Enrollment

Please call Student Services (337-0161) for more information.

Prekindergarten Early Education Program (PEEP) Enrollment:

Please click here to visit the PEEP section of this site.

Kindergarten Enrollment:

Your child must be 5 years old by December 1 of the enrollment year.

The State of Michigan also requires all students entering kindergarten to have the following:

•Original birth certificate

•Proof of current hearing and vision screening—the District will accept hearing and vision screening tests taken for PEEP or Head Start

•Proof of immunizations (Follow link or scroll to see required immunizations listed below.) These are required by the State of Michigan for students entering kindergarten. Children born in Michigan from 1994 to present are in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR). Click here to see a list of local immunization clinics.

General Enrollment:

Residents of the Kalamazoo Public Schools district can enroll their students throughout the year using the forms attached below. The Temporary Placement forms are only for students who have an Individual Education Plan (IEP). We also require photocopies of the following:
- Student's original birth certificate
- Proof of immunizations (Follow link or scroll to see required immunizations listed below.)
- Proof of residence (voter registration card, purchase or rental agreement, utility bill, property tax bill, driver's license)
-The most-recent report card and current schedule, if incoming student is in high school

Transfer from one KPS school to another KPS school by returning the "Request to Transfer" form to Student Services. (PDF below).

Non-district residents living within one of the nine school districts in Kalamazoo County need to request a release from their school district. If approved, that release is then subject to the KPS review process. To request release from KPS, call Student Services for instructions.

Non-district residents living in a county adjacent to Kalamazoo County can apply for enrollment through the Schools of Choice program (link). For information about this option, please call Student Services.

Transfer of student records: Michigan law requires a public school to request a copy of a transferring student’s school record from his or her previous school within 14 days after enrolling the transfer student. The sending school must forward a copy within 30 days of the request [MCL 380.1135(4)].

School boundary locator: To learn which schools service which neighborhoods, click here to look up home addresses in our street guide, and look at maps of our elementary, middle, and high school boundaries.

Departamento de Educación Bilingüe: To learn about services available to bilingual students and families, follow this link to visit the Bilingual and ESL Education department's section of this web site.

To learn about Special Education services available to students and families, follow this link to visit the Special Education section of this website.

To learn about our magnet schools, follow this link to visit the Magnet Schools section of this web site, or follow the links below to visit individual sites of magnet schools.

Click here for the Student Code of Conduct, in English and in Spanish.

Edison Environmental Science Academy

Lincoln International Studies Elementary

Washington Writers' Academy

Woodward School for Technology and Research

Northglade Montessori Magnet School

Woods Lake Center for Exploration of the Arts

Milwood Magnet School for Math, Science and Research

Maple Street Center for the Arts

Immunization Entry Requirements for All Public and Non-Public Schools:
4 years through 6 years

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis: 4 doses DTP or DTaP, one dose must be on or after 4 years of age
• Polio: 4 doses, if dose 3 administered on or after 4 years of age, only 3 doses are required
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella: 2 doses on or after 12 months of age
• Hepatitis B*: 3 doses
• Meningococcal****: None
• Varicella* (Chickenpox): 2 doses of varicella vaccine at or after 12 months of age OR current lab immunity OR reliable history of disease
•  If your child is not yet 5 years old at the time of enrollment, pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCVT, Prevnar) is also required. This is a requirement as of January 1, 2007.

Immunization Entry Requirements for All Public and Non-Public Schools:
7 years through 18 years including all 6th grade students

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis: 4 doses D and T OR 3 doses Td if #1 given on or after 7 years of age.
  1 dose of Tdap*** for children 11 through 18 years IF 5 years since the last dose of tetanus/diphtheria containing vaccine.
• Polio: 3 doses
• Measles,* Mumps,* Rubella*: 2 doses on or after 12 months of age
• Hepatitis B*: 3 doses
• Meningococcal****: 1 dose for children 11 years of age or older upon entry into 6th grade or higher
• Varicella* (Chickenpox): 2 doses of varicella vaccine at or after 12 months of age OR current lab immunity OR reliable history of disease

* Current laboratory evidence of immunity is acceptable instead of immunization with antigen.
** All doses of vaccines must be given with appropriate spacing between doses and at appropriate ages to be considered valid.
***Tdap is required at 11 years of age or older regardless of grade.
****Meningococcal is not assessed in MCIR/SIRS if the child is 11 years of age and in a grade lower than 6th grade.

Vaccination requirements listed here are from the Michigan Department of Community Health, revised March 2012. For more information, visit www.michigan.gov/immunize.