Required role: Owner or Admin to change the school calendar. Teachers can view it.
Set the school week
The School Week card shows the seven days of the week, Sun to Sat. Click a day to toggle it on or off as a school day. Changes save automatically, and you see School week saved.At least one day must stay selected. You can’t turn off every day.
Add holidays and closures
The Holidays & Closures card lists non-school days for one academic year at a time. Select a year first to see or add events.1
Pick an academic year
In the Holidays & Closures card, choose a year from the year selector.
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Add an event
Click Add Event (or Add First Event if the year has none yet).
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Fill in the details
Enter a Title (for example,
Eid al-Fitr or Winter Break), choose a Type, and pick a Date Range. Pick a single day for a one-day holiday. Add Notes (optional) for extra context.4
Save
Click Add Event. The event appears in the list for that year.
Event types
Edit or remove an event
Open the menu on an event and click Edit to change it, or Delete to remove it. Removing an event doesn’t change attendance records that already exist.How the calendar is used
A day counts as a school day when it falls on a selected weekday and isn’t covered by a holiday, break, or closure. Relyant uses this to:- Calculate attendance percentages from school days only
- Skip the daily absence digest and teacher marking reminders on non-school days
- Apply parent absence excusals only to the school days in the chosen date range
Attendance settings
Configure attendance statuses, digests, reminders, and excusals.