Kindergarten Enrollment Starts Today

Just a reminder that enrollment for public school kindergarten seats starts today, Wednesday, January 7, and runs through Friday, February 13.

Applications and details about how to fill them out and where to submit them can be found here.

Eligible students for the September 2015 start of the school year are those who turn five years old in 2015 — meaning they were born in 2010.

An information session for Brooklyn parents will be held on Tuesday, January 13 from 6-7:30pm at the Prospect Heights Educational Campus, located at 883 Classon Avenue.

Open houses for several Brooklyn schools will also be held during the next month. A list — that is still being updated by the city Department of Education — can be found here, but you should also directly contact schools that you’re interested in.

So far, the following District 13 and 15 schools in our area have announced their open houses:

PS 10 Magnet School of Math, Science, and Design Technology
511 7th Avenue, 718-965-1190 ext 5
Friday, January 16, 9am

PS 39 Henry Bristow
417 6th Avenue, 718-330-9310
Thursday, January 22, 9am

PS 118 The Maurice Sendak Community School
211 8th Street, 718-840-5660 ext 1031
Thursday, January 8, 9am
Thursday, February 5, 9am

PS 124 Silas B. Dutcher
515 4th Avenue, 718-788-0246
Tuesday, January 13, 8:30am
Thursday, January 15, 8:30am

PS 154 The Windsor Terrace School
1625 11th Avenue, 718-768-0057, register: dwattenbarger@schools.nyc.gov
Thursday, January 15, 9:30am
Monday, January 26, 9:30am
Monday, February 9, 9:30am

PS/MS 282 The Park Slope School
180 6th Avenue, 718-622-1626 ext 0, register online or: 282parkslope@gmail.com
Wednesday, January 14, 9am
Wednesday, January 28, 9am
Wednesday, February 11, 9am

PS 295 The Studio School of Arts & Culture
330 18th Street, 718-965-0390
Thursday, January 15, 9am
Thursday, February 12, 9am

PS 321 William Penn
180 7th Avenue, 718-499-2412
Thursday, January 8, 9am
Tuesday, January 27, 9am

Other tips include:

When you apply you should prepare the information listed below:

• Child’s name and date of birth
• Your name, address, phone number, and email address (if applicable)
• Information on any siblings who will be enrolled at a school you’re applying to in grades K-5 next year, including name, date of birth, current school, grade, and OSIS number.
• Child’s current pre-K (if applicable)
• Child’s native language (if applying to a dual language program)
• The programs you are applying to, in order of your preference.Please note that you will need to provide documentation supporting this information when accepting a kindergarten offer.