2025/2026 PAL Year:

September

  • September 1 – Labor Day – No School / No PAL
  • September 24 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL

October

  • October 10 – No School / No PAL (Professional Development Day at School)
  • October 13 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day – No School / No PAL
  • October 22 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL

November

  • November 4 – No School / No PAL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
  • November 11 – Veterans Day – No School / No PAL
  • November 26-28 – Thanksgiving Vacation – No School / No PAL

December

  • December 23 – Half day of school, A.M. PAL ONLY
  • December 24-31 – Holiday Break – No School / No PAL

January

  • January 1 – New Years Day – No School / No PAL
  • January 2 – Vacation day – No School / No PAL
  • January 14 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
  • January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School / No PAL

February

  • February 16 – President’s Day – No School / No PAL
  • February 17-20 – Winter Break – No School / No PAL

March

  • March 11 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL

April

  • April 17 – No School / No PAL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
  • April 20-24 – Spring Break – No School / No PAL

May

  • May 20 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
  • May 25 – Memorial Day – No School / No PAL

June

  • June – Last day of School / PAL TBD…

PAL PROGRAM

Located in York ME

CO-DIRECTOR CONTACTS:

For Registrations, questions/concerns & changes, contact Nancy Conrad: ThePALprogram@gmail.com

For billing questions / financial aid, contact Laura Gilchrest: lauragilchrest.pal@gmail.com

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

HOW TO REGISTER:

25-26 REGISTRATION FORM

PARENT HANDBOOK

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE

Print and return form to a staff member or email it to: ThePALprogram@gmail.com. Please see the section on schedule changes in the Handbook for more information.

SCHEDULE CHANGE FORM

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY FORM

DELAYS & CLOSING

  • PAL follows the York school schedule.
  • PAL does NOT operate during school vacations and snow days.
  • Should there be a school delay, morning PAL will be closed, afternoon PAL will resume as scheduled.
  • If school is cancelled for the day or there is a weather related/unplanned early release, PAL will be cancelled as well.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Please read more in our FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PACKET

Please contact Co-Director Laura Gilchrest with any questions: lauragilchrest.pal@gmail.com