Hicksville’s Pre-Kindergarten Lottery Deadline is February 18, 2022
The Hicksville Public School District is offering a Pre-Kindergarten program for the 2022-2023 school year with half day and full day openings available. Children must be 4 years of age prior to December 1, 2022 to be eligible to participate. Selection for this program is lottery-based and requires the completion of an application. Applications for the lottery will become available on January 3, 2022 and must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022.
The Pre-K program will be running a full day program, running Monday through Friday and a half day program, running from Monday through Friday. The program will follow the school district’s school calendar. There is NO cost to participate in this program. Families are responsible for providing transportation for their child. The curriculum follows NYS Prekindergarten Standards and is taught by New York State Certified Teachers.
Please review the following information regarding the application process:
- Seats are limited and placement is not guaranteed.
- Students will be selected for the program by a randomized lottery to be observed by the District’s auditing firm. Please see information below on entering the lottery. Requests to enter the lottery past the deadline are unable to be accommodated. The lottery drawing will be on March 2, 2022.
- Students must be a Hicksville Public School District resident and be 4 years of age on or before December 1, 2022 (a birthdate between December 2, 2017 and December 1, 2018) in order to participate.
For Frequently Asked Questions, please click here.
For Pre-Kindergarten Application Question Translations, please click here.
If you would like to enter your child in the Pre-Kindergarten lottery, please complete the online application no later than February 18, 2022 by 3pm with the form below:
English Version - https://forms.gle/kgfNrqusN2zLBxhs5
Spanish Version - https://forms.gle/dsKcswHCsMX9BxER7
If you have any additional questions, you may contact the Pre-Kindergarten Department at 516-733-2371 or email [email protected]