Enrollment Requirements School Year 2025 – 2026

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To register for the 2025-2026 school year, your child must be 3 years old on or before October 1, 2025. * All 4-year-olds are also eligible. You will need to submit the following documents along with a deposit to complete your child's registration. A $100 deposit is required to reserve your child's spot. The deposit will be used toward the first month's tuition. If you later decide not to enroll your child, only $50 will be refunded (unless your child receives funding from a public school district or a Preschool Advantage scholarship to another school).

All required documents must be completed and submitted along with the first and last month's tuition before a child can start in September.

*Please note: Space permitting, children who turn 3 years old after October 1 may be admitted. The child should be well advanced in the potty-training process and should no longer be in diapers. Please call to speak with the Director if you have questions about this requirement.

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Documents:

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1. Complete the registration application: Children's Admission Record 2025-2026.

2. Copy of birth certificate.

3. Up-to-date immunization record.

4. Updated Universal Health Form - this form must be the one provided by the school; no other physical form is acceptable to the state.

5. Care Plan for Children with Special Health Care Needs - must be completed by a healthcare provider only if your child has special health care needs. If your child will need to take meditation at school, please see the director about the necesary form and procedure.

6. 2024 Tax Return/Family Income Verification - El Primer Paso follows a tuition scale based on family size and income; scholarships may be available to families in need.

7. Permission to photograph.

8. School Calendar 2025-2026. 

9. Incentive to refer another family.

10. Letter to parents about immunizations.

11. Vaccine requirements for 19 months.

12. Payment Policy 

 

**Links to sources of financial assistance:

 

Preschool Advantage - www.preschooladvantage.org  973-532-2501 (Note: funds are limited, so apply ASAP!)

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Resources for Children and Families – www.childandfamily-nj.org 973-398-1730 (State childcare subsidy program for working parents who meet eligibility/requirements )

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