What kindergarten am i zoned for: Preparing and Enrolling Your Child

Опубликовано: February 22, 2022 в 10:12 am

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Kindergarten

In New York City, children enter kindergarten in the fall of the calendar year they turn five, and are guaranteed a kindergarten seat at a public school. Once your child starts kindergarten, they can remain at the same school until its final elementary grade. Scroll down and watch our video series to learn more about kindergarten admissions.

Happening Now:

Elementary Admissions Events

Join us at a virtual event about waitlists on 7/13, 8/16, 8/24 and 8/29 for students entering kindergarten this fall! We’ll cover how to add yourself to waitlists, how waitlist offers are made, and what to do if you get a waitlist offer. For event dates, times and more details, visit our Elementary Admissions Events page.

Missed the kindergarten application? You can still participate!

If your child was born in 2017 and lives in New York City, you can add them to schools’ waitlists today. Here’s how:

Create a MySchools account––watch this video to learn how.
Log in to explore kindergarten options and learn if you have a zoned elementary school; most NYC kindergarteners attend their zoned school. You can also find your zoned school by calling 311.
Add your child to schools’ waitlists––this video walks you through the process.
If a school can make you a waitlist offer, they will contact you directly.

There is a kindergarten seat for every five-year-old in New York City.

Questions?

We’re here to help! Call us at 718-935-2009, get support from a Family Welcome Center, or email us at [email protected].

Need an elementary school for your child now?

Learn if your child has a zoned school by entering your address at schoolsearch.schools.nyc (this website includes schools’ contact information) or by calling 311.
Contact your zoned school directly to enroll.
If you don’t have a zoned school, contact schools of interest directly or visit a Family Welcome Center for help finding a school.

Who Can Apply?

Every five-year-old New York City resident is guaranteed a seat in a public school kindergarten program. Children start kindergarten in the September of the calendar year they turn five. If you have a child born in 2017, they will begin kindergarten in September 2022.

We welcome all of the following to apply to kindergarten: pre-K students currently attending DOE public schools, Pre-K Centers, NYC Early Education Centers, charter schools, private schools, or parochial schools; children who are attending school for the first time; students with disabilities; students with accessibility needs; students learning English; students in temporary housing; and LGBTQ and gender nonconforming students.

Find Elementary Schools

Start exploring kindergarten programs around the time your child starts pre-K.

School Types

There are two types of schools that you can add to your kindergarten application.

Zoned Schools. Most NYC families have a zoned school, which means they live in an area zoned for a specific school and their children have priority to attend it. Your zoned school, if you have one, is the school where your child is most likely to go to kindergarten. Most zoned schools make kindergarten offers to all students living in the zone. Some zoned schools have room to make offers to children living outside of their zone.
Non-Zoned Schools. These schools do not have a zone. Families throughout the district or borough can attend them. Most non-zoned schools give priority to students who have older siblings attending, who are current pre-K students, or who live in the district.

New York City has 32 school districts. There are three districts in NYC where all the schools are nonzoned, and students living in these districts have priority to attend all schools in the district. These districts are:

During the application period, use MySchools to learn if you have a zoned elementary school.

Year-round, you can enter your address at schoolsearch.schools.nyc or call 311 to find your school district and learn about any zoned school(s).

Dual Language Programs

When you apply to kindergarten, you are not just applying to schools—you are applying to programs. Think of a program as a “doorway” to get into the school. Most elementary schools have only one program, but some have two or more, such as a general education program and a Dual Language program. In your kindergarten application, you will be able to see both the school and program name for each of your choices.

In Dual Language (DL) programs, students are taught in two languages. The goal is for English proficient students and English Language Learners to not only develop new language skills and learn academic subjects in two languages, but also practice and share language and culture with each other, becoming bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. If you are interested in a Dual Language program, be sure to add that specific program—not the school’s English-only program—to your kindergarten application.

Charter Schools

Charter schools have a separate admissions process. Contact charter schools directly to learn how to apply.

Learn How Students Get Offers

All NYC children born in 2017 are guaranteed a kindergarten seat in a public school. How can you know your child’s chances of getting an offer from one of your favorite schools? It helps to start by learning how offers are made. Students get kindergarten offers based on four key factors:

Your application choices

The number of choices that you add to your child’s application AND the order in which you place them matter! Add up to 12 choices to your child’s application in your true order of preference. Then submit the application.

Program’s seat availability

Each kindergarten program has a certain number of available seats.
Schools vary in size and demand. When a school has more applicants than seats, we can’t make offers to everyone who wants to attend it—in this case, offers are made first to the students who have the highest admissions priority to attend the school.

Admissions priorities and your priority group for a program

Kindergarten programs give admissions priorities to specific groups of applicants before others, such as to students who live in a specific zone, who have siblings at the school, who live in the district, or who currently attend pre-K at the school.
All students in a program’s priority group 1 will be considered first for offers. Then, if seats are still available, students in that program’s priority group 2 will be considered next, and so on. Learn which priority group your child is in for each kindergarten program. They will be in different priority groups for different programs.

Randomly assigned numbers

Each kindergarten applicant is also assigned a random number. If there are fewer available seats than applicants within a priority group, these random numbers determine the order in which students get offers.

Admissions Priorities

Your child has a better chance of getting an offer from some schools than others. A school’s admissions priorities determine the order in which groups of applicants are considered for offers.

TIP: Use MySchools to learn about a school’s admissions priorities and who got offers last year. This information will help you know your child’s chances of getting an offer to a particular school. The higher priority your child has to attend a school, the higher the chance that your child will get an offer to that school.

If a school made offers to a specific group of students in 2021, they may be able to make offers to this group again. For example, if a school was able to make offers to children living outside of their zone who had an older sibling in the school, they may be able to make offers to siblings living outside of the zone again.

There are several types of admissions priorities:

Sibling Priority

Elementary schools offer an admissions priority to applicants whose siblings attend the same school. If your child has an older sibling at a school that you’ve added to their application, your child may have a higher chance of getting an offer from that school than an applicant without an enrolled sibling. To make sure your child gets sibling priority, be sure to provide sibling information when you apply.

A sibling is defined as an applicant’s brother or sister, including half-brothers, half-sisters, step-brothers, step-sisters, foster brothers, and foster sisters who live in the same household and are currently preregistered or enrolled at that school in kindergarten through grade 12, and who will be enrolled at that school in any grade level between kindergarten and grade 12 in September 2022. This includes students enrolled in District 75 programs in the same school building.

Pre-K Priority

If your child is currently enrolled in pre-K at a DOE public elementary school, they will have an admissions priority to attend kindergarten at that school. Not all elementary schools have pre-K.

Reminder: Students currently attending pre-K at a public elementary school still need to apply to kindergarten.

District Priority

Most schools give an admissions priority to students in their own district over students who live in other districts.

Admissions Priorities for Zoned Schools

All zoned elementary schools make offers to students in the following order:

Students who live in the zone and have a sibling at the school
Other students who live in the zone

If space allows, students living outside the zone may also be admitted, in the following order:

Students with a sibling at the school who live in the district
Students with a sibling at the school who live outside the district
Students who live in the district and are currently enrolled at the school for preK
Students who live outside the district and are currently enrolled at the school for preK
Other students who live in the district
Other students who live outside the district

Tip: Use MySchools to see which zoned schools admitted non-zoned students last year.

Admissions Priorities for Non-Zoned Schools

Different non-zoned schools have different admissions priorities, but most non-zoned schools give an admissions priority to students who live in the same district as the school. When you are logged in to your MySchools account, you can look up any school’s admissions priorities in MySchools, find out which priority group your child is in for that school, and learn which groups of applicants received offers from that school last year.

District-Specific Admissions Priorities

Some districts—such as Districts 1, 7, and 23 have district-specific admissions priorities.

Diversity in Admissions

Elementary schools across the city are participating in an initiative to increase diversity in their programs by giving admissions priorities to students who qualify for free and reduced lunch (FRL), students in temporary housing, English Language Learners, and other groups. Learn more about diversity in admissions (DIA) in the current list of schools participating in diversity initiatives.

Attend Admissions Events and Open Houses

Admissions Events

During fall 2021 and 2022, we held a series of virtual events to walk families through the 3-K, pre-K, and kindergarten admissions processes: you can view a recorded session on our Elementary Admissions Events page.
Check back soon to learn about upcoming spring events.

Open Houses and School Events

Please contact schools directly or check their websites to learn if they are holding virtual or in-person open houses or information sessions.

How to Apply

When the application period is open:

Choose up to 12 schools that you’d like your child to attend.
Add these programs to their kindergarten application.
Order these school choices in the application in your order of preference, with your favorite school at the top as #1.

Your child will get an offer to your highest possible choice considering the factors discussed in the “Learn How Students Get Offers” section above.

Please note:

Some elementary schools also offer Dual Language program or programs. To apply to a Dual Language program, add it to your child’s application.
If you’d like your child to attend your zoned school, be sure to add it to your application; however, you don’t have to place it as your first choice.
Submit only one application per child.

You can submit your kindergarten application one of two ways:

Online with MySchools in English, Spanish, Chinese, Bengali, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, Haitian Creole, Korean, or French. We’ll let you know when the application opens and you can apply online!
By phone at 718-935-2009. If you are applying by phone, interpretation services are available in more than 200 languages.

Kindergarten admissions is not first come, first served—all applications submitted online, by phone, or in person by the deadline will be treated the same based on admissions priorities.

Get Your Kindergarten Offer

Kindergarten offers are released in the spring. Your offer letter states where your child will go to kindergarten in the fall. It also includes information about waitlists, including where your child is waitlisted, if applicable.

Waitlist Offers

Schools use waitlists to fill seats that become available after kindergarten offers are made in the spring. Your child will automatically be on the waitlist for any school you listed higher on your kindergarten application than the school where your child got an offer. Schools will contact you directly if they are able to offer your child a seat from the waitlist.

Accept Your Offer and Register

First, accept your kindergarten offer to secure your child’s seat. You can accept your offer in one of the following ways:

If you applied online, you can accept your offer online at MySchools.nyc
If you applied by phone, you can accept your offer:
- By contacting the offered school
- By phone at 718-935-2009 or
- By emailing [email protected]

Then contact the school directly to learn how and when to register.

Students Who Move During the Admissions Process

If your family moves during the admissions process, call 718-935-2009 or contact your new zoned school to update your information and talk about changes to your kindergarten application or program.

If you’re unsure what your new zoned school is, enter your home address here.
If you don’t have a zoned school, learn what to do on the New Students page.
Your child’s priority to attend certain programs may change if you move.

2023 NYC Public Schools Admissions Guide

View or download the 2023 NYC Public Schools Admissions Guide! This book provides an overview of admissions processes and resources for EarlyLearn (childcare for eligible families), 3-K, pre-K, kindergarten, middle school, and high school, including a section on how to use MySchools.

Print copies will be available in 10 languages at schools, early childhood programs, libraries, and other sites soon.

2023 NYC Public Schools Admissions Guide

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Age, Grade Level, and School Location
Your child’s age and grade level are the indicators of the right school level: elementary, middle, or high school.

Age
Your child’s age is your first indicator of his or her eligibility for beginning school. Students may start kindergarten if they turn five on or before August 15. A
child does not have to enroll in school at age five, but must enroll no later than his or her sixth birthday. TCA 49-6-3001a, b, c.

