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Kindergarten Enrollment

Welcome to Kindergarten!


May 1: Emails sent to families with Kindergarten school assignments, student registration and school bus registration links.

  • Kindergarten Pre-Registration opens on February 1 of each year for Wayland resident families that intend on enrolling their child(ren) in Wayland Kindergarten the following Fall. Pre-Registration helps the district determine school assignments and class sizes at each school. 

    Use this link to Pre-Register your child(ren) for 2025-2026 Kindergarten.

  • Wayland Public Schools is migrating to a new student enrollment registration system! This Kindergarten class and new WPS families will be the first to use our new PowerSchool Enrollment system, which will collect all necessary student and family information, replacing the need to send out additional paperwork and emails at the start of the school year. As this is a new system, all registering families - regardless of whether you have another child enrolled in Wayland Public Schools - will need to create a new login to register your child. 

    Please review this Registration Checklist for required documents that will need to be uploaded as part of your child's Kindergarten registration. 

     

    Use the link in your child's Kindergarten school assignment email or this PowerSchool Enrollment link (SpanishChinese) to register your child.

  • Wayland Public Schools is required to provide transportation for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade who live more than two (+2) miles from their assigned school.

     

    Students in Kindergarten through 6th grade who live less than two (-2) miles from their assigned school will be eligible for fee based transportation, based upon space availability. School bus transportation registration will remain open through June 20, 2025. 

    Additional information, including financial assistance applications, bus fees, online payment and bus routes may be found on the Student Transportation website.  

Kindergarten General Information

There are two kindergarten enrollment options in Wayland:

Full Day Kindergarten which runs from 7:55 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. with an early dismissal on Wednesdays at 1:15 p.m.
 

Spanish Immersion, running the same schedule as the standard full-day option. The Spanish Immersion program is 90% Spanish, 10% English and has 3 Goals: 

  • Academic Achievement
  • Bilingual and Biliterate
  • Cultural Competence

Enrollment in this program is decided by a lottery, choosing from students whose parents attend a Spanish Immersion Program Meeting.

Sample Kindergarten Schedule

7:55 - 8:10

Choice

8:10 - 8:40

Meeting

8:40 - 9:25

ELA (Phonics / Writers’ Workshop)

9:25 - 9:55

Snack / Recess

9:55 - 10:25

Special (Art, Library, Music, PE, Technology)

10:25 - 11:30

Math Centers

11:30 - 12:35

Shared Reading / Lunch / Recess 

12:35 - 12:55

Handwriting

12:55 - 2:00

Centers/Choice Time

2:00 - 2:25

Clean, Pack & Stack

After School Care Options

BASE Program: Full Day Kindergarten, Spanish Immersion and Wayland students in grades K-5 may apply for enrollment in the BASE program which runs from dismissal of kindergarten to 4:30 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.  All BASE programs are fee-based and are enrolled on a space-available basis. Enrollment procedures, Policies, Fees and Contact information: BASE Information

RecPass Program: Full Day Kindergarten, Spanish Immersion and Wayland students in grades K-5 may enroll in age-appropriate activities led by professionals with expertise in each subject matter. Program enrollment includes bus transportation from each elementary school to program location (Town Building): Recreation Department