How to Make a Printable School Year Calendar (August to July)

A school year does not follow the January to December calendar. It usually starts in August or September and ends in May or June, so a normal wall calendar runs out right in the middle of the year. Here is how to make a calendar that matches the school year, in a few steps and for free.

Make a school year calendar in four steps

1. Open the Printable Calendar Maker.
2. Set the year to the year the school year starts, for example 2027.
3. Set Start month to August (or September, or whichever month your school starts). You now get 12 months in a row: August 2027 to July 2028.
4. Choose Letter or A4, Sunday or Monday start, and print it or save it as a PDF.

Which layout works best

• 12 monthly pages with notes lines are the best choice for a teacher's planner, a family fridge calendar or a binder. One month fills one page and there is room to write.
• Year on one page is better for a wall, a bulletin board or the front of a binder, where you want to see the whole school year at a glance.

Handy options

• Monday start with week numbers helps with term plans and lesson sequences, because you can refer to "week 12" instead of a date.
• US federal holidays can be marked so you can see the long weekends that fall inside the school year. Your own school's breaks will differ, so write those in by hand.
• Language can be switched, so a language class or an international family can print month and day names in their own language.

Also works for other year types

The same steps make a fiscal year (for example starting in October or April), a sports season, or a project year that starts in the middle of a calendar year. Choose the start month and the calendar follows.

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