Voluntary Pre-K program in some districts. Enrollment in the Voluntary Pre-K program is based upon a child’s eligibility as identified in TCA 49-6-101─104.* Available space in each school system is limited and is based on the funding awarded each year through a grant process. Children must be four years old by Aug. 15 prior to the new school year and reside in the area served by the school district. No child who is age eligible for kindergarten (five years of age on or before Aug. 15 prior to the new school year) may be enrolled in pre-K.
*http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/

Grade Level
Schools are traditionally organized by grade bands.

Elementary school: Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, and grades 1-5. Some districts include grade 6 in the elementary school
Middle school: Grades 6-8
High school: Grades 9-12

Most schools follow this grade distribution, though some districts may include a sixth grade or ninth grade school/academy to help students adjust to middle school and high school. A few other arrangements exist in some districts, such as grades K-8 in one school.

The following link gives information about public, charter, non-public schools, and home schooling.
https://www.tn.gov/education/school-options.html

School Location
Which actual school is your child to attend?

Your residence address determines which actual school building your child will attend. In some districts, specialized magnet schools and academies may accept students from multiple zones; criteria for magnet and academy school eligibility are available directly from those districts. Additional attendance zoning exceptions may occur from district to district; policies regarding exceptions are also available directly from those districts.

District and Individual School Information
You may access your county’s district information either of the following ways:

Click on either of these two links:
- https://k-12.education.tn.gov/sde/CreateDistrictList.asp?status=A&activeonly=Y It opens to a page with all the county/district names. Under the district name is the superintendent/director’s name. The address of the district office follows. Clicking on the name of the district links you to a page with phone numbers and web addresses for contacting the district. On the right side of the page (before clicking on the district name) there is a link to schools in the district, active and inactive. Clicking on the “active” link takes you to a list of all schools in the district, addresses, phones, principal’s name, and the grades served by the individual school. Some schools have included a hyperlinked web address for the school. If no web address is listed, contact the school or district at the phone number provided for that information. Also on the right side of the page is a link to the CORE office which is the regional office overseeing information and needs for that district. These offices are used by the district; they are not intended for parents to access.
- A link above the county name, “Active District Schools,” takes you to a list of all schools in that district with their addresses, phone numbers, principal’s name, and other basic information. Each school name is linked to a page with the school address and phone number. If you already know which school your child will attend, you may contact the school directly. Some school Websites show zoning maps or zone assignments to help you locate your child’s school. A district office phone also appears on that page. If the district Website does not guide you to the information you need, call the district office. They will assist you in finding that information. A school’s web address usually has a Parent link. Information about attendance zones may be found here if multiple schools exist for your student’s grade level.

School websites are also listed on individual TDOE district pages. They are not hyper-linked. Go to the district’s web address and access the Parent link. Information about attendance zones may be found here if multiple schools exist for your student’s grade level. A link above the county name, “Active District Schools,” takes you to a list of all schools in that district with their addresses, phone numbers, principal’s name, and other basic information. Each school name is linked to a page with the school address and phone number. If you already know which school your child will attend, you may contact the school directly. Some school Websites show zoning maps or zone assignments to help you locate your child’s school. A district office phone also appears on that page. If the district Website does not guide you to the information you need, call the district office. They will assist you in finding that information.*Copy and paste the school address into your browser window OR you can go to the district site and access each school from there. In the actual district Website, schools’ Websites are hyperlinked.

NOTE: Because each district maintains its own Website, there is not a consistent format or heading title for locating the details of how to enroll; use the search window or an identified link on the site to help find your child’s correct school. It may be necessary to call the district office for assistance.

https://www.greatschools.org/schools/districts/tennessee/TN/
This site provides information about schools when you click the county name. It includes data about the schools, academics, and the local community as it relates to schools. There are phone numbers for the schools, so you can contact them for more information.

Changes in School Zones
In districts with multiple schools for each level, zones may change occasionally. It is important to check your residence zoning regardless of what it has been in previous years. Some districts provide a ‘Transportation’ link to guide you through finding the appropriate zone for your child’s school.

Transportation and Buses
Information about available transportation and details regarding school bus routes is available from the school or by contacting the district Transportation Department. Some districts include a Transportation link that may provide the needed information.

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How to Enroll

Who may attend
Kindergarten is a right. Children who turn 5 before Dec. 31 the year they start school are entitled to attend. This includes undocumented immigrants, children with disabilities, children who do not speak English and children in families that lack stable housing.

School officials must find a space for your child without delay. If there is no room in your neighborhood school, your child may be assigned to another school.

You do not need a green card or a Social Security number to register your child. However, you must have proof of address. Your child must live in the city before you can register.

Getting started
Starting in kindergarten, your child is eligible to attend a school based on your home address, often referred to as your “zoned” school. The city is divided into 32 school districts, and most districts are divided into several dozen individual school zones. (Three districts, District 1 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, District 7 in the South Bronx, and District 23 in the East New York section of Brooklyn, have no school zones; children may apply to any school in these districts.)

To find your zoned school, type your address into the search bar at the top of this page. You may also call the City of New York at 311 or (212) NEW-YORK.

If your zoned school is satisfactory, then usually you can relax. Your child is guaranteed a seat except in rare instances where a school is so overcrowded that it cannot admit every child who lives in its zone. In this case, a few children may be assigned to nearby schools. If you move within the city after your child is enrolled in a school, she may continue to attend her old school through its highest grade or transfer to an elementary school in her new neighborhood.

If your child is entering an elementary grade other than kindergarten, you may register directly at your zoned school. If you live in a district that doesn’t have zoned schools or you want your child to attend a school other than your zoned option, you will need to go to a Family Welcome Center to enroll your child.

Tip: Before you head to the Family Welcome center, do some research on InsideSchools to identify schools that you like and that your child is eligible to attend. Also, contact each school you’re interested in to see if they have space.

Apply to kindergarten
The Department of Education has a centralized kindergarten enrollment system. It allows you to apply to up to 12 schools and gives the impression that there is more school choice than, in fact, is available. Nothing can stop you from putting a very popular school on your list, but don’t get your hopes up. Nonetheless, there are options beyond your zoned school.

About 60 percent of elementary school children attend their zoned option. However, if your zoned school is unsatisfactory, you live in a district that does not have zoned schools (Districts 1, 7 and 23), you’re interested in altenative or specialized programs (see “Your Options” on this page) that accept children from outside their immediate neighborhoods or you simply want to visit several schools before deciding, you should start your search the fall before your child enters school. Many schools offer tours in the fall and winter.

There are two ways you can apply to kindergarten: online, or by calling 718-935-2009.

The deadline for applying to kindergarten is typically in January. You will find out where your child is assigned by April. Your child will be put on a waitlist at all the schools you ranked higher than the one where your child was accepted. To register, bring your child, proof of residence (a lease or electric bill), your child’s birth certificate and immunization records.

If you move to the city after the application process is completed, you may register directly at your zoned neighborhood school. You may also contact other schools that interest you but there’s no guarantee the school will have space, especially the very popular ones, though sometimes they have seats open up in late summer, early fall, or even in the winter.

A word about waitlists: If there’s a school that you like, but didn’t apply to before the January deadline, you may apply after the application deadline and be placed on its waitlist. Some seats open up in September and October when, for example, a family moves. Schools receive budgets according to how many children are enrolled by October 31, so the staff is eager to fill any empty seats by then. Make sure your preferred school knows you still want a seat.

For more information and the timeline, see the DOE’s website or call (718) 935-2009 to speak to a representative about kindergarten admissions.

What To Look For

It’s important to visit a school to get a sense of its atmosphere, tone and philosophy. Email or call the parent coordinator to find out when there are tours. Download and print our handy checklist to take with you on your tours, and watch our video for more ideas.

Close to home or far away?
Little kids tire easily, and a long commute to school may be difficult, particularly in the winter. If they get sick during the day, who will take them home? What about playdates after school, or on the weekend? That said, many parents are willing to trade a short commute for a superior education. For information about transportation, see the Department of Education Office of Pupil Transportation.

Are the children happy?
You want a school where children love to spend their days. The nicest schools make you slightly envious of your child. You’ll wish you were 5 years old again so you could start kindergarten. The physical look of the classroom will tell you a lot. And so will the sounds.

Culture and tone
You don’t want a police state and you don’t want anarchy. You don’t want total silence and you don’t want constant noise and distractions. Look for classrooms where kids are engaged in their work—not staring out the window or wandering aimlessly.

The principal
The principal is the most important person in the building. The philosophy may be traditional, progressive, or a mixture of the two, but the best schools have teachers and a principal with similar goals and a common vision of how to reach them. Avoid schools with warring factions, or a mishmash of ideologies where teachers don’t plan lessons with their colleagues. What good principals have in common is an abiding respect for the students in their care.

Reading
Good schools don’t rely exclusively on textbooks to teach reading, math, history and science. They use “real” books you might read for pleasure including picture books, novels, books about historical events, biographies and science books. In the classrooms, each child may well be reading a different book, depending on his or her ability and interest. If everyone in a class spends most of the day reading the same textbook, a lot of kids may be bored.

Writing
You should see examples of children’s writing in the very youngest grades. Good schools ask children to keep journals and to write their own stories using their experiences and their imagination. Watch out for schools where most of the writing is material copied from the blackboard, or where every child’s essay is almost exactly the same.

Math
Little kids have trouble with the abstract concepts of mathematics. They need something concrete they can see and hold. Good schools provide children with small objects to count with, called manipulatives, such as specially designed small blocks or rods. Little kids use them to learn how to add and subtract; older kids use them to calculate decimals or multiply fractions. To get a better feel for what good math instruction looks like, read our Parent’s Guide to Math and Science.

History, geography and science
Look for evidence of history, geography and science. You might see live animals, plants, fish tanks, and materials such as magnets and electric motors. Look for globes, maps and atlases; timelines with dates in history; and projects such as a study of the Brooklyn Bridge that may combine lessons in engineering and history.

Trips
Concerts, museums, the zoo, the beach—all can be incorporated into what children are studying in the classroom. Trips expand children’s general knowledge of the world, build their vocabularies by showing them new things, and indirectly improve their reading skills.

Playground and cafeteria
Many schools that are good in other respects give up the cafeteria and playground as lost causes. The noise is deafening and the playground is chaotic. Some schools manage to rein in the bedlam. They have children eat family-style in their classrooms, or recess can be a time for organized games. Very few schools manage this, so don’t get frazzled trying to find one. And perhaps noisy lunchrooms are preferable to the gloomy silent lunches that some schools insist upon. But we wish more schools would let children out to play in cold weather instead of having them watch videos in the auditorium.

Your Options

Besides your zoned neighborhood school, you may want to consider gifted programs, unzoned schools, dual language programs and charter schools. You may also want to consider neighborhood schools that have extra space and routinely admit children from outside their attendance zone. Apply to these schools on your regular Kindergarten MySchools application, except for charters which have their own application process.

If your child has a disability, visit our Special Education page to learn more.

If your child speaks a language at home other than English, see our page on Students Learning English.

Gifted programs
New York City is unusual in that gifted and talented programs start early—about 4 percent of all NYC kindergartners are in gifted and talented (G&T) programs. In these programs children study the same material as other students but they may be one-half to a full grade (or more) ahead. Students may also study a topic, for example, bridges or birds, in more depth and detail. However, within NYC, G&T programs are not all the same; it depends on the teacher or principal. You can find out more about by visiting our school profiles.

The city has long had G&T programs for grades K through 5. These are typically one class per grade in a neighborhood school. In 2022 the city added programs serving grades 3-5 only in all 32 districts.

