August 3-14 Educator Work Weeks

Enrollment meetings for new full-time families (scheduled individually)

• Parent Night/Community Building: TBD

• August 17 - First Day of Programming

• September 7 - (Monday) Program closed: Labor Day 

• October 12 - (Monday) Program closed: Indigenous People’s Day 

• October 13 - (Tuesday) Educator Work Day

• October 29-30 - (Thursday-Friday) Program closed: Parent Conferences

• November 11 - (Wednesday) Program closed: Veterans Day 

• November 23-27 - (Monday-Friday) Program Closed: Fall Break

• December 18 - (Friday) Winter Solstice Celebration Hike (Program hours 12:00-6:00)

• December 21-January 1- (Monday-Friday) Program Closed: Winter Break

• January 18- (Monday) Program closed: Martin Luther King, Jr Day

• February 15 - (Monday) Program closed: President’s Day

• February 16 - (Tuesday) Educator Work Day

• March 22-26 - (Monday-Friday) Program closed: Spring break

• March 31 - (Wednesday) Program closed: Cesar Chavez Day

• April 29-30 - (Thursday-Friday) Program closed: Parent conferences

• May 28 - Last day of Programming/ End of Year Celebration Evening!

• Summer camp dates to be announced in February 2026

Monarch Hills’ program year begins August 17th and ends May 28th. Monday-Thursday we are on site and open from 8:30-2:30 for enrichment families, and 8:30-3:30 for full time families. 

We also offer extended day options for families registered in our after care program. Extended day ends at 4:45. (All hike and field trip days end at 2:30 with no extended day.)

We are offsite every Friday at different locations around SLO. Children are to be dropped off and picked up at locations to be determined in the days leading up to Friday. Drop off time is 8:30 and pick up is 2:30.