2023-24 Kindergarten Enrollment

If you have a child who will turn five years old on or before September 1, 2023, your child is eligible to enroll in kindergarten for fall 2023. Welcome to the Edina Public Schools family! We are excited to welcome your child into the Class of 2036!

Register your kindergartener for the 2023-24 school year online during the enrollment window.
Enrollment Window: Monday, Jan. 16 - Friday, Jan. 27

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A Day in Kindergarten

Important Enrollment Dates

Date	Event
Tuesday, Dec. 6	Kindergarten Online Choice Program Form becomes Available
Friday, Jan. 6 @4pm	Kindergarten Online Choice Program Form Deadline
Friday, Jan. 13	Choice program lottery results are emailed to families
Monday, Jan. 16	Kindergarten Online Enrollment Period Opens (Neighborhood Schools & Choice Programs)
Friday, Jan. 27	Kindergarten Online Enrollment Period Closes (Neighborhood Schools & Choice Programs)

2023-24 Edina Kindergarten Mailer

Early Childhood Screening

Early Childhood Screening is required by the state of Minnesota before your child enters kindergarten. Screening can be conducted as young as 3 years old and provides an overall check of your child’s development. Screening is free and available to students whether or not they attend ESP. For more information, click HERE.

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Immunizations

Before starting kindergarten, students need to submit a record showing compliance with 5 different immunizations: HepB, DTaP, Polio, MMR, and Varicella, or a legal exemption to the immunization requirements.

To learn more, click HERE. Please call your neighborhood school or email health@edinaschools.org if you have any questions.

Immunization Form

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For more information about fall 2023 kindergarten enrollment, view our Kindergarten FAQ page or call the Enrollment Center at (952) 848-4585.

Neighborhood Schools

FIND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL

EPS Neighborhood Schools consist of Concord, Cornelia, Countryside, Creek Valley, and Highlands. Each of our five neighborhood elementary schools provides a personalized learning experience for students K-5 and has strong interventions and extensions to meet individual needs. Each site offers students creative and innovative opportunities to learn core standards, as well as to grow personally in understanding themselves and how they learn best. We work to engage all students in the process of learning by having high expectations for all and providing support that helps students achieve at their highest potential.

Continuous Progress

Continuous Progress (CP) is a districtwide Edina Choice Program that offers multi-grade classes, where each classroom forms a "family." One classroom includes grades 2 and 3 and the other classroom includes grades 3 through 5. Students stay in their "family" for all five years with the same two teaching partners. This structure promotes student, parent, and teacher relationships, as well as leadership opportunities, self advocacy, family activities, and parent involvement.

PLEASE NOTE

Continuous Progress is a districtwide Edina Choice Program. If you would like to enroll your child, you must complete the Kindergarten Choice Program Form. Completion of the preference form does not guarantee placement in the program. Enrollment in Edina Choice Programs is determined by lottery.

Spanish Dual Immersion at Countryside

All families are invited to consider a bilingual educational experience for their child through the Countryside Dual Spanish Immersion Program. EPS is working to build a program with both native Spanish speakers and native English speakers, so students have the ability to learn both languages together. Studies show students in two-way language programs demonstrate faster acquisition of languages, support one another in their learning, and experience higher academic achievement.

PLEASE NOTE

Countryside Dual Spanish Immersion is a districtwide Edina Choice Program. If you would like to enroll your child, you must complete the Kindergarten Choice Program Form. Completion of the preference form does not guarantee placement in the program. Enrollment in Edina Choice Programs is determined by lottery.

French Immersion at Normandale

Normandale French Immersion is a districtwide Edina Choice Program that immerses students in a second language while learning Math, Science, Reading, Writing and other curricular areas. Because of the advancing skill level, entrance is most successful in kindergarten. Students at Normandale are also a part of a larger, international community. Over the years our staff has represented many French-speaking cultures, including France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and Senegal.

PLEASE NOTE

Normandale French Immersion is a districtwide Edina Choice Program. If you would like to enroll your child, you must complete the Kindergarten Choice Program Form. Completion of the preference form does not guarantee placement in the program. Enrollment in Edina Choice Programs is determined by lottery.

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