Learn more about Gifted and Talented here. To find G&T programs as of 2022-2023 click here.

There are also five so-called citywide G&T schools. These are entire schools for gifted students. They serve kindergarten through 8th grade (one serves children through 12th grade).

Manhattan: NEST+M is a k–12 school on the Lower East Side. Manhattan’s two k–8 G&T schools are the Anderson School on the Upper West Side, and the Talented and Gifted School for Young Scholars (TAG) in East Harlem.
Brooklyn: Brooklyn School of Inquiry is a k–8 school in Bensonhurst.
Queens: Q300, The 30th Avenue School, serves grades k–8 and is phasing in over a few years at two locations in Astoria: PS 17 for grades k–4 and IS 126 for grades 5–8.

See Schools.nyc.gov for the most up-to-date information on admissions.

Two other gifted programs of note: the Special Music School open to children citywide and Hunter College Elementary School on the Upper East Side, open to children living in Manhattan only. These two schools have their own admissions procedures.

Unzoned schools
Some schools admit children from a whole district or occasionally from the whole city. Many were designed as an alternative to traditional neighborhood schools and have a progressive philosophy, with lots of projects, field trips and hands-on activities. Some are simply created to ease overcrowding at zoned schools. The city publishes lists of unzoned schools in its kindergarten directories. They are also sometimes called option schools or choice schools.

Charter schools
First established by state law in 1998, charters are tuition free and operate independently of the city’s Department of Education. There are more than 200 charter schools in New York City serving 95,000 pupils or nearly 9 percent of the city’s school population. A few begin in pre-kindergarten but most begin in kindergarten; some serve grades k–8, others grades k–12. Some begin in middle school and a few begin in high school. Admission is by lottery held in April. Most give priority to children who live in the school district in which the school is located. You may apply online, through a common application on the Charter School Center website, or directly to the school that interests you. If you arrive in the city after the lottery has been held, your child may be placed on a waitlist. Some schools admit children in upper grades; some do not.

Learn more about the different kinds of charter schools and networks in New York City here.

Dual language programs
Dual language programs offer instruction in two languages and are designed to make children fluent speakers, readers and writers in both. Typically, classes mix native speakers of both languages; the language of instruction alternates. Some of these programs give preference to children who live in the attendance zone, but some have room for children outside the attendance zone. Dual language programs are offered in Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew and Italian. A complete list is available in the city’s elementary school directories. Apply on your Kindergarten Connect application or contact the school directly.

You may search for dual language programs by the language of your choice in our Elementary School Guided Search.

Read more about services for Students Learning English here.

Magnet programs
Magnets are designed to foster racial integration. They receive federal or state funding for three years for special programs (such as art, science, drama or law), making the school more attractive in order to draw—like a magnet—children of different races who might not otherwise attend. These schools admit children from outside their immediate neighborhood. Call your district office to find out if there are any magnet programs in your area, but visit first and see if they still receive the extra teacher support magnets get, or are now “magnet” in name only. Find magnet schools here.

Homeschooling
Educating your child at home is an option for parents unhappy with the public school choices in their neighborhood. You must notify the Department of Education of your intention, and submit a plan for what you (or a tutor you hire) will teach. The New York State Education Department website has a useful question and answer section for parents. To learn more visit the DOE’s website, call the Office of Homeschooling at (917) 339-1793, or email [email protected].

Private schools
Tuition schools are beyond the scope of InsideSchools. We cover only New York City’s public schools. Here’s a list of websites with information about private and parochial schools:

Diocese of Brooklyn and the New York Archdiocese operate Roman Catholic schools in New York City and upstate New York and have a searchable school database.
Greatschools offers information on public, private and charter schools in all 50 states, with detailed school profiles for California, Arizona, Texas, Florida and Washington.
The Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York offers a directory of independent schools.
The Parents League provides information and advice on private school admissions in New York City to parents who pay an annual membership fee. Advice on summer camps and after-school programs are also available.
Early Steps gives financial assistance to children of color to attend private elementary schools.

How does the School Zoning System work in New York City?

//What is the School Zoning System in New York City?

New York City is home to the largest public school system in the country. The NYC Department of Education is divided into 32 community school districts and they serve over 1 million students in over 1,500 schools.

Any child between the ages of 5 and 21 is entitled to free public education. A child can be assigned to a school within a zone that is based on the home address. The child does not need a green card or a Social Security number to register for school.

Due to growing neighborhoods and school popularity, it is not always possible for a student to attend the school he/she was originally zoned for. In this case, the child will be placed on a waiting list and the Department of Education’s Office of Student Enrollment will assign the child to another neighboring school.

//Elementary School (Age 5 to 9)

Elementary schools serve children in grades K-5. A child is admitted to kindergarten the year he or she turns five years old. This means that if your child turns 5 in late September, October, November or December, he or she may begin school in September of that year.

If your zoned neighborhood school is filled to capacity, the child will be assigned to a neighboring school with available space.

Some public schools have pre-kindergarten classes for children who are only four years old before December 31st. Programs are either 2½ hours or 6 hours 20 minutes a day.

Top 5 Elementary Schools in New York

On the top of the list, New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) is a public school that offers an academically challenging program, from grades KG-12, attracting bright students from all five boroughs. NEST+m is located in the school district # 1, Lower Manhattan.
Number 2 is the Anderson School (PS 334), a K-8 gifted & talented public school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. School district zone is # 3.
The 3rd best school on the list is the Lower Lab School (PS 77). This is a small gifted and talented (G&T) public school in the Upper East Side that offers demanding academics in a calmer setting. Offering classes from grades KG-5, this school is located on district # 2.
Ranking number 4th is Kingsbury (PS 188). This public school is located in Queens and it focuses on providing standards-driven instruction in a nurturing environment, while developing social skills. Kingsbury has grades PK-5 and it is situated on district # 26.
The 5th ranked school is the Special Music School – a unique public school in the district #3 for musically gifted children. The school offers grades KG-8 and runs as a public/private partnership between the New York City Department of Education and Kaufman Music Center, a not-for-profit, multi-arts organization.

Click to view all elementary schools by region

//Middle School (Ages 10 to 14)

Middle schools serve children in grades 6-8. Every fall, all fifth graders enrolled in a New York City public elementary school receive customized middle school applications. The application has all the middle schools where each student is eligible to apply. Students complete the application by ranking the schools in order of preference and return the application to their current school. Applications must be submitted in or before December and decision letters are available in the late spring.

Children living beyond walking distance from their school may qualify to receive free MetroCard for transportation.

Top 5 Middle Schools in New York

On the top of the list, Mamie Fay is a public school that offers an academic program, from PK-8, linking Social Studies throughout its curriculum using literature-based resources and technology. Mamie Fay is located in the school district # 30 in Astoria, Queens.
Once again, our number 2 is the Anderson School (PS 334), a K-8 gifted & talented public school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. School district zone is # 3.
The 3rd best school on the list is the Christa McAuliffe School (IS 187). This is a public school in Brooklyn that offers three academies: Scientific Research, the Humanities, and Business and Law – has its own floor, lunch period, and three bands (one for each grade within each academy). Offering classes from grades 6-8, this school is located on district # 20.
Ranking number 4th is the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m). This is a public school that offers an academically challenging program, from grades KG-12, attracting bright students from all five boroughs. NEST+m is located in the school district # 1, Lower Manhattan.
The 5th ranked school is the Special Music School – a unique public school in the district # 3 for musically gifted children. The school offers grades KG-8 and runs as a public/private partnership between the New York City Department of Education and Kaufman Music Center, a not-for-profit, multi-arts organization.

//High Schools (Ages 15 to 18)

High schools serve children in grades 9-12. In New York City, students must apply to attend a public high school. Every fall, eighth graders must apply listing up to 12 programs in order of preference. Applicants are matched to one of their chosen schools according to admissions priority, location and availability of seats. Round 1 results are available in March.

Here is a timeline of the application process:

Summer: Get to know Schools in your zone district
December: Submit high school application to the 8th-grade guidance counselor
February–March: Admissions are announced
Late Spring: Choose to appeal if unsatisfied with placement

Here are some tips to get ready for the application process:

Begin to build a portfolio of accomplishments and extracurricular activities.
Familiarize yourself with the Specialized High School Test and admission dates.
Search for schools online – use links below

NYC Department of Education: High School
Inside Schools
NYC Department of Education: School Search
Brooklyn Parent Help Guide to New York City Public Education

Visit high schools of interest
Attend high school fairs and workshops

Top 5 High Schools in New York

On the top of the list, Bryam Hills High School is a well-known four-year co-educational public secondary school located in Armonk, New York. Bryam Hills High School offers grades 9-12 and it is situated in the Bryam Hills Central School District.
Number 2 is the Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is one of the nine Specialized High Schools in New York City, offering grades 9-12. Operated by the New York City Department of Education, these schools offer tuition-free accelerated academics to city residents. District school is # 2.
The 3rd best school on the list is the Alfred-Almond Junior-Senior High School is a public high school located in Almond, Allegany County. This is the only high school operated by the Alfred-Almond Central School District. This school offers grades 7-12.
Ranking number 4th is the Bronx High School of Science. This school is a specialized New York City public high school often considered the premier science magnet school in the United States. Founded in 1938, it is located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx on district # 10.
The 5th ranked school is the Staten Island Technical High School, commonly called Staten Island Tech or SITHS, founded in 1988. Located in Staten Island, New York City, the school is operated by the New York City Department of Education on district # 31.

//Un-zoned and Specialized High Schools in New York

Un-zoned schools have their own criteria for admissions. This can be similar to Charter Schools, where children from all areas can apply. With un-zoned schools, preference is also given to those living in the neighborhood.

Other un-zoned schools are specialized in certain areas and require each student to take the Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT). An example is the Special Music School, where children are tested in their musical abilities. Spots at these schools tend to be very competitive.

Over 30,000 students take the SHAT for less than 4,000 available seats. The exams are usually taken on a Saturday morning in the month of October.

Visit the SHSAT website to see the dates and additional information.

There are nine Specialized High Schools, eight of whose admissions are based on scores from the Specialized High School Admissions Test:

The Bronx High School of Science – Often considered the premier science magnet school in the United States located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx.
The Brooklyn Latin School – Modeled after Boston Latin, the oldest public high school in the country located in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Technical High School – Specializes in engineering, math and science.
NEST+m – New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math is a New York City public school that serves grades kindergarten through 12 located in Lower Manhattan.
High School of American Studies at Lehman College – Specializes in social studies, history and English, located in the Bronx.
LaGuardia Arts – Admission is based on an audition as well as the student’s academic record. School specializes in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Center
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College – Well-known small school that specializes in mathematics and science, located in Jamaica, NY.
Staten Island Technical High School – Specializes in mathematics, science, computers, engineering, humanities and athletics.
Stuyvesant High School – Offer tuition-free accelerated academics to city residents, located in Tribeca.

//How to Enroll

Children ages 5-10 may register directly at their neighborhood school, while older children (11 and older) must go to an Enrollment Office. Counselors at Enrollment Offices can help you find your school options and apply to schools. Offices are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Applications for most schools are due in March, but it is best to apply early if seeking a seat in a popular school.

To find the school district you are in, click on the search tool or call 311 (outside New York City call 212-NEW-YORK).

To register a child for school, you will need the child’s immunization records, birth certificate or passport and any transcripts from other schools attended. Children with Individualized Education Plans (I.E.P) must also present the documentation.

