Raleigh County Schools

Michelle Blankenship
Director of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

105 Adair Street 
Beckley, WV 25801 

Pre-K Applications can be either mailed to the address above or placed in the large brown mail box as you drive up to the RCS Board of Education located at 105 Adair Street, Beckley.

PLEASE PUT THE CHILD’S NAME ON THE DESIGNATED SPACE LOCATED ON EACH PAGE OF THE PRE-K APPLICATION. 

You will be notified by the school when your child has been placed. At that time, you will be advised as to what documents are required and when to bring them to the school. Please note that you may not hear anything until late August. The BOE will not have pre-k location information to give out over the summer.

Documents needed for pre-k registration include:

  • Updated Immunization Record

  • Health Check Form from your health care provider completed during the last 12 months

  • Dental Check completed in the during 12 months

  • Birth Certificate from the state Vital Registration Office

  • Social Security Card (Requested but not required.)

Required documents should NOT be submitted with the Pre-K Application. Teachers will contact you.

Children currently enrolled in Raleigh County Pre-K already have documents on file. If your child will be attending pre-k a second year, you will still be required to complete an application.

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Pre-K Registration Information

2024-2025

Red schoolhouse with bell.

Pre-K

Dates to Remember:

Dec. 20: No School: Professional Learning Day

Dec. 23-Jan. 6: No School: Winter Break

Jan. 17 : No School: Professional Learning Day

Jan. 20: No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Feb. 7: No School for Pre-K: Professional Development for Teachers

Feb. 26: No School: Professional Learning Day

March 6 & 7: No School for Pre-K: Professional Development for Teachers

March 21: No School: Pre-K Family Conferences

March 31 - April-4 : No School: Spring Break

April 7: Pre-K and K Application Window Opens

April 16: No School for Pre-K students

April 17: Pre-K Expo Day: No school for Pre-K students

April 18: 3 Hour Early Dismissal for all students

April 21: No School: OSE Day: Pre-K & Kindergarten Applications Due (Pre-K First Placements)

May 2: No school for Pre-K students

May 9: Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration: No school for Pre-K students

May 26: No School: Memorial Day

June 5: Last Day for Students

PK EXPO Collage 2024

Kindergarteners Under Construction Pic Collage 2023

RALEIGH COUNTY SCHOOLS KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION

Click the picture below to join Mrs. Lowery on her Trip to Kindergarten!

Kindergarten Registration

Numbers: 1, 2, 3 and alphabet letters: A, B, C.

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Remember:

Dec. 20: No School: Professional Learning Day

Dec. 23-Jan. 6: No School: Winter Break

Jan. 17 : No School: Professional Learning Day

Jan. 20: No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Feb. 26: No School: Professional Learning Day

March 31 - April-4 : No School: Spring Break

April 7: Kindergarten Application Window Opens

April 18: 3- Hour Early Dismissal for all students

April 21: No School: OSE Day: Kindergarten Applications Due

May 9: Kindergarten Registration

May 26: No School: Memorial Day

June 5: Last Day for Students

Contact:

For questions or information:

Michelle Blankenship
Director of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
mblankenship@k12.wv.us
304-256-4500 ext. 3305

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

To register for kindergarten, children must be 5 years old before July 1.


To register your child, you will need to complete the Kindergarten Registration Form, to the left, and return it to your child’s home district school.


All children must register for kindergarten at their home district school. This is the district where you reside. No documents will be collected at this time.  At a later date, parents will receive instruction from the school regarding drop off of documents.

Documents needed for kindergarten registration include:

  • Updated Immunization Record

  • Health Check Form from your health care provider completed during the last 12 months

  • Dental Check completed during the last 12 months

  • Birth Certificate from the state Vital Registration Office

  • Social Security Card (Requested but not required.)

  • 2 Proofs of Physical Residency

Pre-k children headed to school hand in hand.

Out of District Information

If you are requesting for your child to attend a school outside of your district, please complete the Kindergarten Application and return to your home school. Complete an Out Of District Form and provide to the principal of the school you are wishing for your child to attend. The administrator will review and submit that to the Assistant Superintendent. The application will be reviewed and either approved or denied based upon school enrollment. You and both schools will receive a decision letter during the month of August. Please be patient as you await the decision. Thank you.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

-George Bernard Shaw

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