How to show public holidays and school days off

Open Settings and tap Public Holidays, then choose your province or state, and its holidays show on the Calendar for everyone. For Pro-D days and school breaks, tap School Days Off, then Add a day off, name it, choose the day or days and who has it off, and tap Add.

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Where to find it

Settings
Public Holidays

Who can do this

Everyone sees them. Parents and guardians choose the province or state; anyone who can add pickups adds days off.

Step by step

Open Settings. Settings opens from your own picture at the top left of the screen.
Under Family, tap Public Holidays and choose your province or state.
Back in Settings, tap School Days Off, then Add a day off.
Name it, like “Pro-D Day” or “Spring break”. Under How long?, choose One day or Several days, and pick the day or days.
Under Who has it off?, choose Everyone or the children it’s for, and tap Add.

What happens next

The Calendar marks the day, with a line like “Pro-D Day · no school” at the top of it.

Good to know

Days off in a school calendar you follow by link come in on their own. You can take one off, but not change it.
A day off doesn’t call off your pickups. Open the ones on that day and call them off if they aren’t happening.

Checked against Kid Pickup 2.0 on October 28, 2026. Something look different on your phone? Tell us and we’ll fix the guide.