When do you register for kindergarten: Preparing and Enrolling Your Child

Enrollment / Kindergarten Registration

• Kindergarten Registration
  A guide to registering for Kindergarten at Pittsburgh Public Schools

• If your child will be 5 years old by September 30, February is the time to start registering for kindergarten at your child’s neighborhood school! Here’s a quick guide on the process and what you will need to register.

   

   

  Step 1: Identify Your Child’s Neighborhood School
  Every student is assigned to a neighborhood school by the student’s address. Use our Discover PPS tool by inputting your address. Input house number and street address and select registered US Postal Address from drop down. Click on each school to discover more about features your neighborhood school has to offer. 

   

  Step 2: Gather Supporting Documents

  Please have all the required documents on hand.  Download the Enrollment Checklist to be sure you have everything!

  You will need:

  • A completed PPS Enrollment & Emergency Care Form
    
    • 2023-2024 PPS Enrollment & Emergency Care Form (pdf download)
      
    • Early Childhood Enrollment will require these forms to be uploaded during online application.

  • Evidence of the child’s age.This must be a legal document, such as a copy of birth certificate, passport, or baptismal certificate.
  • Two current proofs of residency, such as a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license or vehicle registration, utility bills, tax statements, lease or mortgage statement, or an official public assistance letter
  • Immunization records with dates from your child’s doctor’s office or former school, or an international health certificate.

  If you are currently enrolled in our Early Childhood program, please scroll down to view instructions on how to enroll into Kindergarten.  

  Did you know?
  You must use your child’s legal name when you register for school. Please do not register your child using a nickname or name other than the one shown on his or her birth certificate!

   

  Step 3: Submit Enrollment Documents

  Enrollment and Re-enrollment into neighborhood schools can be done in several ways. If you are applying to an Early Childhood program, Step 2 is done online as part of the application process.

  Documents can be submitted in the following ways:

  Option #1: Mail, Email or Fax Completed Enrollment Documents or Schedule an In-Person Appointment

  Use the Enrollment Checklist to be sure you are submitting all required documents! 

  
  

  Mail to either :  Option#1: Your Neighborhood School (fastest method) If you do not know your neighbor please use Discover PPS to find out.  Please click here Option #2: Central Enrollment Office, Pittsburgh Public Schools Administration Building  Data, Research, Evaluation and Assessment  Attn: Robin Taylor Room #218  341 S. Bellefield Ave.  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  Email* or Fax:  #1 Your Neighborhood School (fastest method) If you do not know your neighbor please use Discover PPS to find out. Please click here   #2 Central Enrollment Office Email: [email protected] Fax: 412-224-6080

   

  Option #2: Online Enrollment Form

  You may also submit your enrollment form to us completely online.

  Please follow this link to complete our Online Enrollment Form. You will be asked to upload documents, so please be sure to have these ready before you start the process.

   

  Families with children currently enrolled in the PPS Early Childhood Program

  Students coming from a Pittsburgh Public Early Childhood that are to attend kindergarten in their neighborhood school in the next school are not required to complete an enrollment form. Parents are required to submit the following:

  • Two current proofs of residency, such as a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license or vehicle registration, utility bills, tax statements, lease or mortgage statement, or an official public assistance letter
  • Immunization records with dates from your child’s doctor’s office or former school, or an international health certificate.

  Not required, but welcomed as well:

  • Evidence of the child’s age. This must be a legal document, such as a copy of birth certificate, passport, or baptismal certificate.

  If there are any further questions around enrollment for your rising kindergartener, please place a Let’s Talk ticket. with the following information:

  Topic: Enrollment/Registration
  Subject: Early Childhood to kindergarten enrollment
  Message details: Student’s name, date of birth and neighborhood school
  Please make sure, in your ticket, to leave a full name, an email address to respond to and a valid phone number.

  Interested in Magnet School opportunities?
  
  Magnet school applications are accepted between September and December the year before your child begins the magnet program. (Example: if your child turns 5 by September 30, 2021 – you will need to enroll into the magnet lottery Fall 2020) If you are interested in a Magnet School for your child and want to enter into the lottery, please visit our Magnet Registration page. 

  Before applying to a magnet program, your child must be registered or pre-registered with Pittsburgh Public Schools using the instructions above.

  If you are enrolling your child after the magnet lottery window, please contact the Magnet Office at (412)-529-3991 or magnetoffice@pghschools. org to learn what magnet programs currently have space available for incoming students this school year.

   

  We’re Here to Help

  Use our Contact page to find the exact help you need during the process.

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  Ready Freddy

  Parents may visit Ready Freddy for useful resources to assist you in helping your child make a successful transition to kindergarten. 

Enrolling in kindergarten: What you need to know

Most school districts are required by law to offer a kindergarten program for interested parents.

Districts vary on when they begin taking sign-ups for kindergarten. Most begin pre-registration in early spring for the following fall. The number of hours your child will spend in school each day varies from district to district, although the state requires that students complete a minimum number of hours per year.

Here are some general guidelines on what is required for kindergarten enrollment. Be sure to check with your local school district for their specific requirements, too.

