Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration
Registration Open Now for the 2023-2024 School Year!
Registration Open Now for the 2024-2025 School Year!
Register your child for Pre-K or Kindergarten! If your child currently attends a SCSD or Agency UPK Program, no registration is required for Kindergarten. You will receive a letter with more information by the end of January.*Non-Residents: Non-residents cannot apply or enroll in Pre-K. If you are seeking to enroll your child in Kindergarten, reside outside the City of Syracuse and are: (1) a SCSD Unit 1, 2 or 11 Employee, (2) Foster Parent or (3) temporarily residing outside the City of Syracuse, your home school may not appear on the School Lookup Tool. Please contact the Department of Student Registration, prior to completing the online registration form, should you have questions regarding your child's school assignment.
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Information Sessions for KindergartenClick here for the dates and times for our Information Sessions. Attend scheduled meetings to learn about Kindergarten in the Syracuse City School District. |
Registration StepsYou may request assistance in completing the registration process. For Kindergarten, call (315) 435-6392 or email myregappointment@scsd.us. For Pre-K, call(315) 435-4276 Option 5 or email prekregistration@scsd.us.
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FAQs
Important Information
The Syracuse City School District highly recommends that children who turn 5 on or before December 1st attend kindergarten. If you enroll your child in kindergarten and then decide to withdraw them from school, you must do so by December 1st or the child will be required to continue to attend school.
If you withdraw your child by December 1st or elect never to enroll your child, you can choose to wait and send them to school the following September even if they turn 6 years old. Enroll your child now and get an early start to a great future!
Actively Enrolled Pre-K Students
Students who are currently enrolled (active) in a Syracuse City School District or an affiliated Pre-Kindergarten program do not have to re-register for Kindergarten. They will “roll up” to Kindergarten and be assigned to their home school (the school zoned for the student’s home address), based on seat availability. Parents will receive a letter in the mail, which confirms their child's home school assignment for Kindergarten.
Students Withdrawn from Pre-K
If your child was withdrawn from a Syracuse City School District or affiliated Agency Pre-K Program during the school year, you will be required to re-register the student for kindergarten in September.Missed the Deadline?
If you register your child after the open enrollment deadline of March 31, 2024, the District reserves the right to place your child outside of their home school or quadrant. Your child will be assigned where there are seats available for kindergarteners. The Department of Student Registration will contact you with the final placement.Delaware, LeMoyne, Seymour, & Syracuse Latin (East) Neighborhoods
Students who are entering Pre-K and Kindergarten and who reside in the Delaware, Lemoyne or Seymour neighborhoods will be assigned to a school within the quadrant, based on parent/guardian request, completion of a kindergarten selection form and seat availability. Students entering Kindergarten who reside in the Syracuse Latin neighborhood will also be assigned to a different school within the quadrant. Pre-K programming is available to families who reside in the Syracuse Latin Neighborhood and request to send their children to Syracuse Latin for Pre-K. Those students will not be eligible to remain enrolled in Syracuse Latin for Kindergarten unless they apply during the school choice application period and are selected to enroll through the testing and lottery process.School Assignment Lottery Process
Students entering kindergarten are both projected (which means automatically assigned if they are currently enrolled in PreK4 Program and will be entering kindergarten in the fall) and assigned during the open enrollment process (students who are not currently enrolled in PreK4 Program) and deemed eligible to enroll in an elementary school if it is their homeschool. They are also eligible to request a transfer to a different school if they will be joining a sibling, or the school is located within their quadrant. If during the open enrollment and transfer process there are more students deemed eligible to enroll in a school than there are seats available, the District will conduct a lottery using our electronic lottery system to ensure a fair and equitable placement process. The lottery system will automatically rank each student by giving them a number on the accepted list or the waitlist. This is based on the total number of seats available in each school. Parents/guardians are contacted and required to confirm or decline acceptance of their seat if they are included in the lottery.