Robbinsdale Area Schools will host a series of meetings for parents with kindergartners entering the district next fall:
• District-wide kindergarten information and registration nights will be 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at all neighborhood elementary schools.
• School of Engineering and Arts will host a K-5 information night for parents only 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the school, 1751 Kelly Drive, Golden Valley.
• Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School will host a kindergarten information night for parents only 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the school, 8808 Medicine Lake Road, New Hope.
The lottery for the district’s magnet schools closes 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27. Families of incoming kindergartners will be able to access the magnet application online at magnetlottery.rdale.org.
Paper copies of the magnet applications will also be available at all schools and at the Education Service Center, 4148 Winnetka Ave. N., New Hope.
Incoming kindergarten students with siblings enrolled at the engineering or Spanish immersion schools who meet the application deadline will automatically be enrolled through the sibling preference policy.
If the school has more applicants than space available, new kindergarten students will be selected by lottery.
More information on enrollment can be found at rdale.org/pages/rdale/Enrollment_Information
The 2015-2016 school year will mark the second year of statewide all-day kindergarten, which provides a strong and comprehensive early learning foundation for students, says Dr. Lori Simon, Robbinsdale Area Schools’ executive director of Academics and Elementary Schools.
“We are excited to welcome our new kindergartners,” Simon said. “We hope families will come and see how our strong program is preparing students to succeed throughout their K-12 experience.”