In most states your child must be at least 5 years old to be eligible for kindergarten.

Although most states are fairly strict in enforcing the deadline date (if your child is not 5 by the designated deadline, he must wait until the following year to start kindergarten), some school districts may allow parents to enroll their children if they turn 5 in the middle of the school year. Most districts choose not to make an exception for these students because of space constraints and possible complications around promotion to first grade. If you feel strongly that your child should start kindergarten and his birthday does not meet the state deadline, it’s worth contacting the school district office to see if they will make an exception.

If your child meets these characteristics, she will likely be granted early admission:

• The child’s mental age should be between 14-16 months greater than his or her chronological age as determined by standardized tests.
• The child’s total IQ should be at least 130.
• The child should possess social and emotional characteristics that will allow him to behave in the way expected of kindergarten students.
• The school’s psychologist recommends admission.

You have to fill out registration and emergency medical referral forms.

Check with your local district for their requirements.

You may be asked to provide the following:

• Proof of your child’s age and identity: either a birth certificate or another reliable document stating the child’s identity and age (such as a passport, school ID card, school record, report card, military ID, hospital birth record, adoption record or baptismal certificate) If you need another copy of your child’s birth certificate, see Vital Records Information.
• Proof of residence, such as driver’s license, voter/motor registration card, utility bill, rent statement, income tax return statement, proof of home ownership (including a mortgage statement) or any official document showing both your name and address.
• Records of vaccination and immunization against specified diseases. Check with your school district to find out which immunizations are required.

You may also contact your district to find out how to apply for exemption from vaccinations for religious or medical reasons.

• Child’s social security card. Some districts will assign a student ID number if you choose not to provide the social security number. Ask about your district’s policy.
• Lead screening. In most districts you will need to bring either lead test results or documentation from a physician stating that the child is at low risk. The test or document must date within a year from the start of school.
• Tuberculosis test. Some districts require results of a tuberculosis test or a letter from a physician certifying that the child is low risk.
• Proof of physical examination. Some districts require you to provide proof that your child has had a physical examination within one year prior to the beginning of school.

Making the transition to kindergarten

The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools nationwide to develop a transition plan to help children move smoothly from early childhood programs to elementary school. Schools are also required to provide information on developmental stages and what to expect in kindergarten. Check with your local school district about receiving this information.

Additional resources

To find out more about your school choice alternatives in California, check the GreatSchools.org School Choice Center.

For more information about kindergarten, in California consult your local school district or check the Kindergarten Overview and the Elementary Education Overview from the California Department of Education Web site.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children Web site for more information and resources.

Electronic entry of a child in kindergarten

July 28, 2016

To queue up for kindergarten through gosuslugi. ru, you must first register and then fill out an application. Then just watch the queue progress. All this is done on the Internet, and important news will come by e-mail. An application through public services has the same force as going to the RONO.

How to enroll a child in kindergarten

Usually children are taken from 1 year old (in nursery) or from 2 years old (in regular groups). But this does not mean that you need to go to kindergarten when the child is one year old – by this time there may be no place left for him. Take care of a place in the kindergarten in advance.

There is a limited number of places in any kindergarten. How many children are released in the spring, the same number are taken into it in the fall. They accept in turn: whoever signed up earlier will be offered a place earlier. Privileges are only for beneficiaries: military or single parents, children from large families, especially if their brothers and sisters already go to the same kindergarten. They move faster in line.

In order not to be left without a seat, get in line in advance. Ideal – as soon as you receive a birth certificate. When your turn comes, you will be invited to sign the contract.
There are two ways to enroll in kindergartens: remotely through public services or in person through the RONO. Both options are equally valid.

Get in line for kindergartens in advance. It is possible – from birth.

Option 1: register through the public services portal

To queue up for kindergarten through gosuslugi.ru, you must first register and then fill out an application. Then just watch the queue progress. All this is done on the Internet, and important news will come by e-mail. An application through public services has the same force as going to the RONO.

Step 1. Register on the portal. Go to gosuslugi.ru, enter your name, email and phone number. And then – passport data and SNILS number.

Next, you need to confirm your data – show your passport. Otherwise, it is impossible to be sure that it was you who submitted the application, and not someone else on your behalf. The easiest way to do this is by mail, the procedure itself takes less than a minute. When you register, the portal will tell you where it is most convenient to go to verify your identity.

It may seem that registration is rather difficult, but it is not. You just need to go to the service center for five minutes. But then you will be able to receive any public services – even get a passport, even register a car, whatever. One trip to the post office is worth it.

When you register, you will need to fill out an application.

Step 2. Fill out the application: go to the public services website using your login and password, select “Enroll in kindergarten”. Fill out the application and attach photos of documents to it:

1. Main page of the passport or other proof of identity of the parent.
2. Child’s birth certificate.
3. Passport page with parent registration data or certificate of temporary registration.
4. If you are not a parent, a power of attorney or other document confirming the right to represent the interests of the child.

In addition, you can attach:

– a document confirming the right to an extraordinary provision of a place in a kindergarten (for example, a certificate from a university for a student mother).

– a medical certificate that the child needs to join the health group.

