A ministry of Westside Baptist Church · Katy, Texas (281) 492-3448
Westside Baptist Academy Katy, Texas · K5–12
Current Families

School Calendar

The dates every Westside Baptist Academy family is asked to hold, plus the shape of the school year.

Dates to commit to, 2026–2027

The school asks families to plan around these events. Students are expected to attend and participate — for music courses, program participation is a major part of the grade.

Date Event
Tuesday, October 20 Fall Program, 7:30 PM
Monday, November 2 Parent/Teacher Conference — required, 1st nine weeks report card
Friday, November 13 School Fellowship, 7:30 PM
Tuesday, December 22 Christmas Program, 7:30 PM
March 4–5 Jr./Sr. High MSAACS Competition, Weatherford, TX
Friday, March 19 School Fellowship, 7:30 PM
Tuesday, May 11 Spring Program, 7:30 PM

Please let your pastor and church leaders know about these commitments, and mark the program dates clearly so nothing conflicts.

Download the Important Dates Commitment form →

Breaks

Students are not permitted to begin breaks early or return late.

Break Begins Classes resume
Thanksgiving Wednesday, November 25 Monday, November 30
Christmas Wednesday, December 23 Tuesday, January 5
Spring Monday, March 8 Monday, March 15

The shape of the year

The school year runs in four nine-week grading periods, two per semester. Progress reports go home four and a half weeks into each quarter; report cards at the end of each.

The school day
Office opens 7:35 AM
School begins 7:45 AM
Elementary dismissal (K5–5) 3:05 PM
Secondary dismissal (6–12) 3:15 PM
All students picked up by 3:25 PM
Office closes 3:30 PM

Weather and emergency closures

When school closes for bad weather or another emergency, check in this order:

  1. Email and text through Schoolcast
  2. The school Facebook page and this website
  3. Your child's teacher
  4. Mr. Horn, (832) 294-1921 — only after the first three
Needs content: Full year calendar The dates above are the commitments listed in the student handbook. A complete calendar — first and last day, quarter start and end dates, holidays, early releases, testing weeks, field trips and graduation — would be worth publishing here too.

Either link the calendar PDF from src/files/, or put the dates in src/_data/calendar.json and this page will render them as a real, printable calendar.