Ready for Kindergarten?

You will need to gather the required documents for each child you wish to enroll. Visit the Enrollment home page for more information.

Under the Clarkston Community Schools open-enrollment (“school-of-choice”) program, Kindergarten and Young Fives students who reside outside of district boundaries are eligible to enroll in Clarkston Community Schools for Kindergarten and Young Fives and continue with the district throughout their academic career.   The application period for the 2020-2021 school year is Monday, May 18 - Tuesday, June 16 at 3pm. 

Application Information

Parents who reside within district boundaries may request that their child attend a Clarkston school outside of their home-school attendance area. Parents must complete an “In-District School of Choice Request” and submit it to centralenroll@clarkston.k12.mi.us  Parents will be notified by mid August regarding the status of their request. Approvals for School of Choice are based on class size. Transportation is the parent/guardian's responsibility. 

If a child turns five years old between June 1– December 1, 2020, he/she is eligible to attend our Young Fives Program. It is Clarkston’s practice that students turning five years old between September 1 and December 1 to attend our Young Fives program to develop:

• Confidence
• Social skills
• Oral language development
• Motor skills
• Attention span
• Independence
• School readiness

Our Young Fives Program is a full-day program with classes located at our elementary sites.

Please contact the principal of the building your child will (or may) be attending. They will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.

Please contact your home school to discuss this placement decision.

Clarkston residents attending Kindergarten or Young Fives at their home school will be provided district transportation. (District transportation is provided to children living more than one mile from their home school.)

Parents will be required to provide transportation for children attending Kindergarten or Young Fives outside of their home school attendance area.

Kindergarten and Young Fives Orientations are times for parents to bring their future Kindergarten or Young Fives student to their enrolled school. Parents are expected to attend Orientation with their child after their enrollment process is complete. At Orientation, students spend time with teachers listening to a story, drawing, playing, and getting to know other children. Parents receive information about the school and the Kindergarten or Young Fives day.

2020-21 Kindergarten Orientation dates (approx. 2 hours during the school day):

Andersonville Elementary - April 24
Bailey Lake Elementary - April 20
Clarkston Elementary - April 21
Independence Elementary - April 27
North Sashabaw Elementary - April 23
Pine Knob Elementary - April 28
Springfield Plains Elementary - April 22

2020-21 Young Fives Orientation dates (6-7pm):

Andersonville Elementary - May 7
Bailey Lake Elementary - May 4
Clarkston Elementary - May 6
Independence Elementary - May 5
North Sashabaw Elementary - 
Pine Knob Elementary - April 30
Springfield Plains Elementary - April 29

If circumstances prevent your from attending your home school orientation, parents and children may attend Orientations at any of the elementary schools. The program is similar at each school. Please call the school to notify them of your attendance.

The enrollment process does not have to be done again if your student is currently in the Young Fives Program. Your student will be rolled up to Kindergarten in their home school. This is also true for Kindergarten students, they will be rolled up to First Grade.