Poway Unified School District Winter Break 2026

Name: Poway Unified School District Winter Break 2026
Start: 2026-12-21
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Poway Unified School District

Poway Unified School District students are off from Saturday, December 19, 2026 through Sunday, January 3, 2027: 16 days in a row, 10 of them school days. School resumes Mon, Jan 4, 2027.

winter breakDecember 21, 2026 to January 1, 202710 school days

Last day beforeFri, Dec 18, 2026

School resumesMon, Jan 4, 2027

Days off in a row16Dec 19 to Jan 3

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Planning notes

Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) and New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1, 2027) both fall inside the break.

Verified against Poway Unified School District’s official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High.

Source: Poway Unified School District 2026-2027 Student Calendar (BOE Approved 11/14/24, Revised 02/26/26) (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: Board approved Nov. 14, 2024; the Board of Education approved this revised calendar on Feb. 26, 2026 (district news: first day moved from Aug. 12 to Aug. 13, the Sept. 28 professional growth day moved to Aug. 10, and the high-school-only non-student day moved from Oct. 26 to Nov. 16). Nov. 16 is shaded as a Non-Student Day on the calendar, but the district news and its Student Holiday Calendar (updated Feb. 26, 2026: 'HIGH SCHOOL, Non-Student Day') say it is for high school only; other grades attend. The calendar's 180 student days match the high school schedule; for other grades the dates give 181. Jan. 25 is a non-student professional growth day. Feb. 15-19 is a District Recess (Feb. 15 Washington Day, Feb. 19 Lincoln Day observed). The PDF calls every break a District Recess; the district's Student Holiday Calendar names the Dec. 21 - Jan. 1 recess Winter Break and April 12-16 Spring Break. The district's Google calendar lists the same no-school days (it lists Nov. 16 only as Non-Student Day). Juneteenth (June 18) falls after the last day of school. powayusd.com shows a bot check to this network: the Calendars and 2026-27 Student Calendar pages were read via Web Archive captures of Aug. 3, 2026 (the latter links this PDF, which still downloads unchanged on Sept. 26, 2026) and the board news via a capture of March 3, 2026. The district's Graduation Schedule page lists only 2026 ceremonies. The separate Abraxas (continuation high school) calendar is not included.

Winter break in nearby districts

20 of the other 20 California districts we track have winter break the same week.

District	Winter break	Back to school
Poway Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027
San Diego Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Sweetwater Union High School District	December 21, 2026 to January 8, 2027	Tue, Jan 12, 2027
Capistrano Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027
Irvine Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027
Santa Ana Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027
Riverside Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Mon, Jan 4, 2027
Corona-Norco Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 8, 2027	Mon, Jan 11, 2027
Garden Grove Unified School District	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does Poway Unified School District winter break start and end?

Winter break starts Monday, December 21, 2026 and ends Friday, January 1, 2027.

When do Poway Unified School District students go back to school after winter break?

Monday, January 4, 2027.

How many days off is winter break?

ten school days. With the weekends, students are off 16 days in a row (Sat, Dec 19, 2026 to Sun, Jan 3, 2027).

Could Poway Unified School District winter break dates change?

The dates come from the district’s board-approved calendar. Districts sometimes revise a calendar after weather closures; we re-check the official document every week and update this page if it changes.

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Poway Unified School District Winter Break 2026

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