TK K Registration

Important Dates for TK/K Registration

January 25, 2023
TK/K Neighborhood School Registration
1:00-5:00 PM
Check with your neighborhood school for more information including lottery applications.

February 1, 2023
Choice Program lottery applications due by 4:00 PM.
Julien POD, Osborn, Wakefield, & Walnut

February 8, 2023
Lottery for Choice Programs
5:30-6:30 PM

TK/K Online Registration

• TK/K Registration Link

2023-2024 Registration Documents

Proof of Residency

Student Enrollment Card

Annual Health Inventory

Administration of Medication

Dental Health Assessment

CA K-12 Immunizations Requirements

Choice Kindergarten Programs

• Discovery Math & Science and Renaissance Visual and Performing Arts

  4219 N. Walnut Road
  (209) 664-9907

  The Turlock Unified School District’s Renaissance & Discovery Magnet programs provide students with unique, specialized educational experiences through a S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) lens. The Renaissance Magnet uses the visual and performing arts to enrich the curriculum while the Discovery Math/Science magnet expands instruction through the lens of math and science. Each magnet program offers specialized elective offerings in grades 2-6 which are designed to equip students with 21st-century skills necessary for college and career.

• Dual/Two-Way Immersion

  Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy
  201 N. Soderquist Road
  (209) 667-0893

  Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy works to ensure all students achieve linguistic proficiency in English and Spanish and excel academically while fostering positive cross-cultural understanding. Osborn students learn that people around the world have different customs, beliefs, and celebrations. They gain a broad perspective of the importance of a culturally diverse society where people strive to understand and respect one another.

  Wakefield Elementary School
  400 South Avenue
  (209) 667-0895

  The goals of Wakefield Elementary Dual Immersion Program are for students to develop high levels of language proficiency and literacy in both Spanish and English, successful academic achievement, and an appreciation and understanding of diverse cultures. Students will find a safe and welcoming environment where parents, teachers, administration, and support staff work hand-in-hand. We nurture Wakefield students to be well-rounded contributors to our global society. The world is theirs . . . the journey begins now.
  
  Placement based on program criteria and space availability.

• Julien POD

  1924 E. Canal Drive
  (209) 667-0891

  If not accepted into the Julien POD Program, students must register at their designated home school attendance area.

  The Pod at Julien Elementary School is a choice program for students in kindergarten through third grade which is based on three major ideas: the concept of an “extended family,” the worth of the individual child, and a specially-designed open setting. Each Pod teacher has a home group comprised of students from all four grade levels.  These students remain with the same home group teacher for the four years they are in the program. Grade-level standards are taught with the grade-level teachers and each child’s intellectual, emotional, and social learning is nurtured in a caring and supportive environment.

• TK/K Registration

Transitional Kindergarten (TK)/Kindergarten registration for the 2023-2024 school year has been scheduled for Turlock Unified School District.  To be eligible for Kindergarten, a child must be five years old on or before September 1, 2023.  To be eligible for TK, a child must turn five years old between September 2, 2023, and April 2, 2024.  The following documents must be provided at the time of registration:

ALL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS MUST REGISTER AT THEIR DESIGNATED HOME SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA. Registration packets will be available from your student's home school on January 11.

• Immunization Verification Records
• Original Birth Certificate, Passport or Baptismal Certificate
• Proof of Residence (e.g. TID bill AND one of the following PG&E bill, phone, cable, lease agreement)
• Photo I.D.
• Children presently attending preschool classes and who are eligible for TK/Kindergarten must also register.

Upcoming Changes

• 2024–25 school year, children who turn five years old between September 2 and June 2 are eligible for TK.
• 2025–26 school year, and in each school year thereafter, children who will turn four years old by September 1 are eligible for TK.