Dist. 103 offers kindergarten registration

School District 103 announces that kindergarten registration will begin Dec. 3 at Laura B. Sprague School from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. for children who will be 5 years old before Sept. 1, 2011. For the 2011-12 school year, parents will have the opportunity to select either the full-day (tuition based) or half-day kindergarten program upon registering their child. Parents or guardians will need to bring the following in order to register a child:

• The child's original birth certificate or passport (a photocopy of the birth certificate and/or a hospital certification of birth cannot be accepted), and

• Proof of residency (driver's license, utility bill, etc.).

Forms for required medical and dental examinations will be available at the time of registration, and they must be completed and returned to Sprague School one week prior to the first day of the 2011-12 school year.

A $500 deposit is required at registration for the tuition-based, full-day kindergarten program, payable by check to School District 103. The deposit must accompany registration forms and be returned to Sprague School between Dec. 3, 2010 and Jan. 21, 2011. Selection for the full-day program will become lottery-based if the number exceeds room availability, and parents will be notified of selection for the full-day program by Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Should spaces remain available in the full-day program after Jan. 21, enrollment will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If numbers do not exceed room availability for full-day kindergarten, the first one hundred students registering will be assigned to full-day kindergarten classrooms. All students registering after the one hundredth will be put on a wait list, in anticipation of creating another classroom if enrollment dictates. The final day to opt out of the full-day kindergarten program without forfeiting the $500 deposit is Friday, April 29, 2011. A minimum of one classroom will be dedicated to the half-day kindergarten program, with potentially six additional classrooms available for kindergarten depending on enrollment.

Laura B. Sprague School is located at 2425 Riverwoods Road in Lincolnshire, and is part School District 103, a nationally recognized elementary district serving approximately 1,600 students from early childhood through eighth grade. Any questions about kindergarten registration should be addressed to Christy Adler, Principal at Laura B. Sprague School at (847) 945-6665. The web site for Sprague School is www.sprague.district103.k12.il.us.