Admission Information

Registration 2017/2018 School Year

Registration begins approximately 6-8 months prior to the beginning of the school year. Families who are currently enrolled in the preschool, as well as children and siblings of alumni, are given priority registration dates before open registration for new families. We encourage families to attend our Information Open House in January and schedule classroom observations before registration begins.

An Open House is held prior to open registration to afford new families the opportunity to visit the classrooms and have questions answered by teachers and Board members. Prospective members are also encouraged to observe classes and teachers in session by scheduling a visit with the parent volunteer, Recruiting Chairperson.

We encourage all prospective parents to read through the Parent Handbook before applying to see if Laurelwood Preschool is a good match for their family and child.

Classroom Observations
Classroom observations start in January 2017 and will be available through the end of May. Prospective members are encouraged to observe the classrooms (without their children) during school hours by scheduling an appointment with the Membership Chairperson. Observations will not be scheduled during the summer months since school is not in session. Please e-mail the person in charge of observation scheduling for appointments at [email protected]. This contact is only for making observation appointments.

Registration Dates

February 13, 2017 - Children and siblings of Alumni that are not currently enrolled
February 15, 2017 - Open enrollment - For families new to Laurelwood Preschool

To be placed on our Admitting Wait List

Complete the registration form
Write a check for the $65 registration fee.
Mail the Form and Fee to:

Laurelwood Preschool - Wait List
P.O. Box 54238
San Jose, CA 95154-4238

For additional information about our Admitting Wait List contact us at [email protected]. Please do not call the Laurelwood Elementary School office..

Eligibility

For the Early Childhood program (Tuesday/Thursday), children must be 3 by December 1, 2017.
For the Pre-Kindergarten program (Monday/Wed./Friday), children must be 4 by December 1, 2017

For our Tuesday/Thursday Pre-K PLUS class, children must be 4 by September 1, 2017 as well as be concurrently enrolled in our Pre-Kindergarten class.
A child may not be enrolled in the Early Childhood and Pre-Kindergarten programs concurrently.
All children must be toilet trained prior to entrance into the school and verification of age by birth certificate will be required

Placement

Children are placed in classes by lottery, based on postmark dates. All the envelopes with the first postmark date are put into a bag. Each envelope is randomly pulled and the child is placed in a class. Laurelwood Preschool makes every effort to place families in their first choice of teacher or time. However, with 30 EC openings & 36 PK openings for each time slot, we are not always able to give families their first choice. When the demand does not allow this, the school reserves the right to place a child in a class that has openings. This applies to both priority and open registration.

Acceptance letters with Enrollment Form instructions are mailed to families in early March.

Families who were not placed in their first choice of teacher or time are automatically placed on our internal waitlist in the order their envelope was drawn, for either the time or teacher they requested, which ever took precedence on the registration form. If any opening become available, we first use the internal waitlist to fill the opening from students already admitted to our school, and then admit new students. The Business Manager will contact families if an opening in their first choice becomes available.

Placement is conditionally offered and your student’s placement at Laurelwood Preschool is secured only by the submission of ALL COMPLETED ENROLLMENT FORMS and the clearance of your check for both registration and tuition fees by the due date.

April & May Tuition are paid early as a deposit. If you attend the entire school year that money is used for your April & May tuition. If you withdraw early the tuition is forfeited. It may not be used for your “Last Months” tuition if you withdraw before April.