2026/2027 School & P.A.L. Year:
August / September
- August 31 – First day of school & PAL!
- September 4 – No School / No PAL
- September 7 – Labor Day – No School / No PAL
- September 23 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
October
- October 9 – No School / No PAL (Professional Development Day at School)
- October 12 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day – No School / No PAL
- October 21 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
November
- November 3 – No School / No PAL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
- November 11 – Veterans Day – No School / No PAL
- November 25-27 – 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 13 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
- January 18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School / No PAL
February
- February 15 – President’s Day – No School / No PAL
- February 15-19 – Winter Break – No School / No PAL
March
- March 10 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
April
- April 16 – No School / No PAL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
- April 19-23 – Spring Break – No School / No PAL
May
- May 17 & 18 – Kindergarten Screening (no school for kindergarten)
- May 26 – EARLY RELEASE DAY – NO PM PAL
- May 31 – 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:
- Read the Parent Handbook
- Print the Registration Form
- Fill out the forms and email to:
ThePALprogram@gmail.com
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.
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