Universal Prekindergarten registration
The North Syracuse Central School District is now accepting registrations for its Universal Prekindergarten program. Applications for the 2024-2025 school year are available by clicking here and can be picked up and/or completed in person at the Jerome F. Melvin Administrative Office Building (5355 West Taft Rd.) in North Syracuse.Applications received prior to March 1 will be placed into a lottery drawing for first enrollment. To be eligible for the district’s UPK program, children must live In the North Syracuse Central School District and be four years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024. There is no charge for district residents as the program is funded by the state, subject to the passage of the New York State budget. Children will be enrolled in programs at one of the following five locations based on their address or sitter location.
- Learn As You Grow, Inc. at 5684 South Bay Rd., Cicero, NY 13039
- Learn As You Grow, Inc. at 8381 Elta Dr., Cicero, NY 13039
- Northminster Early Childhood Center at 7444 Buckley Rd., North Syracuse, NY 13212
- North YMCA at Roxboro Road Elementary at 200 Bernard St., Mattydale, NY 13211
- North Syracuse Early Education Program at 205 South Main St., North Syracuse, NY 13212
If the UPK program fills up before all names are pulled from the lottery, the remaining students will be placed on a waitlist and parents will be notified If a spot becomes available. The district will continue to accept registrations after the March 1 deadline but those students will not be included in the lottery drawing. Registrations taken after the lottery period will be placed on a waitlist and parents will be notified if a spot becomes available.
Registration can be completed online at the North Syracuse Universal Prekindergarten application system on the district website. You will need to provide the following documentation in addition to your application:
- COMPLETED Registration Packet
- Proof of residency- (current National Grid or home phone bill, signed lease or mortgage statement
- Valid proof of birth
- Valid parent Identification (driver’s license)
The program at Northminster will be full day from 9:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. For further information regarding
the program, please contact Soheila Yaddow, Northminster Director, at (315) 458-2669 opt. 2.
The program at North YMCA at Roxboro Road Elementary will be full day from 9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. For further information regarding the program, please contact Lynnet Lamb, YMCA Director, at (315) 451-2562, ext. 210.
The program at North Syracuse Early Education Program will be either full day from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. or half-day from noon - 2:30 p.m. For further information regarding the program, please contact Dawn Hussein, NSEEP Principal, at (315) 218-2200.
All programs will be five days a week and follow the North Syracuse School District calendar. Click here to go to the UPK website.
In addition to having open spaces for the 2024-2025 school year, the district still has openings for the current school year. If you would like to register your child for a current UPK program, please contact Julia Shannon at (315) 218-2147.
