Color Coding : Black/Grey = Institute Term Dates | Red = Closure | Green = Required Event | Purple = Optional Event | Blue = AOS Specific
FAQs: New Student Review | One-Year Culmination | Two-Year Culmination/Scene Night
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Academic Calendar Fa’24-Sp’26
12-Week Term Date Overview
Summer 2024: July 8-Sept. 27 | Fall 2024: Sept. 30-Dec. 20 | Winter 2025: Jan. 6-March 28 Spring 2025: April 7-June 27 | Summer 2025: July 7-Sept. 26 | Fall 2025: Sept. 29-Dec. 19 Winter 2026: Jan. 5-March 27 | Spring 2026: April 6-June 26 | Summer 2026: July 6-Sept. 25 |
Fall 2024
September 26 & 27 - Orientation for New Fall 2024 Students
September 30 - Fall 2024 Term Begins | AOS Class of 2026 starts
October 10- Method Lab with DLS
October 28 - Fall Intensive A Starts
November 8 - Fall Intensive A Ends
November 6,7,8- New Student Reviews
November 9- Method Lab with DLS
November 28-29, - Thanksgiving Break (Closed)
December 7- Method Lab with DLS
December 9, - Fall Intensive B Starts
December 20 - Fall 2024 Term Ends | Fall Intensive B Ends
December 21- January 5- Student Winter break (No Classes)
December 24, 2024 – January 1, 2025 - Institute Closed (Winter Break)
Winter 2025
January 2- Institute Operations Resume
January 3– Orientation for New Students
January 6 - Winter 2025 Term Begins
January 11-Method Lab with DLS
January 20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Closed)
February 3- Winter Intensive A Starts
February 14- Winter Intensive A Ends
February 13,14- New Student Reviews
February 15-Method Lab with DLS
March 11- Scene Lab with Sasha Krane
March 15-Method Lab with DLS
March 17- Winter Intensive B Starts
March 26 - Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
March 28- One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
March 28 - Winter 2025 Term Ends | Winter Intensive B Ends
March 29-April 6 –Spring Break-No Classes
Spring 2025
April 3 & 4– Orientation for New Students
April 7 - Spring 2025 Term Begins
April 12-Method Lab with DLS
May 5- Spring Intensive A Starts
May 16 - Spring Intensive A Ends
May 23- New Student Reviews
May 24-Method Lab with DLS
May 26 - Memorial Day (Closed)
June 9- Spring Intensive B Starts
June 14-Method Lab with DLS
June 19, Juneteenth (Closed)
June 20- Spring B Intensive Ends
June 25 - Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
June 27 - One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
June 27 - Spring 2025 Term Ends
June 28 –July 7, 2025 –SUMMER BREAK-No 12-Week/Conservatory Classes
Friday, July 4: CLOSED
AOS DEGREE Events:
July 11- July 13- AOS Class of 2026 Theatre Production August 1- AOS Class of 2025 Graduation July 15- September 29: AOS Summer Vacation period |
Summer 2025 (non-degree students)
July 3 - Orientation for New Summer 2025 Students
July 7 - Summer 2025 Term Begins
July 19-Method Lab with DLS
July 28 - Summer A Intensive Starts
August 8 - Summer A Intensive Ends
August 11 - Summer 1 (TV) Intensive Starts
August 14- New Student Reviews
August 15 - Summer 1 (TV) Intensive Ends
August 16-Method Lab with DLS
August 25 - Summer Intensive B Starts
September 1, - Labor Day (Closed)
September 5 - Summer B Ends
September 20-Method Lab with DLS
September 22- One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
September 24- Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
September 26 - Summer 2025 Term Ends
Fall 2025
September 25 & 26 - Orientation for New Fall 2025 Students
September 29 - Fall 2025 Term Begins | AOS Class of 2027 starts
October 2 - Yom Kippur
October 4-Method Lab with DLS
October 27 - Fall Intensive A Starts
November 7 - Fall Intensive A Ends
November 5,6,7- New Student Reviews
November 8-Method Lab with DLS
November 27-28, - Thanksgiving Break (Closed)
December 8 - Fall Intensive B Starts
December 13-Method Lab with DLS
December 17- Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
December 19- One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
December 19 - Fall 2024 Term Ends | Fall Intensive B Ends
December 20- January 4- Student Winter break (No Classes)
December 24, 2025 – January 1, 2026 - Institute Closed (Winter Break)
January 2- Institute Operations Resume
Winter 2026
January 2– Orientation for New Students
January 5 - Winter 2026 Term Begins
January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Closed)
February 2- Winter Intensive A Starts
February 13- Winter Intensive A Ends
February 27- New Student Reviews
March 16- Winter Intensive B Starts
March 25 - Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
March 27 - One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
March 27 - Winter 2026 Term Ends | Winter Intensive B Ends
March 28-April 5 –Spring Break-No Classes
Spring 2026
April 2 & 3– Orientation for New Students
April 6 - Spring 2026 Term Begins
May 4- Spring Intensive A Starts
May 15 - Spring Intensive A Ends
May 25 - Memorial Day (Closed)
May 29- New Student Reviews
June 8- Spring Intensive B Starts
June 18- Spring B Intensive Ends
June 19, Juneteenth (Closed)
June 24 - Scene Night (Two-Year Culmination)
June 26 - One-Year Self-Tape Culmination
June 26- Spring 2026 Term Ends
June 27 – Sunday,July 5, 2026 –SUMMER BREAK-No 12-Week Classes
July 3 - CLOSED Independence Day Observed
AOS Events:
July 10- July 12- AOS Class of 2027 Theatre Production July 13- September 27: AOS Summer Vacation period August 7- AOS Class of 2026 Graduation |
Revised 4/8/2025