In addition, the City will require two documents proving that the child lives in New York City. A child’s legal residence is the home of his parents or legal guardian. Proof of residency can include a utility bill and any other official document with the home address.

For nonresidents, a tuition fee may be required to attend a New York City Public School. However, nonresidents may not enroll in specialized high schools or talented programs.

More information can be found on the Department of Education’s Website.

//English as a Second Language

Children with limited to no understanding of English can participate in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs within the schools. In this case, teachers will give the student a test to measure the level of English. Parents who do not speak English are also entitled to translations of important documents and interpreters during meetings with school staff.

Children required to be in the ESL program will attend a few regular classes with English-speaking students and also work with an ESL teacher.

It is common for a school in the City to have children who are learning English. There are also a number of schools designed for English Language Learner students (ELLs).

Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn currently have the largest population of ELLs. Manhattan’s ELL population is markedly smaller, while Staten Island is the borough with the smallest number of ELLs. Even though they are comparatively smaller, Manhattan’s and Staten Island’s ELL populations are still sizeable.

For more detailed information on English Language Learners in schools, read the 2013 Demographic Report.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions About My Student

Q: What age can my child start Kindergarten?

A: The Kindergarten age requirement of turning 5 on or before August 15 is set in state law, T.C.A. § 49-6-201. However, another law, T.C.A. § 49-6-3001(b)(2)(B), allows school districts some flexibility in allowing students who are close to the age cut-off to enroll in Kindergarten early:

Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(2)(A), if the director of schools finds through evaluation and testing, at the request of the parent or legal guardian, that a child who is five (5) years of age on or before September 30 is sufficiently mature emotionally and academically, then the child may be permitted to enter kindergarten (emphasis added).

This option for early enrollment is completely under the jurisdiction of the school district. The State Board does not have authority over that process.

Q: I want my child to change schools. How do I do this?

A: Local boards of education are responsible for making student assignment decisions under state law T.C.A. § 49-6-3102(b). T.C.A. § 49-6-3103 lists some factors local boards may consider in making such decisions. Parents/guardians may appeal assignment decisions to the local board of education; the appeal must be submitted within 10 days of the assignment decision as per state laws T.C.A. §§ 49-6-3201 through 3206.

Some districts have open-enrollment schools which means, based on the policies of the district, parents may elect to send their child to a school different from their assigned, zoned school.

Q: Does my student need a social security number to enroll in a Tennessee public school?

A: No. In 2007, the state legislature repealed the statute making social security numbers the method of student identification. Schools may ask for social security numbers to use for school identification documents, but no student is required to provide a social security number. Federal law prohibits state or local government agencies from denying an “individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such individual’s refusal to disclose his social security account number.” Sec. 7(a)(1) of the Privacy Act (found at 5 U.S.C. § 552(a) note (Disclosure of Social Security Number)).

Q: What immunizations are required for my child to attend school? Are there exceptions?

T.C.A. § 49-6-5001(a) authorizes the Commissioner of Health to determine which immunizations are required for school attendance. The list of required vaccinations as well as rules of exemption can be found of the TN Department of Health website here.

Q: What are the laws about attendance/truancy?

A: State law grants local boards of education the authority to establish attendance policies. Under T. C.A. § 49-6-3002(a), those policies must be developed with the following guidelines:

(1) Attendance policies shall be firm but fair so that each student has a reasonable opportunity to meet the minimum requirements;

(2) Effective accounting and reporting procedures shall be developed to keep parents or guardians informed of a student’s absence from class;

(3) Policies shall accommodate extenuating circumstances created by emergencies over which the student has no control;

(4) Appeal procedures shall be included to assure the student’s right of due process; and

(5) Alternative programs shall be established to provide educational options for any student who severely fails to meet minimum attendance requirements.

Additionally, per T.C.A. § 49-6-3007(e)(2), principals are required to report to the director of schools whenever a student has withdrawn from school or who has accumulated three days unexcused absences. The director of schools may serve upon the parent written notice that the child’s attendance at school is required by law after a student accumulates three days of unexcused absences. T.C.A. § 49-6-3007(e)(3) requires principals to report to Director of Schools when students accumulate five days of unexcused absences and each successive accumulation of such.

Q: How do I homeschool my child?

A: Home school requirements are outlined in T.C.A. § 49-6-3050. The Department of Education maintains a website with more detailed homeschooling information here. This includes information about attendance requirements as well as curriculum approval.

Q: What information can I access as a non-custodial parent?

A: Pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-6-902(a), a non-custodial parent may request in writing that a copy of the child’s report card, notice of school attendance, names of teachers, class schedules, standardized test scores, and any other records customarily available to parents be furnished directly to the noncustodial or nonresident parent. The request shall be accompanied by the parent’s or parents’ current mailing address and the school district shall send a copy of the report card, notice of school attendance, names of teachers, class schedules, standardized test scores, and any other records customarily available to parents to that address.

If a non-custodial parent is denied access to the records, the parent may complain to the Office of Family Compliance in the U.S. Department of Education, which enforces parental rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Q: Does Tennessee have seat time requirements?

Tennessee does not have any requirements addressing seat time in public schools. Students do not have a required number of classroom hours to earn course credits. Instead, Tennessee focuses on giving students enough time allocated each school year to ensure students learn and master course content. The State Board of Education sets the required number of school days each year, the number of hours in a school day, and how local districts may alter their calendars to stockpile inclement weather days.

The Tennessee Department of Education strongly recommends seat time in the case of RTI interventions. Additionally, some early post-secondary opportunity (EPSO) courses, such as dual-enrollment, may have their own seat time requirements. Please check with your local school district if you have any questions about RTI or EPSO seat time requirements.

Student Records

Q: My student has a new name; can it be changed on their school records?

A: Tennessee law requires schools to identify a student (regardless of age) by the names on the student’s birth certificates. T.C.A. § 49-6-5106 provides that “the student shall be known by such lawful name [name that appears on the student’s certificate of live birth or certificate of birth by adoption] in all facets of school records, report cards, student testing and any school activities.” Schools may change names on student records due to marriage or following a court order, but only after receipt of a marriage certificate or court order.

Q: How can I get a copy of my student’s records?

A: Parents may request their student’s records anytime by reaching out to the school. If the school has since closed or the student has graduated, please contact the school’s district office.

Q: How can I get a copy of my/my student’s high school diploma?

A: Copies of high school diplomas may be obtained from the Tennessee Department of Education. Please call 615-532-4867, or send an email to [email protected] for more information.

Q: My college/university has closed, but I need my transcripts.

A: Any college/university that closes down is instructed to send all student records to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC). You can reach THEC at (615) 741-3605.

Concerns/Complaints

Q: I’m not happy about my student’s school, principal, and/or district. What can I do?

A: The Tennessee State Board of Education is the policy-making body for K-12 education in Tennessee, which means that the Board set policies, such as education standards, for schools across the state. However, this does not grant the Board oversight over the affairs of local districts, such as education leadership. Your best course of action is to contact your local board of education and the director of schools/superintendent. They will be more equipped to assist you in this matter.

Depending on state law and local board policy, some decisions of principals may be appealed to the director of schools (for example, suspension decisions from a due process hearing) or to the local board of education (for example, student assignment to a school). However, neither the Tennessee Department of Education nor the State Board of Education has authority to overturn the decisions of local boards of education. Local boards of education hire and supervise the director of schools. Members of local boards of education are elected by the voters in their district.

Q: My student is being bullied; what can I do to stop this?

A: First, start with your local director of schools and school board as they have the greatest level of jurisdiction and control over schools and principals. If the issue still has not been resolved, you may contact the Office of Safe and Supportive Schools at the Tennessee Department of Education for assistance at (615) 741-3248.

State law T.C.A. § 49-6-4503 instructs each school district to adopt their own policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyber-bullying. The law specifies that each district’s bullying policy should include the following:

A procedure for reporting an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying, including a provision that permits a person to report an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying anonymously. Nothing in this section may be construed to permit formal disciplinary action solely on the basis of an anonymous report;
A procedure for prompt investigation of a report of an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying;
A statement of the manner in which a school district shall respond after an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying is reported, investigated and confirmed.

Additionally, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) released a bullying and harassment guide that states the following:

“According to guidance issued by [The Office of Civil Rights], a school is responsible for addressing incidents about which it knows or reasonably should have known. Therefore, school officials must investigate all incidents of bullying and/or harassment for which they have knowledge and cannot merely wait until a complaint has been filed. School officials should also inform all staff of their obligations to report incidents of possible bullying and/or harassment when they become aware of them. While LEAs [districts] may not require that a student file a complaint in writing before the complaint can be addressed, all LEAs must make students aware of how to seek help if they are being bullied and/or harassed. Once a school has notice of bullying or harassing incidents, it must take immediate and appropriate action to determine what occurred. The specific steps will vary depending upon the nature of the allegations, the source of the complaint, and the age of the student(s) involved.”

The law and guidance document listed above indicate that issues of student conduct and bullying are at the discretion of the local school districts. The State Board of Education also has several relevant policies:

The Unsafe School Choice Policy: aligned with federal requirements and offers alternatives for students in persistently dangerous schools.
The Mental Health Guidelines Policy: requires schools to implement anti-bullying laws.
Parent and Family Involvement Policy: notes the importance of schools communicating with parents, which could include issues such as bullying and building a collaborative community environment.

State Testing and School Performance

Q: What state tests will my student have to take?

Q: When will state testing take place?

A: A link to a PDF file outlining the current school year testing windows can be found here. For more specifics, please be in contact with your student’s school.

Q: How does my student’s school perform?

A: Each year, the Tennessee Department of Education releases the State Report Card that outlines performance on multiple criteria at the school, district, and state level.

*Please note, the State Report Card is often not updated until the following fall. Ex: the 2018-2019 Report Card will be available in Fall 2019.

Understanding Schools | Texas School Guide

All children deserve a high-quality education, but not all schools are able to offer one. Parents play an important role in monitoring their child’s education and making sure their school is serving their child well. It is sometimes difficult and time-consuming to research and understand the quality of a school, so below are some tips on what to look for.

ACADEMICS

Since the main purpose of schools is to help students learn, it is no surprise academic performance is a measure of school quality. More than just a child’s individual grades, parents should also consider the whole picture. Look to school-wide performance on common exams–in Texas this would be school performance on STAAR exams–to see how schools compare to others. No test is perfect, nor can a test capture all of the quality efforts schools put into the year.

They do, however, provide a way for parents, educators, and community members to examine how students are learning and where improvement is required.

Information on a school’s performance is available to parents, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to find or simple to understand. To help parents compare the quality of schools in their area, CHILDREN AT RISK created the Texas School Guide. Every year when new school performance data is released, CHILDREN AT RISK organizes and shares that information with the public. Use our School Search tool to learn more about the schools in your area. In addition to School STAAR exam results, below is a sample of the information parents can find.

School Grade – Based on their academic performance, CHILDREN AT RISK assigns schools letter grades A-F. A grade of A, B, and even some C schools, are all good options for student success! Schools that receive a D or an F are generally not performing as well, academically.

School Ranking – Schools across the state are ranked based on student performance and CHILDREN AT RISK grade received. The higher the rank, the better the school’s academic performance in the previous year.

Gold Ribbon – Schools that have high levels of poverty (75% or more) and high student achievement are designated as Gold Ribbon schools. This means that these schools are doing well and meeting their students’ needs.

