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Early Entrance to Kindergarten

State and Bellevue School District guidelines require that students entering Kindergarten in the fall must be five years of age on or before August 31. However, a child whose birth date falls on or between September 1 and October 31 may enter kindergarten if they meet the early entrance requirements.
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The early entrance process involves an objective evaluation of your child’s cognitive, fine motor skills, visual-motor integration, communication, and social/emotional development. To increase the likelihood that your child will be successful in their first year of school, they will be expected to meet standards approximately six months above their chronological age in all areas assessed.
Learn more about Early Entrance to Kindergarten (EEK) by reading Procedure 3110.1P.

The parent Information meeting for Early Entrance to Kindergarten was Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

View the meeting presentation (PDF)

The Early Entrance to Kindergarten application window has closed. Families new to Bellevue between April 2 and August 15, 2024, can apply beginning July 1, 2024. Proof of residency will be required.

Please review the presentation PDF from February 6, 2024 for more in-depth information about the EEK screening process.

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