Chinese School Calendar for Educators

Saturdays, festivals, and the school year in one view

A weekend Chinese school year runs September to June, one Saturday at a time, with no classes on long weekends and celebrations that follow the lunar calendar.

Build a printable calendar that shows session Saturdays, closures, and festivals together, so teachers, families, and administrators plan from one page.

Three calendars, one Saturday schedule

A weekend school tracks three calendars: the district calendar that sets the long weekends families travel on, your own session schedule, and the Chinese calendar that places the festivals your school teaches and performs.

With roughly 36 teaching Saturdays a year, every closure matters. Overlay all three and you see at once which Saturdays remain and where the performances land.

Built for Chinese language educators

Saturday mornings in a community center or a full immersion week. Perfect for:

Weekend Chinese schools

Heritage language schools

Immersion programs

Mandarin learning centers

Community centers

Chinese teachers and tutors

What to put on a Chinese school calendar

Session Saturdays

First and last class
No-class long weekends
Winter recess
Spring break
District holidays

Lunar festivals

Chinese New Year 春节
Lantern Festival 元宵节
Qingming 清明节
Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
Double Ninth 重阳节

Program events

Registration day
New Year performance
Speech contests
Exams and assessments
Graduation ceremony

The festival dates are handled for you, correctly placed for each year. Chinese Holidays 2026-2027 lists every date, and How the Chinese Calendar Works explains the lunar system behind them, a lesson in itself.

A bilingual calendar for a bilingual classroom

A language school’s calendar can teach. Display Chinese dates and festival names in Chinese characters alongside the Gregorian dates, and students read both systems every time they check when class meets.

Print it for the classroom wall and the family fridge, or download a one-time .ics file for families’ calendar apps. Adjust and download a fresh copy whenever the schedule changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Choose your start month and duration, and the calendar prints your school year exactly, with every Saturday visible for marking sessions and closures.

Yes. Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn, and the other lunar festivals move on the Gregorian calendar every year, and the calendar places them on the correct dates for the year you build.

Yes. You can display Chinese dates and festival names in Chinese characters alongside the Gregorian dates, which is exactly what a language classroom wants on the wall.

Yes. Add no-class Saturdays, winter recess, spring break, and district holidays as events, so families always know which Saturdays have class.

Download a print-ready PDF to hand out or post, and optionally a one-time .ics file that families can import into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.

Create your Chinese school calendar

Session Saturdays, lunar festivals, and school-year breaks together on one printable, bilingual calendar your whole school community can follow.

Build Your Chinese School Calendar