Registration & Enrollment

Our focus is to create an optimal play-based, early learning environment that enables all preschoolers to develop ready-to-learn skills.

Preschool Enrollment for Douglas County Early Childhood Education

Kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year will open on December 2. 

DCSD preschool students enrolled before January 1, 2025, will automatically be registered for kindergarten at their neighborhood elementary school.

Douglas County School District Kindergarten offers:

• Structured, rigorous, play-based curriculum
• Small class sizes
• Authentic learning experiences
• No tuition (full-day kindergarten is free!)
• Balanced Beginnings: a staggered transition to build stronger teacher/student relationships and ease the transition into school

For more information and to start the kindergarten registration process, click the link below. 

Kindergarten Registration

Questions about the kindergarten registration process? Contact Enrollment Services at 720-433-0095. For curriculum or site-specific questions, please contact FSE's registrar at 303.387.5235.

Families who wish to enroll their student in a school other than their neighborhood school must request Open Enrollment during one of two open enrollment periods DCSD offers annually. You do not need to open enroll to stay at your school of current enrollment.

For more information, click the button below.

Open Enrollment

Express Check-In is a Douglas County School District application found in the Parent Portal (EngageED) that allows parents to update household information, sign off on district forms, update health conditions, and select school fees. This application helps prevent families from manually entering in a full batch of information for numerous children in the household when checking in prior to the start of the school year. 

Access Express Check-In via the Parent Portal

The bus transportation link can now be found on the landing page when you log into the Parent Portal (EngagED). The bus link will only appear if your child is eligible for bus transportation. Families who are eligible for DCSD bus transportation (student has a valid AM and/or PM route in our systems) will be presented with an opportunity to apply for a bus pass. We encourage parents to sign up for SMARTag notifications via the SMARTag Parent Portal.

DCSD Transportation Information

If you are new to DCSD, welcome! Fill out an application through our Parent Portal. 

Once the application review is complete, you will receive an email from a "noreply_ic" address regarding your OLR Application status. Incomplete OLR Applications will be returned to you (un-submitted) for correction and may be re-submitted once complete.

Processing time depends on the accuracy of the application submission, required documents, and time of year.

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