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AGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 2024 - 2025
AGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 2023-2024
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Minimum age requirement for Transitional Kindergarten:
Students who will have their fifth birthday between September 2, 2023, and April 2, 2024, are eligible for a Transitional Kindergarten program for the 2023-2024 school year.Grade Level
GradoAge as of September 1, 2023
Edad a partir de 1 de septiembre de 2023Birth Date on or Before
Fecha de nacimiento en o antesPreschool 3/4 years ~ años Between~ Entre:
12/3/2018 - 12/1/2020TK 5 years ~ años Between~ Entre:
9/2/2018 - 4/2/2019K 5 years ~ años 9/1/2017 1 6 years ~ años 9/1/2016 Who is eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for the 2023-2024 school year?
For the 2023-24 school year, TK is for students who will be turning age 5 between September 2, 2023, and April 2, 2024. (California law requires that children be age 5 on or before September 1 of the school year to be eligible for kindergarten, and age 6 on or before September 1 of the school year to be eligible for first grade.)
The eligibility for TK will expand every year for the next 4 years until all 4-year-olds are eligible in 2025-2026. To learn more, read about the new state law.Students who complete TK will be required to apply for kindergarten at their home school the following year.
Important Dates
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JAN 16 New Family Enrollment (All grade levels can enroll for NEW students. A new student is someone who has not been actively enrolled for 12 months at a school site), including TK & Kindergarten Registration Begins
JAN 16 Transfer Enrollment Window Begins
JAN 29 Inter-district Transfer
FEB 29 Transfer Enrollment Window Ends