503.03 Policy On Early Entrance to Kindergarten and Academic Acceleration

POLICY ON EARLY ENTRANCE TO KINDERGARTEN AND ACADEMIC ACCELERATION

Incoming Kindergarten Grade Placement

A child will be admitted to kindergarten if he/she is at least five years old on September 1 of the school year in which the child seeks admission. Requests for early entrance into kindergarten will be considered under the following procedures: 

1. Screening for early entrance to kindergarten will be available to a child whose fifth birthday falls after September 1 and on or before October 31. 

2. The parent/guardian completes the Anoka-Hennepin Early Entrance into Kindergarten application. 

3. Early entrance into kindergarten candidates must demonstrate a qualifying score on a formal intellectual assessment administered by the District in June.