Getting your child set for kindergarten is easier than ever at the Schenectady City School District's new Welcome Center located in The Ellis Health Center at 600 McClellan Street.

The district has partnered with Ellis, Schenectady County Public Health Services, Child Guidance, Schenectady County Action Program, Fidelis Insurance and many others to provide our first kindergarten screening.

If you have a child entering kindergarten in the fall, you are invited to attend this special event.  You can register your child for kindergarten and have a opportunity for your child to have a health screening and necessary immunizations - all during the same visit.

You can also meet with pupil services staff, mental health and other care providers.  It's just one stop for parents and their children who are entering kindergarten.  All you have to do is schedule and appointment during the times listed below. 

Kindergarten screening/registration
will be held on:

Monday, April 26, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 30, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 3, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Stations & services for your child on these dates

• Registration will be in the Welcome Center
   

• A nursing student will guide your family through the process from beginning to end.
   

• A play area for younger children will be supervised by our Early Childhood staff, freeing parents to focus on their pre-kindergarten child.
   

• Speech and psychological screenings will take place.
   

• Ellis Medicine will provide dental screenings.
   

• School nurses will do hearing, height, weight and vision screenings.
   

• Ellis Medicine will perform private physicals.
   

• County public health nurses will give any necessary immunizations.
   

• Child Guidance will provide mental health screening information in the Welcome Center registration office.
   

• At the check out, immunization records will be verified and
  necessary paperwork returned to families.
   

• Fidelis will have a station for families to apply for insurance if necessary.
   

• Each registering kindergartener will receive an adventure surprise pack to get families off to the right start.

You must schedule an appointment for one of the dates above by calling 518-881-3412.  Please complete and bring all forms prior to the registration event.

Registration form

Items you will need for registration
Printable Checklist Here

• Evidence of student age
  (copy of birth certificate, passport)
   

• Evidence of custody
  (custody papers if parents are living a part or with guardian)
   

• Evidence of immunization
  (record signed by physician or medial/religious exemption)
   

• Evidence of address verification
  (utility/phone bill, cable bill, furniture rental agreement or payroll check)
   

• Copy of current physical if a kindergarten student
   

• Picture ID for the parent or guardian

About the kindergarten program

The kindergarten instructional program is the building block for lifelong learning.  Our goal is to build a solid foundation and make your child's education experience as enriching as possible.

At Schenectady City Schools, we recognize that children develop and learn at different rates and in different ways.  All students must be provided opportunities to meet or exceed challenging learning standards, to perform at their best and reach their full individual academic potential.  The social, emotional, and physical health and development of students plays an integral role to ensuring student success.

We constantly strive to provide high quality educational programs that are consistent across all of our elementary schools and are aligned with the district mission as well as New York State Learning Standards.

The kindergarten program is offered all elementary school sites.  Please go to our attendance zones page to find your neighborhood elementary school and view district attendance boundary information.

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