Preschool Application Process

GPS Preschool Applications for 2022-2023 are not available at this time.

Contact the Preschool Office for more information: 203 698 7796

Age Eligibility for Typical Students

Students who will turn 3 years old but will NOT turn 5 years old by December 31, 2022 are eligible to apply for entrance to the GPS Preschool Program. Entrance into the program is based on a lottery.

How to Apply to the Preschool Program

Process

Students currently attending the Greenwich Public Schools Preschool Program who are age eligible to attend preschool for another year do not need to reapply. Information will be sent to the parents in the spring for children returning for the following year with tuition rates and payment information.
An application must be completed for all new students whose parents wish to apply to the Greenwich Public Preschool Program.
Parents may indicate up to two preferences for location of a "non-magnet" preschool class in priority order. All attempts will be made to honor site preferences. GPS reserves the right to balance preschool classes by age, gender, and youngsters identified as economically disadvantaged.
If more than one child in a family is applying to the preschool program, each child must complete a separate application form. There is no guarantee that all children applying from one family will be accepted, unless the sibling is a twin.
Parents will receive an email/phone call stating whether or not their child received a placement in one of the preschool classes. Parents must confirm their acceptance by completing the form that will be attached to the letter of acceptance and returning it to the Preschool Office, by the noted deadline in order to move forward in the registration process.
Parents who refuse an initial placement offer will have their child's name removed from the wait list.

Lottery Process

One Lottery will be held to fill all vacancies for seats for students with age appropriate skills in the preschool classes.

If vacancies remain on Sept. 30, 2022 a second lottery will be held for applicants who are on the general lottery waitlist and will include applications for the children of Board of Education staff and employees of the Town of Greenwich who do not reside in Greenwich.

The GPS "non-magnet" Preschool Class Locations:

First Priority

Second Priority

Youngsters applying to a GPS "magnet" preschool location (Julian Curtiss, North Street, Old Greenwich) will be selected based on a lottery system. As the names are selected through the lottery, consideration for availability is based on gender and age to ensure the classes are appropriately balanced. Priority consideration will also be given to youngsters who are economically disadvantaged.

Hamilton Avenue School Preschool Class

First Priority

Siblings of youngsters who are presently enrolled in the preschool program (and will continue in the program as a 4 year old for the 2022-2023 school year) and siblings of Magnet K-4 students presently enrolled at the Hamilton Avenue School will have priority status for a vacancy in a preschool class. These students are not placed through the lottery system but are offered seats in the classes prior to the lottery.

Second Priority

New Lebanon School Preschool Class

First Priority

Siblings of youngsters who are presently enrolled in the preschool program (and will continue in the program as a 4 year old for the 2022-2023 school year) and siblings of Magnet K-4 student presently enrolled at the New Lebanon School will have priority status for a vacancy in a preschool class. These students are not placed through the lottery system but are offered seats in the classes prior to the lottery.

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The GPS "non-magnet" Preschool Class Locations:

First Priority

Second Priority

Hamilton Avenue School Preschool Class

First Priority

Second Priority

New Lebanon School Preschool Class

First Priority

Second Priority