Early Entrance

1. Spring Lake Park Schools will contact the parent/guardian with information regarding the Early Entrance to Kindergarten Initial Screening to be held in April 
2. Parents/guardians are required to submit, in person, the following to the District Services Center on or before Friday, February 26, 2021:
   • A check for $150 made payable to Spring Lake Park Schools to cover the cost of assessment and consultation time
   • A birth certificate for age verification
   • Proof of address
   • Non-resident form, if applicable

A member of the Early Entrance to Kindergarten team will inform parents/guardians of the result of the assessment. One of the following results will occur from this initial assessment:

1. Child is recommended to proceed with further evaluation. This is inclusive of a comprehensive cognitive and social/emotional evaluation by a school psychologist.
2. Child will not be admitted for Early Entrance but may enroll in kindergarten in fall of the following year

If the child meets the criteria on the comprehensive academic and social/emotional assessment, he or she may enter kindergarten on a probationary admission. Prior to this probationary admission, parents/guardians will be required to fill out the online enrollment application and submit the child's immunization forms.

Early entrance to kindergarten is probationary until December 1. Probationary admission means that the school staff will closely be monitoring your child to ensure that kindergarten is the right social, emotional, and cognitive fit for your child. If it is decided that kindergarten is not the appropriate setting at this time, your child will be un-enrolled and asked to enroll again the following fall. Because of this probationary period, we recommend that you keep open communication with your child’s teacher and have a back-up child care or preschool plan.