Kindergarten

2012-13 Kindergarten Information

Registration Begins March 1. Children must be five before Sept. 1 to begin kindergarten. Children attend their neighborhood school. View school attendance maps. There are 14 elementary schools in Bellingham, serving kindergarten through grade five. Birchwood Elementary School is temporarily closed for a remodel.

Schools will host open houses throughout the spring.  Click here for the schedule. Kindergarten registration is ongoing, but families are encouraged to register in early spring.  Please contact your neighborhood school to register.

Kindergarten Registration Forms
You may download and complete these forms before visiting your neighborhood school to register:

• Registration Form
• Certificate of Immunization
  
• Health Concerns Form
• Ethnicity & Race Data Collection Form
• Home Language Survey
  English Spanish
  
• Student Residency Questionnaire
  English Spanish
• Restriction of Release of Directory Information
  English Spanish
• Student Rights & Responsibilities Form
  English Spanish

Required immunizations for kindergarten entry and Immunization Clinic Resources.

Why Full-Time Kindergarten and Why Now?

Please click here to watch a 4-minute video of some of our kindergarten teachers sharing their thoughts about full-time kindergarten, one of the initiatives in Superintendent Dr. Baker's Entry Plan Report to the Community.

Click here for the kindergarten information flyer in Spanish.