Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration
There’s still time to register your student for pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten for the 2017-2018 school year!
Families can enroll their children in school-based, full-day, free pre-Kindergarten at the District’s Pre-K Office in the Education Center at 440 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia.
To be eligible, children must be at least 3 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2017, and must not be age-eligible for kindergarten; children and families must live in Philadelphia; and families must meet current Head Start or Pre-K Counts income guidelines.
The following items are documents needed for registration:
- Proof of child’s date of birth (birth certificate, court document, or passport);
- Child’s health insurance card;
- Proof of Philadelphia address in the primary parent’s/guardian’s name;
- Current state or federal photo ID of the primary parent/guardian;
- Eight current and consecutive weeks of gross income received by the primary parent/guardian, secondary parent/guardian and all children;
- Recent Dental form completed by your child’s dentist; and
- Completed Physical exam form completed by child’s doctor.
Click the link below for more information:
https://www.philasd.org/earlychildhood/resources/app/
In addition, families can register for kindergarten at their neighborhood schools.
To be eligible for kindergarten, students must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2017.
The following items are documents needed for registration:
- Proof of your student’s age. Examples of this include birth or baptismal certificate, medical records with students date of birth
- Two (2) documents showing your address. Examples of this could be a lease, deed or utility bills with your name and the address in which you reside
- Shot (Immunization) Records. Obtain this from your child’s physician if you don’t have a copy already
Click the link below to find out more:
https://www.philasd.org/studentplacement/services/kindergarten-registration/