Transitional Kindergarten Information

Important TK information for the 25-26 school year:

• A child who has his or her fouth birthday on or before September 1 of the school year shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district.

• TK enrollments for the 2025-2026 school year will begin on March 10, 2025. Enrollments can be done online only . 

• Concurrent Enrollment offered: parents can select to have their students be enrolled in TK AND California State Preschool Program (CSPP). Email prekregistration@valverde.edu   for more information about CSPP enrollment. Concurrent enrollment offered at EL Potrero and Mead Valley Elementary.  

VVUSD schools offering TK for the 2025-2026 school year:

• • May Ranch ES

  • Val Verde ES

  • El Potrero PS - Concurrent enrollment offered : TK and California State Preschool Program 

  • Mead Valley ES - Concurrent enrollment offered : TK and California State Preschool Program

  • Lasselle ES

  • Rainbow Ridge ES

  • Columbia ES

  • Mary Mcleod Bethune 

  • Avalon ES

  • Manuel L. Real ES

Transitional Kindergarten Information:

• TK is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate.

• TK programs are not preschool classrooms or child development programs. They are part of the K-12 public school system and are the first year of a two-year kindergarten program, which uses a modified kindergarten curriculum. TK programs are required to be taught by a teacher who meets credentialing requirements.

• A child is eligible for TK if the child will have his or her fourth birthday on or before September 1, 2025.

• Under California’s kindergarten immunization requirements, even four-year old children need their pre-kindergarten immunizations prior to the first day of TK where they could potentially be exposed to vaccine preventable diseases.

• Students are required to have documentation of required immunizations.

• Students are required to meet  kindergarten immunization requirements  before admission to the first year of the TK program.

• A child who has his or her fourth birthday on or before September 1 of the school year shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school district.