed | 24Closed | 25 | 26 |
| 27Closed | 28Closed | 29Closed | 30Closed | 31Closed |
- Wed 1 Dec to Fri 17 Dec After school
- Mon 20 Dec to Fri 31 Dec ClosedWinter holiday closure
Where we go
Summer Fridays are field trip days, and they are included. Nothing on this list costs a family anything.
- Mon 4 Jan Grand reopening
- Fri 25 Jun Museum of Science and Industry
- Fri 2 Jul Urban Air
- Fri 9 Jul Art Institute
- Fri 16 Jul MLK Skate Rink
- Fri 23 Jul Adler Planetarium
- Fri 30 Jul Youth Boss ExpoOur annual youth entrepreneurship showcase.
- Fri 6 Aug Dave & Buster's
- Fri 13 Aug Google
- Fri 20 Aug iFLY
- Fri 27 Aug End of summer picnic
Not sure about a date?
Call us. A calendar cannot cover a snow day or a CPS announcement made in August, and we would rather tell you than have you guess.