WELCOME TO PRESIDENTS ELEMENTARY
Kindergarten registration for Arlington Public Schools is now open
for the 2025-26 School Year!
Kindergarten registration for families in Arlington Public Schools is now open for the 2025-26 school year. New Arlington families may register their child at this link. Existing Arlington families can register their kindergartner in Family Access.
To be eligible for next year’s kindergarten program, a child must be at least five years old by Aug. 31, 2025. The following documents are required to register your child for kindergarten:
• Immunization records. The following are the only types of immunization documentation that may be accepted:
- A Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) printed from the Immunization Information System (IIS);
- A physical copy of the CIS form with a healthcare provider’s signature;
- A physical copy of the CIS form with accompanying medical immunization records from a healthcare provider verified and signed by school staff; or
- A CIS printed from MyIR
https://app.myirmobile.com/auth/register?state=WA
• Proof of residency (power/utility bill or the first page of a lease or purchase and sale agreement will meet the criteria of proof of residency)
• Your child’s birth certificate or other official forms of documentation
The deadline to apply for early entrance to kindergarten is Thursday, May 1. Early entrance applies to students who turn five from Sept. 1 to Oct. 15. The early entrance application form is available on the district website.
Please contact Karl Olson, Director of Categorical Programs, at [email protected] if you have questions about early entrance to kindergarten.
School Information
- Visitors: All Arlington schools are closed to non-registered/scheduled visitors, which includes the first day of school. Therefore, please plan to drop your student(s) off at the front exterior door on the first day of school. We will have a photo opp set up, for your first day of school pictures in front of the building. Grown-ups needing to meet with office staff or the nurse may buzz in at the front door as usual.
- Free Breakfast and Lunch: We are pleased to announce that the Presidents School meal program will be supplemented by Meals for Washington Students funds. Meals for Washington Students funds are available to select WA schools participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. This means that beginning the 24-25 school year, all students receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch at no cost, regardless of family income.
- Free/reduced lunch form: In order to maintain free meal status for all students for next school year, we need students that qualify to continue to turn in a free/reduced lunch form. This form is used to collect information and ensure that Presidents Elementary School and Arlington Public Schools receive all funding they are entitled to for federal meal programs and state educational programs. If applications are not turned in and Free/reduced percentages decrease, Presidents Elementary may no longer be eligible to participate in this program and provide free meals to all students in the future. To complete your application, please click here.