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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.

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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.