Kindergarten Registration
Welcome to Medford Public Schools! To enroll in Kindergarten for the Fall of 2025, your child must turn 5 before September 1, 2025.
Kindergarten Registration will open on January 2, 2025. To enroll in Kindergarten, you must bring the following documents to the Registration Office:
- Proof of Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Identity: Driver's License, MA Photo ID; or Passport
- If Legal Guardian, a Custody Agreement must be provided
- Proof of Residency: 2 utility bills (i.e. gas, electric, oil, cable, etc) or a lease
- If a a student of caregiver are living with a relative that is a Medford resident, then the following are required:
- Notarized Living Residency Affidavit
- Proof of Residency for a person signing a Living Residency Affidavit
- Homeowner's signature
- If a a student of caregiver are living with a relative that is a Medford resident, then the following are required:
- Registration Packet
- Birth Certificate (original, translated and certified if not in English)
- Recent Immunizations
- Copy of latest physical exam (dated within 12 months of registration date)
- Tuberculosis risk assessment or skin test results
- If born outside of the US, results of PPD or blood test must be submitted to nurses office
- Preschool and Kindergarten: Lead screening results
- Physician documentation of a vision screening including stereopsis (depth perception) exam
Registrations cannot be processed unless all of the above-required documents are received.
Additional Information
- All students are assigned to a school based on their address, unless they require a specific program at another school. Elementary Schools Assignment By Street can be viewed here.
- Multilingual students will be assessed by the English Learner Education Department.
- Information about Before and After School care can be found here.
- A printable Registration Checklist is available as a Google Doc.