New Student Enrollment Info

Dec 9, 2024 – Jan 24, 2025

Open Enrollment Period

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Feb 7, 2025 @ 9:30am

Lottery for 2025-26

Jan 24, 2025 – School Start

Pre-Enrollment Applications Will Continue to be Accepted

Pre-Enrollment Applications will continue to be accepted. Students are placed in a class (or if the class is full, on the waiting list) on a first-come, first-served basis with the exception of board-approved enrollment preferences.

Beginning February 2025

Offers of Enrollment for Kindergarten

Kindergarten offers of enrollment begin in March. Emails will be sent with links to the official on-line Enrollment Form. Until last day of July of the upcoming school year, applicants will have five (5) business days from the date the email was sent to return the signed Enrollment Form with a photocopy or scan of the child’s birth certificate. Starting August 1 of the upcoming school year, applicants will have two (2) days to complete the enrollment form.

• Prior to the Start of School – Parents must schedule Early Childhood Screening and registration appointments within your own resident school district.
• Early Childhood Screening is a mandated program for all children entering kindergarten in Minnesota. The district census list of 3- to 4-year-olds is used to obtain names and send notices about screening dates.
• If you are unsure as to whether your child is on the census, you may check with the Stillwater’s Enrollment Office at 651.351.8412. Appointments for the screening typically last one hour and are held at the Early Childhood Family Center, 1111 Holcombe Street S., Stillwater MN 55082, and can be made by calling 651.351.4022.
• If you do not live within District 834, check with your own resident school district’s enrollment office.

March 2025 to Late Summer

First- Through Fifth-Grade Offers of Enrollment

First- through fifth-grade offers of enrollment are made based on class openings using the confirmed returning student list and established new student waiting list. Emails will be sent with links to the online Official Enrollment Form. Until last day of July of the upcoming school year, applicants will have five (5) business days from the date the email was sent to return the signed Enrollment Form. Starting August 1 of the upcoming school year, applicants will have two (2) days to complete the enrollment form.

As long as spaces are available, River Grove plans to continuously enroll students for the 2025-26 school year.

During Enrollment

Adjustments to Waiting List Placement

To allow families to remain together, if a student’s sibling officially enrolls, the student’s place on the waiting list may move to the top of the list. In other words, siblings of students are moved up the waiting list when a sibling enrolls in the school.

For example, if a kindergartner enrolls for the next year, his/her waitlisted sibling will move ahead on the sibling’s grade-level waiting list.

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Ongoing

Invitations to Enroll will be offered as classroom openings become available. All of our families are asked to inform River Grove if their school plans change as soon as possible. The goal is for every student in every grade to be able to participate in the first day of school with their new classmates.