School Starts August 12. Registration Is Already Open.

Magnolia ISD's board set the 2026-27 calendar back in February, and the first day of school is Wednesday, August 12. Classes run through May 27, with graduation on May 29. That's the frame for the whole year, and it's worth putting on the refrigerator now while there's still time to plan around it.

If your child is new to the district, registration is open. That includes the little ones starting Pre-K and Kindergarten. Getting it done early means a smoother first week, a class assignment in hand, and no scramble in the last hot days of August. Families already in the district will see the usual returning-student steps closer to the start; new enrollments are the ones that benefit most from moving now.

A few other dates to mark. Fall break runs October 12 through 16, a full week off. Thanksgiving break is November 23 through 27. The winter holiday stretches from December 21 through January 1, with students back the first week of the new year. Those are the long breaks worth booking travel and childcare around before prices and plans firm up.

For the exact enrollment checklist, the documents a new student needs, and any campus-specific schedule, the district's website is the place to confirm. Requirements and cutoff dates can shift by grade and campus, so check against the official calendar rather than a neighbor's memory of last year.

Have a first-day photo, a new teacher worth a mention, or a school event the whole neighborhood should know about? Send it our way. The good news out of our schools is exactly the kind of thing this paper wants to run.