PEG – A Public Education Grant (PEG) school is a campus that has been identified by the Texas Education Agency as needing improvement in 2 of the past 3 years. If your school is a PEG school, you should be notified by the school and you are allowed to transfer your child to a better school if space is available.

ENVIRONMENT

A second, and equally important, factor to look at for school quality is a school’s environment. School environment, also known as school climate or culture, refers to the look and feel of a school. How students feel at school can influence how successful they are. A school’s environment is often affected by its values, rules, safety, and discipline policies.

The school environment is important because it sets the tone for student learning. A positive, supportive environment can help students feel safe and make better grades. Elements of the environment include:

The best way to learn about the environment is by visiting the campus. Parents have the right to visit their child’s school, meet with teachers and administrators, and ask questions about the school environment. Parents should call schools to set up visits or in-person tours for the school their child attends or might attend. While a formal visit is best, not all parents are able during the school day. Even if parents can’t make an extended visit, they can learn a lot about the quality of the school’s environment from observations at pick-up or drop-off, by talking to neighbors and friends with children enrolled, and even by speaking directly to their child.

Besides what can be gained from visits and conversations with other parents, student codes of conduct or policy handbooks are helpful in understanding a school’s environment.

A “code of conduct” is a document that explains a school’s disciplinary rules and sometimes other policies. Schools are required to make this document available to the public, and they can usually be found online or at the front desk if not sent home with students early in the year. By reading and becoming familiar with these documents, parents are more prepared to advocate for their child and may better understand a school’s learning environment.

Things to Look For In a Code of Conduct:
• Rules for removing a student from the classroom
• Why and how a student could be suspended or expelled
• How the school factors self-defense, intent, and disability into disciplinary decisions
• Rules for transferring a student to a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP)
• The school’s process for notifying a parent or guardian if their student violates the code of conduct
• How the school responds to bullying and harassment

Every student must follow the rules in the school’s code of conduct.

If a student breaks any of the rules, he or she may face the consequences, such as a suspension or even expulsion. Note, students in Pre-K through 2nd grade cannot receive out-of-school suspensions under Texas law.

School districts must have bullying and dating violence prevention policies. These policies should protect students from bullying in any form – written, verbal, or physical. Policies should also protect students who speak up about bullying incidents. Parents of bullying victims can request a transfer of their student or of the bully to another classroom or campus if there is a demonstrated negative impact on the student’s learning. Visit pacer.org/bullying or imbullyfree.org for resources for parents and students.

PROGRAMS & AVAILABLE RESOURCES

Besides academics and environment, parents may want to look at the types of special programs and activities available during the school day. This may be particularly important for students with specific talents or interests.

For example, a child interested in art or performing may want to attend a school with a good arts program or apply to a Magnet school focused on the arts. For many parents, getting children to extra programs or classes can be extremely difficult. Finding a school that offers those opportunities during the school day or at least on campus is a big advantage.

Beyond programs that match student interests, parents may want to think about Advanced Placement programs (AP) or programs that help meet student academic needs. For example, parents of high school students may prefer their children to have access to an early college program or a range of AP classes which can result in students earning college credit. Likewise, parents of elementary-age children may prefer a school with a dual language program or quality pre-k offerings for their younger siblings. Parents of students with special needs or English language learners will want to check and make sure their child’s school can provide the best accommodations and teachers with special certifications.

Finances and time constraints may be another consideration for parents. Parents with limited finances may not be interested in private schools with hefty tuition costs. Similarly, if transportation is not provided, it may be difficult and expensive for parents to drive their child long distances to attend a school outside of their zone. Many charter schools and private schools may provide transportation, but they are not required to do so. Contact the individual school to discuss possible options.

10 tips for parents on how to make a child’s day in kindergarten good Anna

In the modern world, a large number of proposals for parents have appeared. Which kindergarten should I send my child to? Where will he be better, more interesting, safer and more comfortable? Each parent sets himself his own goals in the search for a children’s institution in which his child, in his opinion, will be better.

There are a lot of offers for parents. Kindergartens according to the method of Maria Montessori, Waldorf kindergartens, private kindergartens with different developmental biases, multilingual, standard (post-Soviet), etc.

Each family has its own requirements for kindergartens and is looking for a kindergarten that will meet these requirements. And this is the most correct way – after all, the less the parents’ anxiety about whether the kindergarten is suitable, the calmer the child himself will adapt to the new place.

At preschool age, the child has the basic needs of his development:

the need for security,
need for movement,
need for acceptance,
need for play and communication,
need for new information about the surrounding world.

If dad and mom are happy with their choice, their parental experiences are minimal, which means that the child has confidence and disposition towards new changes in his life.

As a matter of fact, the kindergarten is the first step of the child into an independent life in the big world, where he is introduced into the society. By the age of 3-4, one can observe how children have a need to communicate with other children, how they learn from each other, how they copy the emotions and behavior of other children. All this happens when the child’s social “I” matures. That is, there is an urgent need to communicate with peers and internal questions arise about who I am among them. what I can and what I can.

How can you help your child have a positive first experience in kindergarten?

Kindergarten parent introduction

Carefully research all possible suitable kindergarten options. Look at the room itself, where the child will directly play, sleep, eat. If you like the atmosphere and comfort, then your baby will like all this. If you are in doubt about something, do your best to change or correct it.

Sharing my experience as a mother. When the parents and I agreed on the issue of comfort in the group, we brought the teachers children’s pictures on the wall, colorful colorful pillows for sitting on the rug during group classes. All these details create a general mood and disposition of the child to a pleasant environment and tranquility. Children’s world is bright, fragrant and cozy. Try to look at the situation through the eyes of a child, and if you yourself like it, then there is every chance that your baby will like it too.

Getting to know caregivers

The same careful approach should be applied to people who will be in contact with children during the day. The human factor is one of the most important in choosing a kindergarten. Which teacher will spend time with children can indicate a positive attitude and desire to attend kindergarten. As parents, you have the intuition to feel if the teacher can “pick up the key” to your child.

As a rule, people who sincerely love children and know how to get along with them can be seen right away, so listen to what your parental heart tells you. Try to establish contact with the teacher through human communication, during the conversation, tell the teachers about the characteristics of your child’s character, what he likes, what he doesn’t like, what can calm him down, and what can upset him. Give some hint of your parental observations of the child and how to deal with different situations.

Introducing a child to kindergarten

For a child of preschool age, innovations in his life can be a stressful factor, and if this is also marked by separation from his mother for a whole day, then the child will find a large number of reasons for concern. Therefore, it is better to prepare the baby in advance for the first visit to the kindergarten. Try to come to the territory of the kindergarten several times as an introductory walk to talk about what this place is, why the children come here and what they do here.

Tell the child about the function of the educator and about his tasks, focus the child’s attention on that. that he will always be helped in any matters and the adults nearby will always provide him with protection. In this way, you will form confidence in a new place in a child.

I am not in favor of telling children that kindergarten is work. Many families comment on the child’s going to kindergarten with the following words: “My dad and I go to work in the morning and you also go to kindergarten for your work. ” I don’t think these are soothing words for a child’s soul. Since the main leading activity of a child is up to 7 -8 years old is a game, it is better to explain to the child his going to the kindergarten with the following words: “You go to the kindergarten to play and make friends with other children, and the teachers teach you interesting things.”

First visits to the kindergarten – time to adjust

It is better to start the first visits to the kindergarten with a small number of hours. If possible, try to pick up the child for the first few days before daytime sleep. Why is it so important? To form a child’s interest in attending kindergarten, you need to make this event as positive as possible. When the child makes new acquaintances, gets used to the caregivers, feels safe, his fear and anxiety will fade away and he will be able to better perceive the organizational issues and the requirements of discipline in the children’s group.

When a child becomes motivated and willing to come to a kindergarten group where friends and teachers are waiting for you, then his inner tension decreases, the feeling of sadness from separation from his mother is replaced by new emotions and new experiences of communicating with peers. This means that the child can plunge into games with peers and classes with educators throughout the day.

Why do children cry when they come to the kindergarten

The appearance of a kindergarten in a child’s life is always a new system of coordinates and rules, in which it is not always easy for a child to navigate. In the home environment, the child was calmer, safer and more predictable. Close people surround with care and help, the atmosphere is familiar and studied. What happens when a child becomes part of society in his children’s group? He does not always feel safe, he does not have the opportunity to turn to his parents for help, he does not always know how to solve problems that arise in the process of communication, he makes efforts on himself and manifests himself independently in a peer group, he must independently control his emotions without HELP of relatives, he must declare himself among children, that is, learn to arouse interest in himself in order to find, relatively speaking, “a place in the sun” and make friends and consolidate this communication.

For a child of preschool age and even primary school age, this is indeed a very difficult task, which at first causes a lot of anxiety and fear. But gradually receiving family support, help and accompaniment of educators, as well as revealing their own personal potential, the child masters communication skills and the ability to benefit and enjoy this communication.

Separation with parents throughout the day in the kindergarten is always a difficult stage for children, because all the best and most pleasant in their children’s world is connected with the family, and the future is still foggy and unknown. But gradually, step by step, the child learns to build new interests, contacts and important events in his kindergarten in order to further reveal the strengths of his personality and develop his human qualities.

It’s important to realize that the crying of a child when they leave their parents in kindergarten does not necessarily reflect how they feel in kindergarten for the rest of the day!

But there are a number of factors that affect the mental well-being of the child throughout the day spent in kindergarten. After making sure that the child had enough rest and sleep, the food on the eve was sufficient and balanced, the morning started positively, parents can confidently assume that his day in kindergarten will pass on a positive wave. All of the above will sooner or later become good life habits for your child.

Now I want to share with you 10 tips to help your child have a good day at kindergarten

1. Make sure your child is well rested. If the child is tired, he is likely to be moody and it will be difficult for him to concentrate in a group. Sleep is very important for a child’s mood and physical development.

2. The child’s breakfast should be balanced. Even for an adult it is very difficult to concentrate if he is hungry. Food is a very important component for a good active day.

3. Try to create a quiet and calm morning. In most cases, morning preparations are a cocktail of haste, screams, nerves, etc. Teach your child the night before to prepare some of his personal things that he will take with him to kindergarten tomorrow. Speak with him questions that are important to him so that he does not forget anything and this does not upset him. The goal is to make your morning as crazy as possible. If you are tense and nervous, your child will feel the same way.

4. Come early to kindergarten. Try to bring your child before the class starts. This solves several problems at once: together you can calmly say goodbye to each other and thus reduce stress, your child will feel calmer and will be able to familiarize himself with the situation in the group, find a comfortable activity for himself and communicate with other children.

5. On the way to the kindergarten, talk about what he will do today, with whom he wants to play on the playground, what he liked in class yesterday. Reflections on these topics give stimulus and interest in anticipation of a new day in the kindergarten.

6. Allow your child to bring a toy to the kindergarten, which will remind him of home and reduce his anxiety about separation from his family.

7. Be sure to tell your child before leaving kindergarten “Goodbye! I’ll be waiting for our meeting!”. Many educators suggest that parents simply sneak out of the kindergarten locker room unnoticed. But such actions can be devastating for a child when mom or dad suddenly disappears. It is very important to say goodbye and reassure your baby that you will come back for him, even if the initial “Goodbye” makes him cry.

8. Create your own morning ritual with your child. For example, drink tea together to your favorite song. Put secret notes with your drawings (smiles, hearts, etc.) in the pocket of your child’s clothes.

