{"id":262570,"date":"2026-08-10T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262570\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:08:07","slug":"when-is-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262570\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the first day of school in the Lehigh Valley?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is winding down, and the first day of school for students in the Lehigh Valley is fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The list below includes the start dates, Labor Day holidays and links to full district calendars. Because of the late Labor Day holiday, some school districts begin Aug. 24, while others do not open until Aug. 31. Some schools also have separate orientation days for students in kindergarten, 6th and 9th grade.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more.<\/p>\n<p>Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 20, AM orientation for grades K, 6, 9; Aug. 24, all students<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept, 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownsd.org\/fs\/resource-manager\/view\/df83910d-6ab5-40fc-b49f-330cdd9b73c0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASD English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownsd.org\/fs\/resource-manager\/view\/eec79852-6f0d-4325-81c9-5ff010884d8e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASD Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bangor Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 31<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangor.k12.pa.us\/calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangor Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"http:\/\/basdschools.org\/fs\/pages\/764\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bethlehem Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catasauqua<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cattysd.org\/district01\/district-calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catasauqua Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>East Penn<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/calendar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Penn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Easton Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 31 for kindergarten only; Sept. 1, all students<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastonsd.org\/school-calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Easton Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nazareth Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 31<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com\/documents\/asset\/uploaded_file\/5523\/Nasd\/f8a2be22-9fe4-4fa8-9ea5-23a43ee9cbb8\/District-School-Calendar-2026-2027---Board-Approved-1.27.26.pdf?disposition=inline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nazareth Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northampton Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\/events?view=list-all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northampton Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northern Lehigh<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlsd.org\/district-office-c6\/calendar\/school-district-calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Lehigh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northwestern Lehigh<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\/district-calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern Lehigh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parkland<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1784738204\/parklandsdorg\/ii0ocqqkx5pwx7qtuhpa\/2026-2027_Calendar_Board_Approved.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parkland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pen Argyl<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 31<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penargylschooldistrict.org\/common\/pages\/GetFile.ashx?key=IXgqAfSG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pen Argyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salisbury<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24, orientation for grades K, 5 &amp; 9, early dismissal; Aug. 25, all students<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nDMRt2aw07WWWNzYdb11QFfxhdJY_6qP\/view\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salisbury Township<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saucon Valley<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1773072707\/svpanthersorg\/jlwz3hhyy8mqbg7zgevb\/SVSD26-27Calendar.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saucon Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southern Lehigh<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1778087882\/slsdorg\/fxduc4fzwk45kx8qvzfg\/2627Calendar.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Lehigh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitehall-Coplay<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 24<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehallcoplay.org\/calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whitehall-Coplay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilson Area<\/p>\n<p>Start date: Aug. 31<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day: Sept. 4, 7<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1765901741\/wilsonareasdorg\/mhxkweviivtlgkb9h7zn\/WASD2026-2027SchoolCalendar-8_31_26StartDate1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilson Area<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer is winding down, and the first day of school for students in the Lehigh Valley is fast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,227,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-262570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-education","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}