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PREKINDERGARTEN ADMISSIONS PROCESS OPENS MARCH 1, 2010 FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR

 


Key Dates
   
 

March 1

Application Period Begins

April 9

Application Deadline

Early June

Offer Letters Mailed to Families

June 7 - June 18

Families Pre-Register at Schools


For information about the prekindergarten admissions process, please click here.   

Prekindergarten admissions information sessions will be held in by Borough in New York City, starting March 4, 2010. All the information sessions will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. .  For a schedule of these sessions, please click here. 

The 2010-2011 School Year Round 1 Prekindergarten Directory includes a list of public schools and community based organizations that have prekindergarten programs. 

Families who wish to apply to a Community Based Organization (CBO) prekindergarten program can obtain the application directly from the CBO or by clicking here.

To sign up for the prekindergarten communications service, please click here.  

  

You can learn more about the instructional program in a prekindergarten classroom by reading the Welcome to Pre-K Brochure below.

Click here for the English version.


The Department of Education has also developed guides for parents/families for each grade.  These guides, "Great Expectations, Partnering for your child's future ," describe what children should know by the end of each school year. To learn more about what your child should know at the end of prekindergarten, please see the PreK Great Expectations guide.  This guide is available in English and the other languages listed below.  




Learning and Performance Standards
NYC Prekindergarten Performance Standards 
NYS Prekindergarten-Kindergarten Performance Standards - ELA
NYS Prekindergarten-Kindergarten Performance Standards - Mathematics
NYS Early Literary Comptencies - PreK to Grade 3


Universal Prekindergarten  (UPK) Developmental Screening (SY09-10)
Frequently Asked Questions on the UPK Developmental Screening (Parents/Guardians) 

Frequently Asked Questions on the UPK Developmental Screening (for Parents/Guardians in SPANISH)


Additional Information for Families
NEW! From the Office of Early Childhood Education to You! - A list of Books for Prekindergarten Children.

How to Grow a Healthy Preschooler (from the NYU Child Study Center)

Turning 5 Orientation Fair Schedule for 2009-2010 School Year

Ten Tips for School Sucess 


Other Links of Interest
PreK Now 

Day Care Council of New York

Zero to Three

Winning Beginning 

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning

Children’s Book Council

National Center for Family Literacy

New York Public Library

Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Channel 13

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Institute for Early Education Research

New York State Education Department

New York City Association for the Education of Young Children