– conclusion of the commission regarding the compensating group.

Choose the four kindergartens that you like the most – they will look for a place for you in the first place. If there are no free places by the deadline, you will be offered another kindergarten to replace it. If you do not know which kindergartens to choose, you will need to take care of this issue in advance: go and see the kindergartens in person.

Choose four kindergartens at once – it will be easier to move in line.

If necessary, you can edit or delete the application on the website. For example, if you are moving and want to choose other kindergartens. But then you will lose your seat and end up at the end of the queue again.

Step 3. Check the status of the application once every six months or a year: go to the public services website and see how the queue is progressing. But don’t worry, you definitely won’t miss important news – they are sent by email.

When the queue approaches, you will receive a letter with instructions. Go with your child to the kindergarten to conclude an agreement. Take a child’s health certificate (form 026/U) with you.

The good thing about the entry through public services is that if you filled out something incorrectly or some other problem appeared, you do not need to go to the RONO or any other department again. Most issues can be resolved immediately through public services, within one or two days.

Everyone can sign up for a kindergarten through the public services portal, except for residents of Moscow and Sevastopol. City portals work for them: pgu.mos.ru and sevastopol.gov.ru.

Option 2: write through RONO

You can queue for kindergarten at the RONO (district department of public education). This organization protects the rights of minors, including maintaining lists of kindergartens and schools.

Apply. To do this, you need to find out the schedule of your RONO, wait in line. Then fill out the application by hand and show the original documents: passport, birth certificate and medical certificates. This is a half day job.

Find out the result. In a few days, the answer will be ready – you need to call and find out if you have been enrolled in the queue. If yes, then we recommend calling every few months and checking how the queue is progressing. When she approaches, RONO will notify you by regular mail.

In RONO, you must definitely call back on your own in a few days.

But you can come to RONO not only in person. All departments are connected to electronic public services — you can queue for kindergarten on the public services website. Electronic public services have the same power as a personal trip to the RONO, but they speed up the transfer of documents.

Source: Public services

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procedure, documents, deadlines, registration via the Internet

Content:

• Procedure for admitting a child to kindergarten
• Documents for enrolling a child in kindergarten
• Deadlines for enrolling a child in a kindergarten
• Registration of a child in a kindergarten via the Internet
• Procedure if there are no places in the kindergarten
• Frequently asked questions

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Procedure for admitting a child to kindergarten

At present, the kindergarten itself determines the admission rules, but only in the part that is not regulated by education laws.

Designated rules exist to ensure the admission to kindergarten of children with the right to receive preschool education.

It should also be noted that state kindergartens are required to accept all children living in the territory assigned to them.

Throughout the year, the kindergarten must provide admission, subject to availability.

Parents receive a referral to a kindergarten from the local government, to which they submit the relevant documents.

After receiving the documents, the kindergarten concludes an education agreement with the parents .

Within three days after signing the contract, the child will be enrolled.

Documents for enrolling a child in kindergarten

List of documents required to enroll a child in kindergarten :

1. medical card. It must be issued at the clinic at the place of residence;
2. original and copy of the child’s birth certificate;
3. certificate of family composition;
4. parent’s original passport. In this article you can find out what to do and where to apply in case of loss of a passport;
5. document confirming admission to kindergarten;
6. proof of family benefits.

After the submission of the above documents, an application for admission is drawn up.

Kindergarten has no right to demand documents that are not mentioned in the education legislation.

Deadlines for enrolling a child in kindergarten

Now there is an active discussion of the overcrowding of kindergartens, so many parents are rightfully worried about the lack of free places.

Of course, many private institutions provide their services to parents, but not everyone accepts this type of preschool, largely due to high prices.

Therefore, in order to protect yourself from future fears, it is better to figure out in advance when you need to enroll your child in kindergarten.

It is recommended that you join the waiting list for kindergarten immediately after registering your child.

You can do this on any day throughout the year, but you can get a ticket with a referral only from the first of March to the first of June.

Between June and September groups form , often new places are formed due to migration. Children go to kindergarten at the beginning of the new school year – in September .

Of course, the most successful option would be to enroll the child in the kindergarten closest to the place of residence, but this is not always possible. It happens that there are no free places in the desired kindergarten.

In this case, the child is given the opportunity to take a place in another kindergarten in the city.

If a mother’s maternity leave has ended, and the queue for kindergarten has not yet come, it is possible to temporarily send the child to another kindergarten, to an “extension program” or invite a nanny.

Benefits for enrolling in kindergarten out of turn will receive the following categories of citizens :

1. orphans;
2. children of employees of the prosecutor’s office, the Investigative Committee, judges;
3. children of military personnel, firefighters, employees of counter-terrorism services;
4. children of citizens who liquidated the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and sick in connection with this;
5. children from incomplete or dysfunctional families.

Learn more about the procedure for deprivation of parental rights here.

The following categories of citizens have the right to be the first to enroll in preschool educational institution :

• disabled children of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd groups;
• disabled children;
• children of police officers;
• children from large families (three or more children in a family).

The following categories of citizens have the priority right to enroll in kindergarten: