Kindergarten - Everett Public Schools

Kindergarten at Everett Public Schools builds a strong foundation by developing essential skills, fostering creativity, and promoting early academic growth. It prepares students for future success in a supportive and engaging environment.

Kindergarten in Everett Public Schools is a full-day program at all elementary schools. It is designed to promote early academic growth, support social-emotional development, and foster a life-long love of learning.

2026-27 Kindergarten Enrollment is now open

Enroll Now! Online enrollment is an easy and fast process. Fill out the online form, upload the required documents, and submit. Or you can fill out a paper enrollment packet (printable enrollment forms) and deliver it to your student's home school with the required documents. Remember to register your student for Everett Ready. For more information on this program, scroll down.

Everett Public Schools does not offer an early entrance to kindergarten option for students who turn 5 after August 31.

We offer options for students prior to kindergarten, including ECEAP Preschool, Play and Learn, and Transition to Kindergarten. For students who are academically gifted, the highly capable program offers testing and services beginning in kindergarten.

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2026 - 27 KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT

Will your child be 5 by midnight on August 31, 2026 ?

Now is the time to enroll your child for Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Enrollment

Kindergarten FAQs

Kindergarten Orientation Night

Kindergarten Orientation Night will be held at your enrolled student's home school during the month of May. This is an opportunity for you to visit the campus and meet with the school team.

Following is the schedule per school. The school team will send an invitation to all families whose students have been fully enrolled (enrollment received and approved).

Family Connection Meetings

Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS)

WaKIDS is a process for welcoming students and their families to kindergarten, and for assessing children's strengths and development. All Everett kindergarten programs participate in WaKIDS. During the first three days of the school year, each family - children and parents/guardians - participates in a Family Connection Meeting with the teacher.

WaKIDS three Components:

Family connection meetings to welcome families into the Washington K-12 system as partners in their child’s education.
Whole-child assessment gives kindergarten teachers information about the social/emotional, physical, cognitive, language, literacy and mathematics development of the children in their classrooms, so they may tailor their instruction to the individual needs of each child.
Early learning collaboration aligns practices of early learning professionals and kindergarten teachers to support smooth transitions for children.

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Everett Ready

In Everett Public Schools, Kindergarten starts with Everett Ready!

Everett Ready is a transition program offered in August for all students preparing to enter kindergarten in the fall. It provides an opportunity to become familiar with the school campus, the staff, and kindergarten peers. The program supports positive experiences for all students and families with time and space to learn school routines and practices before the start of school and the arrival of first to fifth grade students.

Everett Ready will be held from Monday, August 24 to Thursday, August 27, 2026* for three hours in the morning (starting at your child's school start time ). Any changes to the program dates will be updated on this page in August.

Registration to attend Everett Ready is required. Please complete the Registration Form and email it to P-5earlylearning@everettsd.org or deliver it to your child's school. Transportation is provided if your child lives more than a half-mile walking distance from school and is registered to attend Everett Ready before July 28, 2026.

Registration Form

Note: A Registration Form is not required if you have marked your child as attending the program on the online enrollment form. However, a Registration Form is required if your initial response on the enrollment form was 'No' or 'Unknown at this time'.

*We anticipate the first day of school to be the Wednesday before Labor Day. As it is a bargaining year and the student calendar & Everett Ready dates are part of that, we may not have official confirmation on the date until this summer.

For information, contact us at 425-385-4290 / email P-5earlylearning@everettsd.org

Advanced Learning

Advanced Learning offer accelerated and enriched academic opportunities for students in grades K-12, including Learning Enrichment, Highly Capable in elementary and advanced courses in middle and high schools.

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Choice Programs

Choice programs give all students including those with economic or exceptional needs the opportunity to access creative, personalized learning experiences that best fit their educational needs.

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Special Education

Special Education provides tailored support and resources to help students with needs succeed academically and socially. It ensures an inclusive learning environment with individualized instruction to meet student's needs.

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