BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//TX School Calendar//District Calendar//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Northwest ISD 2026-2027 Adopted instructional calendar
X-WR-CALDESC:Northwest ISD starts Aug. 12\, 2026\, and ends May 21\, 2027. 
 See Thanksgiving\, winter and spring breaks\, student holidays\, early rel
 ease\, and the official PDF.
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-first-day@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260813
SUMMARY:First Day of School
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nFirst student attendance day.\nSou
 rce: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd
 24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:FIRST_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-labor-day@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260908
SUMMARY:Labor Day Holiday
DESCRIPTION:School status: no classes\nOfficial calendar label: Labor Day S
 tudent-Staff Holiday\nStudent and staff holiday with no classes.\nSource: 
 https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8b
 cf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-uil-grade-check@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
SUMMARY:Six-Week UIL Grade Check
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nSix-week UIL grade check.\nSource:
  https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8
 bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:PROGRESS_REPORT
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-first-quarter-end@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009
SUMMARY:First Quarter Ends
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nOfficial calendar label: End of 1s
 t Quarter\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c
 1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_END
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-october-student-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013
SUMMARY:Students off October 9–12
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nCalculated from calendar: these dat
 es are grouped or inferred from published entries.\nOfficial calendar labe
 l: October Student Break\nStudents are off October 9 and 12 and return Oct
 ober 13.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1
 -cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:STUDENT_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-second-quarter-start@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014
SUMMARY:Second Quarter Begins
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nOfficial calendar label: Beginning
  of 2nd Quarter\nThe second grading quarter begins.\nSource: https://www.n
 isdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_START
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-november-student-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261104
SUMMARY:Students off November 2–3
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nCalculated from calendar: these dat
 es are grouped or inferred from published entries.\nOfficial calendar labe
 l: November Student Break\nStudents are off November 2–3 and return Nove
 mber 4.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-
 cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:STUDENT_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-thanksgiving-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261128
SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Break
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nCalculated from calendar: these dat
 es are grouped or inferred from published entries.\nNovember 23–24 are t
 eacher-flex days\; November 25–27 are student-staff holidays.\nSource: h
 ttps://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bc
 f8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:THANKSGIVING_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-december-staar@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261212
SUMMARY:December STAAR Testing Window
DESCRIPTION:School status: Testing window — not a daily attendance status
 \nThe calendar lists December 1–11 as STAAR testing dates. This window d
 oes not designate every day as an exam day. Confirm individual testing dat
 es with your campus.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/v
 iew/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:STATE_TEST
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-second-quarter-end@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
SUMMARY:Second Quarter Ends
DESCRIPTION:School status: early dismissal\nOfficial calendar label: End of
  2nd Quarter & Early Release\nThe second quarter ends on an early-release 
 day.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2
 c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_END
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-december-18-early-release@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
SUMMARY:Early Release
DESCRIPTION:School status: early dismissal\nHicks dismisses at 12:10 p.m.\,
  elementary at 11:45 a.m.\, middle at 12:55 p.m.\, high school and Special
  Programs at 12:30 p.m.\, and Steele Early College at 12:20 p.m.\nSource: 
 https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8b
 cf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:EARLY_RELEASE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2026-winter-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
SUMMARY:Winter holidays
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nCalculated from calendar: these dat
 es are grouped or inferred from published entries.\nOfficial calendar labe
 l: Student-Staff Holiday\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manag
 er/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:WINTER_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-january-student-holidays@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270106
SUMMARY:Student Holiday / Teacher Professional Learning
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/r
 esource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:NON_STUDENT_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-third-quarter-start@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270107
SUMMARY:Third Quarter Begins
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nOfficial calendar label: Beginning
  of 3rd Quarter\nThe third grading quarter begins.\nSource: https://www.ni
 sdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_START
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-mlk-day@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270119
SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DESCRIPTION:School status: no classes\nOfficial calendar label: Student-Sta
 ff Holiday\nStudent and staff holiday with no classes.\nSource: https://ww
 w.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-february-student-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270216
SUMMARY:Students off February 12–15
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nCalculated from calendar: these dat
 es are grouped or inferred from published entries.\nOfficial calendar labe
 l: February Student Holiday Weekend\nStudents are off February 12 and 15 a
 nd return February 16.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager
 /view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:STUDENT_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-march-5-student-holiday@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270306
SUMMARY:Student Holiday / Professional Learning
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nStudents do not attend while teache
 rs participate in professional learning.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/f
 s/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:NON_STUDENT_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-third-quarter-end@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270313
SUMMARY:Third Quarter Ends
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nOfficial calendar label: End of 3r
 d Quarter\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c
 1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_END
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-spring-break@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270320
SUMMARY:Spring Break
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/r
 esource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:SPRING_BREAK
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-march-student-holiday@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270323
SUMMARY:Student Holiday / Teacher Planning
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/r
 esource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:NON_STUDENT_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-fourth-quarter-start@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270324
SUMMARY:Fourth Quarter Begins
DESCRIPTION:School status: schools open\nOfficial calendar label: Beginning
  of 4th Quarter\nThe fourth grading quarter begins.\nSource: https://www.n
 isdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_START
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-march-26-holiday@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270327
SUMMARY:Student and Staff Holiday
DESCRIPTION:School status: no classes\nDistrictwide student and staff holid
 ay.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c
 -4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-april-staar@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270501
SUMMARY:Spring STAAR Testing Window
DESCRIPTION:School status: Testing window — not a daily attendance status
 \nThe calendar lists April 6–30 as STAAR testing dates\; April 23 remain
 s a student holiday. This window does not designate every day as an exam d
 ay. Confirm individual testing dates with your campus.\nSource: https://ww
 w.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:STATE_TEST
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-april-23-student-holiday@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270424
SUMMARY:Student Holiday / Teacher Flex Day
DESCRIPTION:School status: no students\nStudents do not attend while teache
 rs use a flex day.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/vie
 w/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:NON_STUDENT_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-fourth-quarter-end@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270522
SUMMARY:Fourth Quarter Ends
DESCRIPTION:School status: early dismissal\nOfficial calendar label: End of
  4th Quarter/Early Release\nThe fourth quarter ends on the final student d
 ay and early-release schedule.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource
 -manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:GRADING_PERIOD_END
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-last-day@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270522
SUMMARY:Last Day of School
DESCRIPTION:School status: early dismissal\nFinal student attendance day fo
 r the 2026-2027 school year.\nSource: https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-m
 anager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8bcf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:LAST_DAY
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:northwest-2027-may-21-early-release@txschoolcalendar.com
DTSTAMP:20261006T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270522
SUMMARY:Early Release
DESCRIPTION:School status: early dismissal\nHicks dismisses at 12:10 p.m.\,
  elementary at 11:45 a.m.\, middle at 12:55 p.m.\, high school and Special
  Programs at 12:30 p.m.\, and Steele Early College at 12:20 p.m.\nSource: 
 https://www.nisdtx.org/fs/resource-manager/view/469578c1-cc2c-4ae0-bd24-8b
 cf8df3bcac
CATEGORIES:EARLY_RELEASE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR