Academic Calendar - Salish Kootenai College

SKC ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2026-2027

Event	Date
Event Faculty Return	Date August 31, 2026
Event Last Day to Apply for Fall Term (All undergraduate degrees and certificates)	Date September 4, 2026
Event Labor Day Holiday	Date September 7, 2026
Event New Student Orientation (NSO)	Date September 9-10, 2026
Event Last Day to Register for Fall Quarter	Date September 11, 2026
Event Classes Begin	Date September 14, 2026
Event Last Day to Drop or Add Classes	Date September 18, 2026
Event Indigenous People's Day Holiday	Date October 12, 2026
Event Midterm (Week 5)	Date October 12-16, 2026
Event Winter Quarter Registration Begins (Week 6)	Date October 19, 2026
Event Last Day to Withdraw from Classes (Week 7)	Date October 30, 2026
Event Virtual Bookstore Opens for Winter Quarter	Date November 9, 2026
Event Veterans Day Holiday	Date November 11, 2026
Event Last Day of Classes	Date November 20, 2026
Event Grades Due to Registrar by 12:00 pm (Noon)	Date November 30, 2026
Event Winter Break (Students)	Date November 23, 2025 - January 1, 2027
Event Last Day to Apply for Master of Education (M.Ed.) Cohort	Date Next Cohort Admissions Fall 2027
Event SKC Closed for Christmas Holiday	Date December 23 - 25, 2026
Event SKC Closed for New Year's Holiday	Date December 31, 2026 - January 1, 2027

Event	Date
Event Last Day to Apply for Winter Quarter (All undergraduate degrees and certificates)	Date December 25, 2026
Event Last Day to Register for Winter Quarter	Date January 4, 2027
Event Faculty Return	Date January 4, 2027
Event New Student Orientation	Date January 4, 2027
Event Classes Begin	Date January 5, 2027
Event Last Day to Drop or Add Classes	Date January 8, 2027
Event Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday	Date January 18, 2027
Event Graduation Application Deadline for June Graduation	Date January 22, 2027
Event Midterm (Week 5)	Date February 1-5, 2027
Event Spring Quarter Registration Begins (Week 6)	Date February 8, 2027
Event Last Day to Withdraw from Classes (Week 7)	Date February 19, 2027
Event Virtual Bookstore Opens for Spring	Date March 8, 2027
Event Last Day of Classes	Date March 12, 2027
Event Grades Due to Registrar by 12:00 pm (Noon)	Date March 17, 2027
Event Spring Break (Students)	Date March 15 - 26, 2027

Event	Date
Event Last Day to Apply for Spring Quarter (All undergraduate degrees and certificates)	Date March 19, 2027
Event Faculty Return	Date March 25, 2027
Event Last Day to Register for Spring	Date March 26, 2027
Event New Student Orientation	Date March 26, 2027
Event Classes Begin	Date March 29, 2027
Event Last Day to Add or Drop Classes	Date April 2, 2027
Event Midterm (Week 5)	Date April 26 - 30, 2027
Event Next Fall Quarter Registration Begins (Week 6)	Date May 3, 2027
Event Graduation Pow Wow	Date May 14-15, 2027
Event Last Day to Withdraw from Classes (Week 7)	Date May 14, 2027
Event Community Service Day (No Classes)	Date May 14, 2026
Event Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)	Date May 24, 2027
Event Last Day of Classes	Date June 4, 4027
Event Graduation Day	Date June 5, 2027
Event Grades Due to Registrar by 12:00 pm (Noon)	Date June 9, 2027

Summer Session 2026-2027

Event	Date
Event First Day of Classes	Date June 14, 2027
Event Juneteenth Holiday	Date June 21, 2027
Event Arlee Esyapeqeni (Celebration) (Tentatively Scheduled)	Date July 1 and 6, 2027
Event 4th of July Holiday	Date July 5, 2027
Event Standing Arrow Powwow (Tentatively Scheduled)	Date July 15 and 19, 2027
Event Last Day of Classes	Date August 6, 2027
Event Grades Due to Registrar by 12:00 pm (Noon)	Date August 11, 2027