Academic Calendar

This is the Kern Community College District's official Academic Calendar for Cerro Coso Community College.

For a friendlier version of the dates you need to know, please visit our Important Dates page.

2025-2026

2025-2026 Calendar (PDF)

August 2025

  • August 8 Summer Session Ends
  • August 21-22 Flex Days
  • August 23 Fall Semester Begins

September 2025

  • September 1 Labor Day Holiday

October 2025

November 2025

  • November 11 Veteran's Day Holiday
  • November 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
  • November 28 Thanksgiving Recess

December 2025

  • December 6-13 Final Exams
  • December 13 End of Fall Semester
  • December 15 - January 16 Winter Recess
  • December 22 - January 2 Winter Break
  • December 24 & 25 Christmas Recess & Christmas Holiday

January 2026

  • January 1 New Year's Day Holiday
  • January 16 Flex Day
  • January 17 Instruction Begins, Spring
  • January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday

February 2026

  • February 13 Lincoln Day Holiday
  • February 16 Washington Day Holiday

March 2026

  • March 30 - April 4 Spring Recess (tentative dates, subject to change)

April 2026

  • April 3 Spring Recess Holiday
  • April 5 Easter

May 2026

  • May 8 - ESCC Commencement
  • May 9 - May 15 Final Exams, Spring
  • May 15 End of Spring Semester
  • May 15 Commencement
  • *May 18: 12 week Summer Session Begins
  • May 25 Memorial Day Holiday

June 2026

  • *June 8: 8 and 10 week Summer Session Begins
  • June 19 - Juneteenth Holiday

July 2026

  • July 3 Independence Day Holiday

August 2026

  • August 7 Summer Session Ends

*Summer session classes may run any dates within the twelve (12) weeks noted.

Previous Calendars