Make up a short poem for the whole family about the coming day, for example:

Dad and mom go to work,
Our child is going to the garden.
Let’s wish and believe,
Day of smile will bring!

Add more physical contact with the baby, gentle hugs and kisses will give confidence and create a good mood for the whole family.

9. Involve educators. Your child will be more ready to leave you and enter the kindergarten group if there is a caring teacher nearby. A teacher who knows how to involve a child in an interesting conversation will be able to distract the child’s attention from the care of mom and dad.

10. Tell your child specifically when you come for him. Preschool children have no concept and sense of time. “I’ll pick you up in the evening” absolutely does not carry any soothing information for the child. For inner confidence and relaxation, it is important to indicate when exactly the baby will meet you. For example: “When you wake up after your afternoon nap and have an afternoon snack, I will come for you.”

Adaptation to kindergarten is individual for each child. Someone can get used to a new environment and new rules in a month, while for someone it will take several months. The new life of the child is getting better gradually. And with the understanding and support of the family, this always happens easier and more confidently.

Good luck to all children and parents on this journey!

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Certificate from a pediatrician to kindergarten

February 9, 2022

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To get into kindergarten, you need to prepare a number of documents, including a medical certificate reflecting the state of health of the child. To do this, you need to undergo medical examination, that is, consultations of specialists and laboratory and instrumental studies.

Article contents

How to start dispensary
Which specialists should be visited
Additional advice before the garden
What analyzes and studies need to be done before the garden
Vaccinations for Kindergarten
Checklist for pre-garden inspection
FAQ
Expert opinion:

How to start medical examination

Medical examination begins with a visit to the pediatrician. This doctor conducts a complete examination of the child, palpates the abdomen, “listens” to the lungs and heart. After that, he talks about the examination plan, which is necessary to obtain a certificate in form 026, and gives directions for consultations of narrow specialists and laboratory and instrumental studies.

Also, the pediatrician starts a special “Medical card”, in which he enters data on vaccinations and where all the conclusions of specialists and the results of analyzes will be recorded.

Specialists to visit

Before kindergarten, the child should visit a number of specialists:

Surgeon	He examines the child and identifies surgical problems, such as hernias or ingrown nails.
Pediatric urologist (for a boy)	The specialist evaluates the condition of the foreskin and testicles.
Pediatric gynecologist	This is necessary to assess the state of health of the girl.
Orthopedist	The doctor determines posture disorders, curvature of the spine, evaluates the foot to exclude flat feet. If violations are detected, the specialist prescribes a complex correction: massage, physiotherapy exercises, electrophoresis and others.
Neurologist	The doctor assesses the state of the nervous system and the psycho-emotional development of the child, the presence of neurological pathologies, such as stuttering or tics. During the examination, he conducts tests to assess the functioning of the vestibular apparatus and coordination of movements.
Otorhinolaryngologist	The specialist examines the nasopharynx, throat and pharynx, excludes / confirms the presence of adenoids or chronic cholecystitis. It will also tell you what preventive measures to take to reduce the risks of frequent SARS in kindergarten
Dentist	Determines the correctness of teething and their condition, and also evaluates the bite
Dermatologist	The doctor examines the skin, nails and hair, eliminates rashes, peeling, irritation and inflammation. in the presence of atopic changes, the dermatologist also involves an allergist in the examination. If necessary, this specialist will prescribe additional tests, after which he will give recommendations on treatment and nutrition, including in kindergarten.
Ophthalmologist	Using special tables, the doctor determines visual acuity, after which he examines the fundus and excludes various pathologies, such as, for example, astigmatism and strabismus.
Endocrinologist	Evaluates the results of a blood test for glucose levels and excludes endocrine pathologies

Pay attention! If during the year before the prophylactic medical examination the child has been one of these specialists with an entry in the card, then a second consultation is not required

Additional advice in front of the garden

It is recommended to visit a psychologist who will assess the psychological state of the child, his readiness for kindergarten. If necessary, the psychologist will assign work with a small patient to facilitate his adaptation to the team.

Children over three years of age are advised to consult a speech therapist, who can identify diction defects in the child, general underdevelopment of speech, and various types of stuttering. According to the conclusion of a speech therapist, a child with severe speech disorders can be sent to a specialized speech therapy kindergarten.

What tests and examinations should be done before gardening

The list of necessary tests before kindergarten includes:

General blood and urine tests
Blood test to determine the level of glucose
Feces for worm eggs and scraping for enterobiasis to exclude parasitic invasion, it is important to remember that the results of this analysis are valid for only 10 days, so this analysis must be done immediately before kindergarten
Certificate from the pediatrician about the absence of contacts with infectious patients in the last week

Pay attention! If at the consultation the pediatrician found any deviations in the health of the child, he can prescribe a number of additional consultations and laboratory and instrumental studies – ECG, daily monitoring of blood pressure, ultrasound of the heart and / or abdominal organs.

Immunizations to be done for kindergarten

By the age of three, in the absence of a medical exemption or a written refusal of the mother to be vaccinated, the child should have the following vaccinations:

Three DTP vaccinations + first booster
Three polio shots + first booster
BCG
First vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella
3 vaccinations against hepatitis B

Vaccinations against pneumococcus, tick-borne encephalitis and chickenpox are optional.

If the child does not have the vaccinations required by age, consult our doctors by phone – they will draw up an individual vaccination plan, you can contact an expert remotely (by phone or chat) 24/7

Inspection checklist in front of the garden

Keep a checklist for yourself, which lists all the necessary research and expert advice before kindergarten.

boys

Girls

Consultation is being carried out:

pediatrician
neurologist
pediatric surgeon
pediatric dentist
ophthalmologist
otorhinolaryngologist
pediatric urologist-andrologist

Required research:

complete blood count
urinalysis

Consultation is being carried out:

pediatrician
neurologist
pediatric surgeon
pediatric dentist
ophthalmologist
otorhinolaryngologist
gynecologist

Required research:

complete blood count
urinalysis

FAQ

How to issue a certificate 026u for kindergarten?

To do this, you need to contact the clinic at the place of attachment. The pediatrician will draw up an examination plan, give directions for consultations of narrow specialists, as well as for laboratory and instrumental studies. Each doctor will make a conclusion about the state of health and fix it in the child’s medical record. At the end, the little patient and his parents again go to the pediatrician, who fills out the certificate, entering data on vaccination and other necessary parameters.

Why do I need a child’s medical card for kindergarten?

This is a medical document that allows you to record all the data about the health of the child – examinations by specialists, the results of tests and instrumental research methods. Vaccination data, past illnesses and all other information related to health are also entered here.

When to pass a medical examination in the kindergarten?

Just before starting kindergarten. The only thing is that it makes sense to take care of vaccination issues in advance. To have time to do all the necessary vaccinations, you need to start in advance. We, pediatricians, do not recommend doing several vaccinations at the same time, plus a month and a half should pass between vaccinations.

Can I get a certificate for kindergarten in a private clinic?

Certainly yes. If a private clinic has special accreditation, then it is quite possible to prepare documents there as well. As a rule, this happens much faster than in public clinics. I will say more, in private clinics there is even a comprehensive service – issuing a certificate for kindergarten. In this case, you can immediately go through all the specialists and take tests, this option is especially suitable for those who are in a hurry. Do not forget to bring the vaccination card to the appointment so that the doctor can enter this data into the certificate.

Where to keep the child’s medical record?

The medical card is stored in the clinic, however, we have access to the documents through the public service portal. Keeping at home, as before, makes no sense.

Expert opinion:

Kindergarten preparation is a process that includes psychological adjustment, developing new habits in advance, and collecting medical information that allows you to determine the state of health. Information about the state of health, as well as data on vaccination, is recorded in a special certificate in the form 026, without which admission to a preschool institution is impossible.

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Article author

Pruzhinin Mark Yulievich

pediatrician

Experience 30 years

Consultations 1572

Articles 104

An experienced pediatrician with extensive experience and clinical experience in various medical organizations in the field of general pediatrics, resuscitation and unesthesia and neural infections. Works with leading experts, attends international and Russian conferences.

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Kalmykova, Klimov, Zarytovskaya: Propaedeutics of childhood diseases, 2022

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What documents will be asked for when a child is admitted to kindergarten? And what if preschool staff demand something that is not in the law, or make it harder to refuse vaccinations?

What documents are needed to enroll a child in kindergarten?

The rules for the admission of children to preschool educational institutions are regulated by Order of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated May 15, 2020 No. 236. Referral and admission to an educational organization are carried out at the personal request of the parent (another legal representative of the child).

In addition, it is necessary to submit a document proving the identity of the parent (legal representative), as well as, if necessary: a document confirming the establishment of guardianship; document of the psychological-medical-pedagogical commission; a document confirming the need for training in a health-improving group.

Additionally, parents (legal representatives) present to the educational organization a child’s birth certificate (for citizens of the Russian Federation), a certificate of his registration at the place of residence or at the place of stay in the assigned territory, or a document containing information about the place of stay, place of actual residence.

The requirement to submit other documents for the admission of children to educational organizations in the part not regulated by the legislation on education is not allowed.

From March 1, 2022, a medical certificate is not required to enroll a child in a kindergarten. He was excluded from the list of documents that must be submitted along with an application for admission to a preschool educational institution. However, the need for the child to undergo a preventive medical examination remained. According to its results, the doctor draws up an examination card, which is transferred to kindergarten (read more about this in the material “On medical requirements for enrolling a child in kindergarten”) .

How often do I need to provide medical documents?

The validity of the completed and certified medical record of the child is one year (Form 026/y-2000). A certificate stating that the child is allergic and observed by an allergist is enough to bring to the kindergarten once. The validity of the application for refusal of vaccinations is not established by law.

How can I refuse vaccinations?

Children under 15 can be vaccinated only with the consent of their parents or other legal representatives. If parents do not want their child to participate in immunoprophylactic measures, they have the right to issue a written refusal.

The laws state this as follows: a necessary preliminary condition for medical intervention is the giving of informed voluntary consent of a citizen or his legal representative to such intervention. At the same time, they have the right to refuse medical intervention (Article 20 of the Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ (hereinafter – Law No. 323-FZ)). Including citizens have the right to refuse preventive vaccinations in the implementation of immunoprophylaxis (clause 1, article 5 of the Federal Law of September 17, 1998 No. 157-FZ (hereinafter – Law No. 157-FZ)).

The recommended form of an application for refusing to be vaccinated was approved by the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development dated January 26, 2009 No. 19n. However, there is no mandatory form. You can use the recommended form, write a free-form waiver, or fill out a standard medical waiver form, which is available at any clinic.

The citizen is obliged to confirm the refusal in writing (clause 3, article 5 of the Federal Law No. 157-FZ). And the medical worker must make an entry about the refusal of vaccinations in the child’s medical record, indicating that the parent has been warned about the consequences of such a refusal (clause 2, article 17 of Law No. 157-FZ, clause 11.4 of the Guidelines MU 3.3.1889-04, approved by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation on March 4, 2004). By the way, the consequence may be the temporary suspension of an unvaccinated child if it is necessary to separate children according to epidemic indications to prevent infection. This possibility is provided, for example, by paragraph 2513 of SanPiN 3.3686-21.

In order for the refusal to be vaccinated to have real power, it must have the signatures of an immunologist, a pediatrician, a parent and a seal. The document is drawn up in several copies: one must be taken to kindergarten, and the second must be taken home for storage.

