2025-2026 School Calendar
September 4th – 1st day of school, Phase-in schedule starts
September 7th – Ice Cream Social, MELC Playground
September 9th – 1st full day of school
September 14th – rain date for Ice Cream Social
September 17th – bulb planting
September 23rd – school closed, Rosh Hashanah
October 2nd – school closed, Yom Kippur
October 13th – school closed, Columbus Day
October 15th – Halloween Pumpkin Patch – MELC Playground
October 16th – Back to School Night
October 18th – Open House, TBD
October 20th – school closed, Diwali
October 22nd – rain date for Halloween Pumpkin Patch – MELC Playground
October 25th – MELC Family Halloween Party, TBD
October 26th – rain date for MELC Family Halloween, TBD
November 6th & 7th – school closed, NJEA Convention
November 26th – 28th – school closed, Thanksgiving Recess
December 23rd – January 2nd – school closed, Holiday Recess
January 19th – school closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 13th – 17th – school closed, Winter Recess
March 30th – April 3rd – school closed, Spring Break
May 5th – Teacher Appreciation Day
May 6th – School Pictures – outside MELC Playground
May 13th – School Pictures – rain date
May TBD – Spring Family Party
May TBD – rain date, Spring Family Party
May 22nd & May 25th – school closed, Memorial Day
May 27th – MELC School Spirit Day
May 29th – School Year End Celebration – Last Day of School, outside, MELC Playground
** MELC generally follows the Glen Ridge Public Schools for weather-related delayed openings and closings. (Calendar is subject to change)