Registration for Great Neck kindergarten begins in January

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Enrollment for the Great Neck Public Schools Kindergarten Program for the 2019–20 school year will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, and run schooldays through Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Registration will be at the office of registration in the Phipps administration building located at 345 Lakeville Rd., from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

All children who will attend public or private school kindergarten in September 2019 need to be registered. In order to be eligible to enroll, children must have been born between Dec. 2, 2013, and Dec. 1, 2014. Please note that students currently enrolled in the district’s Universal Prekindergarten program do not have to be registered for kindergarten.

Kindergarten registration packets will be mailed during the first week in January. The following items are necessary to register a child for kindergarten: (1) Proof of district residency (deed, current tax bill, or closing statement, if ownership; current signed lease or current rent receipts, if rental). (2) Three pieces of current, official mail. (3) Child’s original birth certificate. (4) Parent or guardian valid photo ID. (5) Parental control papers (if applicable). (6) Immunization certificate signed and stamped by a physician or other authorized health agency.

For more information about registering your child for kindergarten, please contact the registration office at (516) 441-4080, or e-mail: residency@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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