The pediatrician is obliged to issue a card and allow the child to attend kindergarten. There are no laws that prescribe the mandatory presence of all vaccinations. But there are acts that confirm the opposite. When requesting to sign the card, reference should be made to Art. 5 of Law No. 157 and art. 20 of Law No. 323. Legal liability for refusal of vaccination for immunization of a child’s body is not provided.

(See also: No Vaccines for Kindergarten and School? and Parents vs. Kindergarten and School Leaders: The Childhood Vaccination Controversy.)

How to appeal the actions of officials?

If the parent is against the participation of the child in immunoprophylactic measures, a written refusal to be vaccinated is sufficient. The parent is not required to comply with any other requirements. If an educational institution insists on performing other allegedly mandatory actions, one can refer to the fact that this is not provided for by law. In cases where this does not help, complaints to higher educational institutions that perform supervisory functions are effective. Illegal actions of the head of the kindergarten will be appealed to the Department of Education. If the request is ignored, the parents have the right to go to the prosecutor’s office and the court.

You can file a complaint about the unlawful actions of a pediatrician with the head doctor of the hospital. If he does not take proper measures, you should write a statement to the health department. In case of failure, you can go to the prosecutor’s office and the court.

Reader’s question “AG”: how to legally simplify the process of refusing vaccination?

In the past few years, we have seen a rapid digitalization of the healthcare sector. Electronic medical records have appeared, now you can make an appointment with a doctor through a mobile application, etc. As a mother and lawyer, I am sure that the process of placing a child in kindergarten and then in school would be greatly simplified by digital communication between educational and medical institutions. Judge for yourself: the parent consulted a doctor at the clinic and decided not to vaccinate the child. Immediately, the document required by the educational institution automatically appears in its information system. It’s convenient for everyone.

True, the implementation of such amenities requires changes at the legislative level. And only the president, senators of the Federation Council, deputies of the State Duma, the Government of the Russian Federation, the legislative bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Supreme and Constitutional Courts are authorized to come up with a legislative initiative (Article 104 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation). However, it is possible to create an initiative group to prepare changes to laws and by-laws and to promote their interests at local meetings of political parties.

what documents are needed and at what age are they taken to the nursery?

admittance to kindergarten

The joke that on the way from the maternity hospital, parents need to call the executive committee and put the baby on the “kindergarten registration” is not far from reality. At least for Minsk: preschools here are still overloaded. Child BY tells what parents need to remember if they want to arrange a child in a kindergarten near home or work. Enrollment in groups for the next academic year will traditionally begin on April 1.

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At what age will they take kindergarten and what needs to be done for this?

It is possible to arrange a baby in a nursery, even if he is only 1 year old. True, groups for the smallest are opened only on request. And if you want to get into one of them, deal with the issue as early as possible. First you need to call the district education department for advice, and then contact the One Window service. If there are no such groups in your area, call other departments: perhaps they will be more lucky. But remember that if you and your baby go to kindergarten, even if far from home, you will be removed from the queue. And it’s not a fact that when the child turns the “appropriate” 3 years, there will be a place for him in the nearest garden.

The second important nuance: when completing groups, the age of children on September 1 is taken into account (as at school). Therefore, it is unlikely that it will be possible to attach a one-year-old baby to the “from two to three” group if he turns 2 years old only in December. Specialists explain the strict division by age by the fact that kindergarten is not only supervision, but also training. It is necessary that the kid learns the program according to his age and that he subsequently goes to school with his peers.

For information: there are relatively many requests for places for babies under three years old. For example, in 2019−20 academic year in Minsk there were more than 800 groups for children aged two to three years and more than 20 groups for 253 kids from one to two.

When to apply if you need a garden from the age of 3?

The same principle works here: the sooner the better. The sooner parents become registered, the more likely they are to get into the desired kindergarten, because places are allocated strictly in order. If you decide to send your child to kindergarten almost in the last days of summer, do not worry: not everything is lost. Write an application and you will be offered an option – but already in those preschool institutions where there are vacant places.

Is it possible to apply only at the place of residence?

Parents have the right to register their child without reference to the place of residence, work, and so on. Moreover, you can apply in several areas at once. Let’s say you now live in the Frunzensky district, but in a couple of years you plan to move to Oktyabrsky. Think about your movements in advance and put your child in several queues.

What documents should I take with me? And what to write in the application?

To apply, mom, dad or other legal representative must contact the One Stop Shop in the administration of the selected area. You must have two documents with you: the passport of the legal representative and the birth certificate of the child. If you want to get into a particular kindergarten, be sure to indicate its number and the year when you plan to bring your child. Many parents think that if the windows of the garden “look” into their apartment, then a place in it is guaranteed. This is not so: preschool institutions are not assigned to residential buildings.

What else to pay attention to when preparing documents?

Leave reliable contacts where you can be contacted. Sometimes it happens that parents indicate a non-existent phone number, and an education department specialist needs to urgently talk with them: clarify wishes, offer options. As a result, the family may receive a referral to the wrong kindergarten or the wrong academic year for which it was counting. Also, when filling out the documents, it is important to indicate the desired language of instruction: Russian or Belarusian (such an item is present in the questionnaire). Take note: when answering a question about the period of admission to kindergarten, you do not need to write “November 2022”, it is enough to indicate the academic year.

Is it possible to place a child in a group in the middle of the year?

In practice, such situations do happen. Usually, education departments go forward and allocate places, but where there is an opportunity. But to keep a place in the garden without a good reason, let’s say, until December, no one will: other children from the queue will apply for it.

Can I be expelled from a preschool?

A couple of years ago, Article 79 appeared in the Code of Education. In accordance with it, a child can indeed be “asked to leave” if he does not attend kindergarten for a long time for an unexcused reason. At the same time, there are still no strict criteria that would explain which reasons are valid. In practice, everything is decided by the head of the kindergarten. Therefore, it is in the interests of the parents to contact him as soon as possible and clarify the situation so that the child can be kept in place for six months. Unless, of course, the administration agrees with the arguments of the parents.

How can I send my child to a sanatorium kindergarten?

To get into the sanatorium kindergarten, where usually the groups are smaller, the opinion of the Medical Advisory Commission (MCC) from the polyclinic is required. During the meeting of the commission, the indications approved by the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus dated December 22, 2011 No. 128 are taken into account:

acute respiratory diseases with a duration of at least 7 days and a frequency of 4 or more times a year;
pneumonia, bronchitis with a frequency of 3 or more times a year;
chronic sinusitis, chronic diseases of the tonsils and adenoids, chronic otitis media;
bronchiectasis, mild to moderate bronchial asthma;
condition after surgical treatment for congenital and acquired heart defects and other diseases requiring constant medical supervision.

With the conclusion of the VKK, parents apply to the Department of Education, and the child is found in a sanatorium garden. For enrollment in a special (with severe speech disorders, integrated) group, it is additionally necessary to have the conclusion of a medical-psychological-pedagogical commission.

Are there benefits for admission to kindergarten?

There are no benefits in the broadest sense: neither parents with many children, nor single mothers, nor parents of disabled children can count on priority enrollment in the desired kindergarten. Children from families of military personnel and employees of internal affairs bodies are required to provide a place in the kindergarten of the district within three months from the date of application.

Will the child be taken to kindergarten if he has not been vaccinated?

If, for some reason, the parents did not vaccinate their child, they cannot be denied admission to kindergarten. But in the event of an epidemic, the child will not be temporarily accepted. “Temporarily” means for the period of the incubation period of the disease, due to which quarantine was announced in the preschool institution.

It is important that a child who enters a kindergarten has a medical certificate; without it, they will not be admitted to a preschool. Tune in to the fact that a child of 2-3 years old will need to be shown to a pediatrician, ophthalmologist, neurologist, dentist and even a gynecologist.

The referral to kindergarten is already in hand. To whom and when should it be given?

Do not keep this document, it is only valid for 15 days. In order to avoid overlaps, take the referral to the administration of the kindergarten immediately after receiving it. At the reception, specify the dates when you intend to bring the child: in kindergartens, they try to separate the streams of “recruits” so that the kids can better adapt.

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Kindergarten is not for the deaf

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01:38, November 22, 2019

I was concerned about this issue recently when my sister asked me if I know about kindergartens that my niece, her daughter, can go to? Here the baby is already a year old, it would not hurt to think about the question: which kindergarten should she go to? It is advisable to start with a nursery group so that the child is better prepared for kindergarten. Or use the child’s early intervention centers, about which the “deaf media” have spoken and written so many times.

We decided this: if a girl does not hear (on the verge of total deafness), grows up in a family of deaf parents, her grandparents are also deaf, then there are no options for inclusive education, integration in a regular mass kindergarten.

It was decided to give priority to kindergarten, where teachers speak sign language. While the court is on the case, they began to search the Internet for information.

First of all, I went to the Deafmos website and found a list of kindergartens. They began to call with the help of an interpreter. We started with institutions close to home and those where it is possible to leave a child in a boarding school.

The pre-school department of school No. 937, which is near the Orekhovo metro station, immediately refused to accept after they found out that the child did not hear at all. They say that in this kindergarten they are guided only by speech development.

What to do, looking further. The Aistenok kindergarten closest to the house at school No. 2110 (near the Maryino metro station) replied that they also have an emphasis on speech development there, sign language is not used, it is also important that the child comes with hearing aids. It’s funny that in “Aistenka” there is a teacher of the deaf. ..

On the Deafmos website found the material “INCHANGEABLE STUMBLING STONES”. We learned that the state system of early assistance to deaf children from 0 to 3 years old has not yet been launched in Moscow. Despite the efforts of the IGO VOG, teachers and activists, the WHO, loaded with the promises of officials, is still there …

What about boarding schools for deaf preschoolers? Did the punishing hand of inclusion destroy them all or what? To date, there are 6 special preschool institutions for deaf children in Moscow. Only two of them are based on correctional schools – No. 1708 (metro station “Universitet”) and No. 30 named after K.A. Mikaeljana (Sokolniki metro station) – they have boarding schools where children can stay for days.

I found out that school No. 1248 (former kindergarten No. 669, Slavyansky Bulvar metro station) has ceased to be a boarding school and is trying not to accept deaf children. Help information on the site is out of date. In general, the number of boarding kindergartens has been reduced to a minimum, and no inclusive conditions are offered in return. And how much noise and boasting from the Department of Education is about inclusion and equal rights to education…

Do you think this is only in Moscow? I found out what is happening in Nizhny Novgorod. There, the kindergarten for the deaf at first stopped taking children from the Nizhny Novgorod region. Because of this, the number of deaf children decreased – they filled empty places with hearing ones. Then the Nizhny Novgorod kindergarten switched to a 12-hour stay and offered parents to send deaf children to study in the mass kindergarten closest to their home, they say, there the kids will be arranged “absolute inclusion”. The reason for such decisions was explained by the “lack of funds”. Only after protests from parents and the regional branch of the VOG, attracting attention from the public, the kindergarten administration backed down and agreed to return the former boarding mode of operation.

It’s no secret that all this started back in September 2014, when a decision was made to switch all schools to “normative per capita funding”, in which money is allocated not to the school, but to individual children. This is not just a whim of individual officials: the reorganization and merger of schools are taking place within the framework of the “Law on Education”. Unfortunately, the fashionable word “inclusion” is understood by officials very superficially, and their “fight for equal rights” leads to the fact that we are all driven to happiness with the same brush and an iron fist. And the media, not understanding the topic, indulge in madness.

