JK Student Registration
The beginning of an incredible journey
JK Enrollment Guide 2025-2026 School Year
The Joseph Sears School will be hosting its Junior Kindergarten Open House on November 6 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. During the session, families will have an opportunity to learn about our junior kindergarten curriculum, observe our classroom setting, learn about our program offerings, and ask questions about the registration process. Families will also be able to meet informally with our Junior Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Tracey McDowell.
For more information, please contact Mrs. Tracey McDowell.
If you need to visit The Joseph Sears School for registration-related purposes, we highly recommend you schedule a time with Registrar Lukasz Sikora. This will ensure someone is available to answer all of your questions.
The Joseph Sears School Junior Kindergarten Program provides each student with experiences that contribute to positive social and emotional development, literacy and math concepts as well as fine and gross motor skill development to help children prepare for kindergarten.
School tours are available for families of all students and can be requested online.
If you are interested in the Little Adventurers preschool program for the 2025-2026 school year please click here. Registration opened on November 6, 2024.
Junior Kindergarten Registration Process
**Students must have been born between September 1, 2020, and September 1, 2021, to be considered for the program**
1. Pre-Registration Form: The Pre-Registration Form opens on November 4, 2024, for families interested in enrolling their junior kindergarten-age student(s) starting in the fall of 2025. Students must have been born between September 1, 2020, and September 1, 2021, to be considered for the program. Enrollment will be decided by the priority list below. If there is more interest than spaces, there will be a lottery at the end of pre-registration to determine final placement.
Priority List
- Full Day (8:15 - 1:55 p.m.) - District 38 residents with students currently in the Little Adventures Program.
- Full Day - District 38 residents.
- Half Day (8:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) - District 38 residents with students currently in the Little Adventures Program.
- Half Day - District 38 residents.
- Full Day- Students who do not reside in District 38.
- Half Day - Students who do not reside in District 38.
Pre-registration ends on November 18. Families will be informed the week of November 25 whether their student has a space in the Junior Kindergarten program. If classes are full, the school will use a lottery to determine student placement. Students not placed in a class will be added to a waiting list.
2. Online Registration Form: If your student secures a space in the Junior Kindergarten program, you will receive an invitation email to complete the online registration process on the morning of December 3, 2024. If registration and payment are not received by January 31, 2025, families next on the priority waitlist will be notified of a space available.
During online registration, a non-refundable payment of $14,000 (Full Day) or $8,000 (Half Day AM including Lunch Bunch) must be paid in full.
The tuition rates were approved at the Board of Education meeting in October.
3. Student’s Birth Certificate: An original or certified birth certificate must be submitted within 30 days of completing registration. Once your registration is received and reviewed, you will get a request to upload this document via FileInvite, the District’s online file submission platform.
4. Consent for Release of Student Records: (if applicable) Families are asked to transfer any Early Childhood intervention records to District 38. Click here for the form consenting to the release of these records. Please email the completed form to mslovin@kenilworth38.org.
5. Physical Exam Form: All students must have on file a State of Illinois Certificate of Child Health Examination Form completed by a U.S. doctor. All immunizations must be up to date before the first day of attendance.