Deped School Calendar for School Year 2018 - 2019
As per usual issuance of DepEd school calendar, school year formally opens within the first week of June and ends on the first week of April, with around 200-220 school days.
Accordingly, Republic Act No. 7797, or An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty Class Days, has lengthened DepEd school calendar days to not more than two hundred twenty (220), inclusive of class days which may be subsequently suspended due to natural or man-made calamities.
Equally important, make-up classes are recommended in lieu of class cancellations due to celebrations and holidays, as well as natural and man-made calamities. Mechanisms for the conduct of make-up classes must be agreed upon by school heads and the parent-teacher associations (based on 2018 DepEd Order, DepEd School Calendar 2017-2018).
Accordingly, Republic Act No. 7797, or An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty Class Days, has lengthened DepEd school calendar days to not more than two hundred twenty (220), inclusive of class days which may be subsequently suspended due to natural or man-made calamities.
DOWNLOAD: Deped School Calendar for School Year 2018 - 2019
Usually, private schools may deviate from the released DepEd school calendar, however, may not start classes earlier than the prescribed start of classes and not later than the last day of August (based on 2018 DepEd Order, DepEd School Calendar 2017-2018).Equally important, make-up classes are recommended in lieu of class cancellations due to celebrations and holidays, as well as natural and man-made calamities. Mechanisms for the conduct of make-up classes must be agreed upon by school heads and the parent-teacher associations (based on 2018 DepEd Order, DepEd School Calendar 2017-2018).