It is no secret that most hearing parents believe that it is enough to put a hearing aid or a cochlear implant on a deaf child and their child will immediately hear and understand speech like a healthy person. In fact, in order for a child with an AS or an implant to become a developed and integrated citizen in society, diligent many years of study are required, which include both parents and teachers. And now we see many deaf children with CI plaques on their skulls – illiterate, unable to speak and communicate, pedagogically neglected. All because they were not engaged.

Often there is a picture when a deaf child of deaf parents under the age of five grows up smart and quick-witted, ahead of his hearing peers. But then the world becomes more complicated – and the child gets stuck in its development, if you do not specifically deal with it.

Isn’t it strange that in a prosperous capital they can’t find funds to maintain at least a couple of nursery groups for children with hearing impairments? Okay, we can do without a nursery – we’ll work out with a girl at home for up to three years. But with the choice of a kindergarten, everything is more difficult … If you put a deaf child in a group with hearing children, even if accompanied by a tutor or an interpreter, then this is not enough. We need a competent teacher who knows how to present the material, explain, consolidate knowledge.

Anyway, there wasn’t much choice. After some deliberation, my sister and her husband chose the Aistyonok kindergarten, because the deaf children of their friends go there. I remind you that this choice was forced, the city of Moscow cannot offer anything better than the “accessible to all”.

But everything is interconnected. The whole further life of a person depends on nursery and preschool preparation. It is at the age of 2 to 6 years that the basic ways of perceiving and understanding the world are laid in the little man, the level of intellectual development is set. If this time is missed, then it cannot be corrected by any schools, universities and enhanced homework. Kindergarten has one important function: it teaches how to learn. If a child does not know how to study, then 11 years in school for him is almost a waste of time. The Deaf Society is sounding the alarm that the number of illiterate and helpless deaf people has been increasing in recent years. And all because there is no well-functioning effective system of preschool education for the deaf, which has been replaced by slogans about inclusion.

Comment from ANO “I understand”:
The situation with preschool educational institutions is deplorable. The previously famous kindergarten for deaf children at school No. 101 (now the Kurchatov School) is now run by school No. 86, while the school website does not indicate that children with hearing impairments are accepted there.

Kindergarten in Fili-Davydkovo (school No. 1248) now has no boarding school, admission of children from next year is questionable. At the request of Ekaterina Savchenko, this kindergarten said that children with hearing impairments are no longer accepted, and there are no educational activities for such children in the younger group. Now only children with disabilities are accepted at the TsPMPC.

Kindergarten No. 154 (near the metro station “Petrovsko-Razumovskaya”) retained correctional groups, but removed the boarding school.

I would like to note that various issues related to children with hearing impairment are resolved without taking into account the opinion of the parents themselves. They are confronted with the fact that changes have taken place, and they either have to put up with it or go to another garden. Who can stand up for these children who are deprived of quality education, preparation for school? VOG addresses the issues of adults with hearing impairments. Parents find themselves face to face with their misfortune, and if there is no competent lawyer or journalist next to them who would make a fuss about these situations, their attempts to defend the rights of their children are doomed to failure.

Most parents blindly send their children to places where there are caregivers with knowledge of sign language. What is the curriculum in the garden? What kind of teacher is there? Which children will then go to school – with good preparation or not so much? If only one of the parents asked what vocabulary the child would leave the garden with in 3-4 years?

In kindergartens, children are trained according to the 1991 program, which provides for the possession of a small number of words (2500) against the norm of 5000-7000 words. And it is not a fact that children by school age will understand the meanings of the words that they passed in the garden, that they will understand how to use these words in sentences.

There is no connection between parents and teachers of preschool institutions: not all parents can take responsibility for the development of their children, they completely rely on teachers, and they themselves are removed from the process. It must be remembered that in the garden, the teacher deals with each child individually for only 15 minutes. What can a teacher do in 15 minutes? He will only have time to seat the child, concentrate his attention on the task, begin to perform … and it’s time to run to another ward. When there are group classes, teachers do not have the opportunity to divide children according to their level of development. In such classes, some children simply do not understand what they are talking about. Therefore, it is important that the teacher coordinates parents on homework, gives recommendations on how to develop the child at home, so that classes in the preschool group are more effective. It is sad that many parents think that homework is to learn 5 names of vegetables and fruits each. And how to use new words in everyday life – they do not know.

It is also not very pleasant that children with total deafness are not admitted to kindergartens. Willingly take hearing-impaired children and with CI. What to do with deaf children? They are not needed in the future of our society? After all, if they are dealt with properly, then able-bodied citizens will grow up.

Ekaterina Sadikova (mother of three deaf children):
There are no kindergartens nearby for the deaf, they are all far away, and even without a boarding school. There is only one way out – to send the child to a mass kindergarten, but I do not want this. There, the children practically do not communicate with anyone: everyone speaks with a voice, and ours want to communicate in ZL. Educators also do not know either dactyl or gestures. Children also do not understand them, there is no contact. And no one explains to deaf parents what to do with their children at home. I don’t mind if the child is taught to speak, but not all day. The child is very tired, the eyes begin to hurt. All this is bad.

Anna Nikitenko (mother of a deaf child):
I don’t know which kindergarten is better to send the child to. I get information about kindergartens only on the IGO VOG website. But there is no information on how to register a child in a kindergarten. I received explanations and information through the organization “I understand”, they explained what to do and where to go.

I would like to send my child to a specialized kindergarten for the deaf, where the deaf learn, with individual lessons. Now everywhere they demand that the child come to kindergarten with a hearing aid. Otherwise they refuse. Recently, they called through an interpreter to a kindergarten in Maryino, and they asked if our child hears a little or “nothing at all”? The answer is “nothing at all”. They answered: “Oh, we don’t accept such people, only the hearing impaired, we are not interested in the deaf.”

We want to choose close to the house, but they don’t let us. My husband and I thought about what to do and decided to ignore the words of the representatives of this kindergarten in Maryino and enroll the child there. I worry whether they will teach the child well or not. Friends say that there they pay great attention to the hearing impaired and teach them well, while deaf children are ignored – they are taught how it will turn out. There, teachers speak only with their voices, not with gestures. If the child does not understand, then what? We need to teach him to understand voices – we don’t have the opportunity, at home everyone is deaf, we communicate using gestures. Well, if so, but if there was at least somewhere information on how deaf parents can teach a deaf child to perceive sound speech … There is nothing! Let’s start walking in the garden – we’ll see. Personally, I think it all depends on the teacher.

I know that there are kindergartens where the deaf are taught, but they are far from home and there is no boarding school, it takes an hour and a half to go one way every day! From work all the time to take time off to take and pick up? Five years right? No job will do that. Quit what? And what to live on? But I am not sure that my daughter will be well prepared in this kindergarten…

Text: G. TIKHENKO0300

How to arrange a child for kindergarten in Krasnodar

Today in my blog I want to touch on a very important topic. Many families moving to live in Krasnodar, first of all, want to enroll their children in school and kindergarten. And in this article I want to talk about preschool institutions.

Because ordering a house project in Krasnodar, finishing construction and moving to a new place is not enough to ensure a comfortable life. It is necessary to familiarize yourself with the urban infrastructure.

According to the law “On preschool education”, every child in Russia under the age of 7 has the right to attend a kindergarten. Social status, race, place of residence cannot be a reason for refusing to visit such an institution.

In the Russian Federation, preschool institutions are divided into two types: nursery and kindergarten. The nursery is designed for children aged 2 months to 3 years. Children from the age of 3 are taken to the kindergarten. At the same time, a child can be identified both at 3 years old in the younger group, and at 6 in the older one.

On a preferential basis, children’s preschool institutions are primarily accepted:

– children with disabilities and children, one of whose parents is a disabled person of group I or II

– children from large families

– orphans and children left without parental care, who are under guardianship (guardianship) or being raised in foster families

– children whose parents (one of the parents) are in military service

– children of unemployed parents, refugees and internally displaced persons

– children from families of military personnel and citizens discharged from military service

– children whose parents are police officers are provided with places in the MDO, MOU within 3 months from the date of their application

– children using benefits under the current legislation of the Russian Federation

In addition, the right of extraordinary appointment to educational institutions implementing programs of preschool education is enjoyed by:

– children of the dead (missing) servicemen who performed tasks in the territory of the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation and those who died (missing in action) in the performance of their official duties;

– children of dead (missing) military personnel and internal affairs bodies, the state fire service, who participated in the fight against terrorism in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan;

– children of judges of the Russian Federation, prosecutors, investigators;

– children from families in difficult situations

Where can I apply in Krasnodar

You can apply at several government agencies:

-multifunctional center in Krasnodar;

-district departments of education;

website “Gosuslugi”.

To enroll in a kindergarten group, you should join the electronic queue, and after a while get a referral. You can enroll in the queue for visiting a preschool institution at once in several kindergartens (but not more than 5). Since 2012, registration in the electronic queue has been considered mandatory, without which the child cannot be enrolled in a preschool institution.

What documents will you need to collect

A place in kindergarten can be obtained upon presentation of the following set of documents:

– a statement of the established form;

– national passport;

– a medical certificate of passing a standard medical examination and the absence of diseases from the list. A medical examination can be taken both in a commercial and state clinic at the place of registration;

-birth certificate;

– a document indicating the temporary or permanent registration of the child in the area where the kindergarten in Krasnodar is located.

Submission of documents by foreign citizens

Children who are citizens of other countries can also attend an educational institution at the place of permanent or temporary registration in Krasnodar.

The main condition is the legality of their stay on the territory of the Russian Federation, which is certified by a stamp or certificate of registration. All official papers, when accepting such a child, must be presented in Russian or accompanied by an official translation with an apostille.

Registration in the electronic queue through the portal “Gosuslugi”

To apply for a place in the DC, you need to submit a corresponding request, which can be issued through the Internet portal “Gosuslugi”. The service is provided only to citizens who have registered on the site and have a verified account. Registration takes 5-10 minutes and requires the provision of personal data. Only parents or legal guardians can enroll a child in the electronic queue.

While in the electronic queue, the parent can control its movement online. To do this, visit the appropriate section of the site. When a space becomes available, the applicant will receive a referral.

The referral is valid for 2 months. During this period, the citizen must register the child in a kindergarten.

Registration in the electronic queue through the MFC

The multifunctional center in Krasnodar also accepts applications for placing in an electronic queue. To sign up, you should come to the nearest branch of the MFC, having documents confirming the identity of both your own and the child. An employee of the center will accept the documents and send the information to the database, after which the child will be enrolled in the queue. The service is provided free of charge and takes about 15 minutes.

If your application for the queue was approved, then you need to write a new application for a ticket to kindergarten at the MFC. The term for consideration of an application for a ticket is up to 40 working days (2 months). If the child is already 5 years old, then the ticket must be given immediately. If the child is under 5 years old, then a ticket will be given only if there are free places. Usually, if the child is 3 years old, then there are no problems with the kindergarten, although this depends on the area. If the child is small, then it is likely that he will be given a ticket only for a temporary stay (until lunch). If the ticket was not given, then the application is written for the next year after April 15.

If the permit is received, you need to come with it to the kindergarten to the head within 10 days. There you will be asked to bring a bunch of copies of documents, passports, birth certificates, etc. We were asked to bring paper, files and a glue stick. An agreement is signed with the kindergarten, and an application is immediately written for compensation (for this you need a local Sberbank card).