2022-2023 New Student Registration Process

STEP 1: Find your child’s school of assignment

• To find your child’s school of assignment, click:  School Assignments

STEP 2: Collect all required registration documents

• Required registration documents must be complete and up-to-date in order to be accepted by the school office.

STEP 3: Complete and submit the New Student Registration Form

Select One Option Below

• ONLINE FORM: Click here; available in English and Spanish.
• PAPER FORM: Available at any school office and also available to download HERE:  English Español

STEP 4: Submit all required registration documents to complete the new student registration  process

• The office staff of the school of assignment will review and verify the required registration documents.

For the 2022-2023 school year, students are eligible to enter:

• Kindergarten if they have reached 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2022. Date of birth is between September 2, 2016 - September 1, 2017.
• Transitional Kindergarten (TK) if they have reached 5 years of age on or between September 2, 2022 - February 2, 2023. Date of birth is between September 2, 2017 - February 2, 2018.
• Students who turn 5 on or after February 3, 2023 are eligible to enter for the 2023-2024 school year.

• If you have not previously used Aeries Registration to register a new student in the SMFCSD, you will need to create an Aeries Registration account.
  •  Please use the Create New Account option when prompted in the registration form if you have not previously registered a student using Aeries Registration.
  • If you have an Aeries Parent Portal account for a currently enrolled SMFCSD student, that account information will not log you in to Aeries Registration.
• Foster City residents within the boundary of Beach Park Elementary: click here for information about registration.
• The Priority Registration window is Monday, December 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm (noon) through Friday, January 28, 2022 at 12:00 pm (noon).
• School sites will continue to accept new student registrations after Priority Registration has ended on January 28. Those registrations are not considered to have priority.
• Registration is considered complete only after you have completed document verification in Step #4.
• Step #4 must be completed by 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, January 28 in order to be considered within priority.
• The Aeries online registration form can be completed on any internet-enabled device (cell phone, tablet, laptop, computer).
• If your school of assignment does not have a TK program, your child will be placed at a school that does for their TK year and then return to their school of assignment for Kindergarten the following school year.

• From the 2014–15 school year to the 2021–22 school year, inclusive, a child who will have their fifth birthday between September 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district or charter school.

• In the 2022–23 school year, a child who will have their fifth birthday between September 2 and February 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district or charter school.

• In the 2023–24 school year, a child who will have their fifth birthday between September 2 and April 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district or charter school.

• In the 2024–25 school year, a child who will have their fifth birthday between September 2 and June 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district or charter school.

• In the 2025–26 school year, and in each school year thereafter, a child who will have their fourth birthday by September 1 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district or charter school.