Our Enrollment Process

Redwood City School District (RCSD) offers part-day and full-day preschool programs for children 3 to 5 years of age. The programs are offered at the following sites:

• Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School - Dual Language Immersion in Spanish PreK
• Garfield Community School
• Hawes Elementary School 
• Hoover Community School 
• Orion Alternative Elementary School
• Roosevelt School
• Taft Community School

Click here to learn more about PreK and to register at these sites. 

In addition, a private Mandarin Immersion PreK offers services at Orion Alternative Elementary School. Click here to learn more about these services and to register with this private provider. 

Children who turn five-years old between September 2 through February 2 qualify for Transitional Kindergarten (TK).

Redwood City School District (RCSD) teaches TK at five of its school sites including two of which are in the language immersion programs. 

• Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School - Dual Language Immersion in Spanish
• Hoover Community School
• Mandarin Immersion - Language Immersion in Mandarin
• Orion Alternative Elementary School
• Taft Community School

Click here to learn more about TK.

Children who turn five-years old on or before September 1 are eligible to register for kindergarten.

Redwood City School District (RCSD) teaches kindergarten at all of its seven neighborhood schools, which are:

• Clifford School
• Garfield Community School
• Henry Ford Elementary School
• Hoover Community School
• Roosevelt School
• Roy Cloud School
• Taft Community School

In addition, the district also teaches kindergarten at three of its specialized programs. Those programs are housed at the following sites:

• Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School
• Mandarin Immersion
• Orion Alternative Elementary School

Click here to learn how to register at your neighborhood school and here to learn more about the School of Choice process to transfer to the specialized programs after registering at your neighborhood school.

Redwood City School District (RCSD) invites you to visit us at the District Office, 750 Bradford St., Redwood City, to register your child in person. 

Please bring:

* Student’s birth certificate
* Student’s immunization record
* Parent or guardian picture ID
* Recent proof of address (two different documents are needed)

Please Note: Students who register over the summer are only temporarily enrolled in their neighborhood school for the first 10 days of the school year, and may be moved if the principal and superintendent determine there are not enough seats available at your child’s grade level. Neighborhood students have priority based on space available at the time they register. If space is not available at the neighborhood school, students will be placed at a different school until space becomes available at their neighborhood school. Students are enrolled in the order in which they register. 

All addresses within the Redwood city School District (RCSD) attendance zone -- which includes Redwood City and portions of Atherton, Menlo Park, San Carlos, and Woodside -- are assigned to a neighborhood school.

Click here to find  your neighborhood school based on your address.

Registration is the first step in enrolling your child or the intent to attend. 

Your child is enrolled in a school once all required steps have been completed, including filling out the online student packet that is emailed to all parents in the spring.

1. Students are guaranteed placement in their neighborhood school if space is available at the time they register.
2. Students are enrolled in the order in which they register.
3. If the neighborhood school does not have space at the time of enrollment, students are assigned to another school.
 

*Twins will be placed together, according to the priority above. Twins who are assigned a random eligibility number will be placed according to the number of the twin with the highest place on the waiting list. 

When it comes to the education of your child, RCSD offers you options. RCSD parents have a choice to transfer to any of the school district's award-winning programs and schools. If you wish to transfer to a school or program other than your neighborhood school, please fill out the Schools of Choice Transfer Application after completing your registration form.

Click here to follow the School of Choice process.