First Class Pre-K Pre-Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year Opens January 15, 2024
https://prek.alaceed.alabama.gov
Parents may begin pre-registering their child/children on January 15th , 2024. Note: any information entered in the registration site prior to January 15th will be deleted when pre-registration officially begins.
La preinscripción de First Class Pre-K para el año escolar 2024-2025 comienza el 15 de enero de 2024
Los padres pueden comenzar a preinscribir a sus hijos el 15 de enero de 2024. Nota: cualquier información ingresada en el sitio de registro antes del 15 de enero se eliminará cuando comience oficialmente la preinscripción.
Mobile County Public School System First Class Pre-K
Preschool Philosophy
Students who attend First Class Pre-K
- are ready for kindergarten
- out perform their peers in reading and math
- have higher attendance rates
- are less likely to require special education placement
- are less likely to repeat grades
Pre-K Pre-Registration Requirements:
Students pre-registering for Pre-K must be four-years old on or before September 1st.
All students pre-registering should have an original birth certificate, bring to the onsite screening.
Parents/guardians must bring to the screening, a photo ID and two proofs of residence to pre-register their child.
Students may pre-register for any Pre-K program since all schools do not have Pre-K. Students pre-registering for one of the Title I sites listed below may pre-register for only one site and attend one of the screening sessions in March (must reside within one of the listed Title I school attendance zones).
Any student who resides within the Mobile County Public School System may pre-register for any of the Office of School Readiness Sites (OSR).
Reminder: this is only an application for the Pre-Kindergarten program, not registration. Applying for Pre-K does not guarantee placement into the program.
SCREENING SITES DATES AND TIMES FOR
Title I PRE-K SITES 2024-2025
"Click to March Calendar"
MOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
Title I PRE-K SITES - 2024-2025
THESE SITES REQUIRE SCREENING!
Booth
Burroughs
Calcedeaver
Collins-Rhodes
Council
Craighead
Dixon
E. R. Dickson
Eichold-Mertz
Fonde
Hall
Hollinger's Island
Indian Springs
Just 4 Developmental Lab
Leinkauf
Maryvale
Meadowlake
Nan Gray Davis
North Mobile
Orchard
O’Rourke
Robbins
Spencer-Westlawn
Taylor-White
Whitley
Will
Wilmer
Mobile County Public School System
Office of School Readiness Sites - 2024-2025
THESE SITES DO NOT REQUIRE SCREENING!
Allentown
Castlen
Collier
*Council
*One random selection classroom at a Title site.
Dodge
*Dixon
*E. R. Dickson
*Fonde
Gilliard
Howard
Hutchens
Mary G. Montgomery Developmental Laboratory
McDavid-Jones
*Meadowlake
*O'Rourke
St. Elmo
Tanner Williams
Turner
*The following elementary school zones are not Title I for the 2024-2025 school year:
NON-TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 2024-2025
Dauphin Island
Hutchens
If you reside in one of the above listed "Non-Title I" attendance zones you may apply for any of the Office of School Readiness Sites.
If you are not sure if you reside in one of the above attendance zones please use the school zone locator to determine your school attendance zone. Click the link below to locate your school zone:
*Participation in the Pre-K programs located at Magnet School Sites does not automatically place a child in the Magnet program for kindergarten. Parents must complete the online application the following year for the child to be included in the selection process for kindergarten at the Magnet School.
Registration
Pre-Registration Application for 2024-2025: Opens January 15, 2024
https://prek.alaceed.alabama.gov.
Do not upload any documents for MCPSS First Class Pre-K Registration.
Program Description
The Mobile County Public School System serves children with the greatest needs and their families in preschool units, consisting of eighteen (18) four-year-olds, a teacher, and an auxiliary teacher that have been placed in Title I elementary school sites. Approximately 900 children are served in these units. The Just 4 Developmental Laboratory is an early childhood center providing services to approximately 288 four-year-olds. For additional information about Just 4 visit the school website at https://just4devmcpssal.schoolinsites.com/
1. Comprehensive early learning standards
2. Pre-k teachers have a bachelor’s degree
3. Pre-k teachers have specialized early childhood training
4. Assistant Pre-k teachers have a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or equivalent
5. Teachers participate in a substantial number of professional development
6. Maximum class size is 18
7. Staff to child ratio is 1:9
8. Children receive screening, referral and support services for vision, hearing, dental, health and other support areas
9. Children are provided meals and/or snacks
10. Systems hold individual classrooms accountable and monitor to ensure quality standards are being met.