Mesa County Valley School District 51

2020-2021 School Year Calendar

*PLEASE NOTE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HAS CHANGED:
FIRST DAY GRADES 1-12: AUGUST 17
FIRST DAY KINDERGARTEN: AUGUST 19
all other dates will remain the same.

2020-21 Adopted Calendar (Adopted January 21, 2020) 

Calendario Aprobado 2020-21 - (Adoptado el 21 de enero de 2020)

Dual Immersion Academy 

Independence Academy

Juniper Ridge 

Mesa Valley Community School

New Emerson (updated on May 27, 2020)

R-5 

Fall 2018 Calendar Committee Materials

Fall 2019 Calendar Survey Results

Extended Calendar Research collected:

• Review of Educational Research, "The Effects of Modified School Calendars on Student Achievement and on School and Community Attitudes" article
• Indiana University School of Education - Center for Urban and Multicultural Education "Pros and Cons of Year-Round Education" study
• Review of Educational Research, "Extending the School Day or School Year: A systematic review of research (1985-2009)" article
• National Center on Time and Learning, "The Case for Improving and Expanding Time in School: A Review of Key Research and Practice" article
• National Center on Time and Learning, "Learning Time in America: Trends to Reform the American School Calendar" article