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.
The early entrance process involves an objective evaluation of your child’s cognitive, gross and fine motor, visual-motor integration, communication, and social/emotional development. To increase the likelihood that your child will have a successful 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 by reading Procedure 3110.1P.
Apply
Summer screening is for families that have moved into the District after April 1.
- If you meet this qualification, please submit an Early Entrance to Kindergarten 2021-2022 Summer Application Packet (PDF)
- For more information about early entrance screening, please see the Early Entrance to Kindergarten PowerPoint presentation (PDF)