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How to set up an academic calendar in Manila
setting up an academic calendar in Manila: practical steps on one student record and one academic calendar, then a Schoolyi demo with your awkward case.

setting up an academic calendar in Manila
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Manila still has to do this against DepEd, K-12 Philippines, IB, American. August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions. Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Importing last year’s file blindly.
- Three unofficial calendars.
- Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Name the year start
April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses.
In Manila: August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions. Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
One owner
Official exceptions only.
In Manila: August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions. Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Official exceptions only.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Board seasons as blocks
Until circulars exist, do not invent Mondays.
In Manila: August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions. Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Until circulars exist, do not invent Mondays.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Staff vs pupil days
INSET can be a pupil holiday and a staff working day.
In Manila: August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions. Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- INSET can be a pupil holiday and a staff working day.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Where this usually breaks
Importing last year’s file blindly. Three unofficial calendars.
Manila is not exempt. DepEd, K-12 Philippines, IB, American. Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Importing last year’s file blindly.
- Three unofficial calendars.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
How Schoolyi fits
Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
Open /features/academic-foundation after you can describe the awkward case. This page is a playbook, not a feature grid. Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Working days yes. Schemes no. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Playbook: /how-to/set-up-academic-calendar
- Product: /features/academic-foundation
- Book a demo with your awkward case, not a slide deck
Questions
Can two boards share a calendar? Working days yes. Schemes no.
Who may close a day? A named role. August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions.
Emergency same-day? Yes, or percentages are fiction. Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Can two boards share a calendar? Working days yes. Schemes no.
- Who may close a day? A named role.
- Emergency same-day? Yes, or percentages are fiction.
Bring this playbook to a demo in Manila
Write the awkward case before you watch slides: a mid-year joiner, a concession after invoicing, or a working-day exception. Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave. Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening. August opening for many private schools; typhoon suspensions must be official working-day exceptions.
Schoolyi is the operations system for that walkthrough — one student record, one academic calendar, publish gates on results, receipts that match finance. Score statutory filing and hardware as not met unless the deployment actually has them. Philippine Peso tuition; miscellaneous and laboratory fees should be named, not a single “misc.” DepEd, K-12 Philippines, IB, American
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Open /features/academic-foundation
- Book a demo with the awkward case
- Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.
Questions, answered
Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.
Open /features/academic-foundation+
Open /features/academic-foundation
Book a demo with the awkward case+
Book a demo with the awkward case
Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.+
Named facts: DepEd, K-12 Philippines, Philippine Peso, August opening.

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