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Kindergarten In Westerville

Cheryl Relford
Executive Director, Elementary Academic Affairs

Angie Goff, Secretary
(614) 797-5934 / Fax:  (614) 797-5901

Kindergarten enrollment NOW OPEN for the 2025-26 school year!

To be included in the All-Day Kindergarten (ADK) lottery process, children must be enrolled in the Westerville City School District by February 28, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Families with students already attending the WCSD Preschool Program will not need to re-enroll and will be contacted separately. 

Enrollment Process


Click for All-Day Kindergarten Information

 

Westerville City Schools offers both Half-Day and All-Day Kindergarten within each home school. Here is some important information to remember:

  • If your child’s birthday is on or before August 1, 2025 - you may enroll them for Kindergarten.
    • Note:  This entrance date is a recent Board of Education Policy change. Therefore, in this implementation year only (2025-2026 school year), a parent/guardian may enroll their child who attains the age of five (5) between August 2nd and September 30th.
  • Kindergarten is required for children before entering first grade.
  • Families with students already enrolled in our WCS Preschool Program do not need to re-enroll and will be contacted separately; families may also contact Preschool Services.
  • All-Day Kindergarten is a fee-based, lottery program with tuition assistance available to those that qualify. Additional details can be found at www.wcsoh.org/ADK. To be included in the All-Day Kindergarten Lottery, your child’s enrollment must be completed by February 28, 2025 at 4:00PM.
  • You can identify your child’s homeschool by going to www.croppermap.com/westerville and inserting your home address.  For further clarification on attendance boundaries, please contact the Office of Transportation at 614-797-5950. 

Enroll Online

Visit the district enrollment page at www.wcsoh.org/enroll beginning Monday, November 11, 2024 at 10:00AM to complete the online application.

PLEASE NOTE: At the end of your online application, please schedule an Application Review date/time and click the DONE button.  This step provides the opportunity for your application to be reviewed by a WCS Enrollment Specialist. Once your enrollment documents have been reviewed, an Enrollment Specialist will contact you through the email address you provided.  If you are enrolling more than one child, please schedule their reviews on the same day. If possible, select consecutive review slots that are 30 minutes apart.

Kindergarten Gentle Start and First Day of School

  • In July, letters will be sent to parents from the student’s school with an assigned date and time to report to school for Gentle Start.
  • Gentle Start will take place during August 13-15, 2025. Kindergartners will attend school one of those three days.
  • All kindergartners will report to school on Monday, August 18, 2025.

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