CHES Universal UPK 2024 - 2025
Enrollment for Universal Pre-Kindergarten at Cleveland Hill Union Free School District is open for the 2024-2025 school year. Children attending the pre-kindergarten class will be provided with language based, hands-on learning experiences. The UPK program enhances young children’s ability to think and reason by providing them with interactive learning opportunities in a warm and supportive setting. A teacher with NYS certification in early childhood education and a paraprofessional will be responsible for engaging the children in age appropriate activities that lead to social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
The Pre-Kindergarten program will be available to children who will be four years of age on or before December 1, 2024. Children must be residents of the Cleveland Hill School District. We currently have a full day program and a half-day program held daily at Cleveland Hill. The full day program runs from 9:15-2:15. The half-day morning session runs from 9:00-11:30 and the half-day afternoon session runs from 12:15-2:45. Parents must provide transportation.
The district is due to receive funding for approximately 60 students. This is an equal opportunity program. A lottery drawing will be held to determine enrollment for September. If more students apply for enrollment than the grant funding provides for, a waiting list will be established for the remaining applicants.
Timeline:
January 2, 2024: The UPK Enrollment Survey is active on the district website.
April 3, 2024: Deadline to submit the UPK Enrollment Survey form and be entered in the UPK Lottery. The UPK Enrollment Survey form can be found on the district website.
April 10, 2024: Random selection to draw the 2024-2025 UPK students held at Cleveland Hill Elementary School. Parents will be notified of results by mail. Selected students must be formally registered.
April 15, 2024: Formal registration packets mailed home.
May 13, 2024: Deadline to complete the registration process. Failure to complete the registration process by this deadline will result in removal from the eligibility list and the UPK placement reassigned to a child on the waiting list.
September 2024: Pending approval of state funding, UPK classes will begin.