REGISTRATION DATES for the 2024-2025 School Year:

• January 10, 2024: Registration packet pickup/appointment sign up at home school
• January 12, 2024: Online registration portal opens at 9:00 am
• January 17 - January 23, 2024: Enrollment for Siblings in all grades, Dual Immersion (DI), and regular Kindergarten classes, at the home elementary school
• January 31 - February 7, 2024: Enrollment for New Families in all grades, Dual Immersion (DI), and regular Kindergarten classes, at the home elementary school
• March 15, 2024: Dual Immersion (DI) Enrollment Lottery
• April 12, 2024: New Family TK/K Lottery, and grades 1 - 5 as needed

South Pasadena residents' children are guaranteed a spot in one of the three elementary schools. During the regular school year, registration occurs at your home school, as defined by the School Locator by Street, located on the Forms/Files page.

If your child is born on or between September 2, 2019 and June 2, 2020, please be aware that he/she is eligible for Transitional Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year.  If you do not know about Transitional Kindergarten, please click on the Transitional Kindergarten Registration link found in the right-side navigation menu.

Children who are currently enrolled at SPUSD schools are automatically registered for the following school year. Siblings enrolling in grades TK/K-5 are given priority registration and are not a part of the lottery process.

If you are registering a student to enter Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year, and are interested in our Dual Language Immersion Program in Spanish or our Dual Immersion Program in Mandarin, please click on the link to visit our webpage.

New school registration is a multi-step process and should be followed as outlined below:   

STUDENTS NEW TO THE DISTRICT (TK-5):

1. Determine the home school for your child - view attendance area boundaries and verify addresses here.
2. Starting January 10 at 9 a.m., visit your home school (Arroyo Vista, Marengo, Monterey Hills) in person to pick up a registration packet and schedule an appointment between Wednesday, January 31st, and Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Please read the printed packet carefully before completing the online forms.
3. Once you have read the packet and scheduled your appointment, then go to the online registration portal, which opens Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:00 am, at https://southpasadenausd.aeries.net/enrollment/, review the instructions, and fill out the online AIR registration form. 
4. Print two copies of the completed form and bring them to your in-person, registration appointment.
5. Finish the registration process during the scheduled appointment.
1. Parents/guardians must submit all required paperwork including residency verification documents.
2. Please follow health and safety guidelines when visiting schools in person.  

STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION (DI) PROGRAM:

1. Determine the home school for your child - view attendance area boundaries and verify addresses here.
2. Starting January 10 at 9 a.m., visit your home school (Arroyo Vista, Marengo, Monterey Hills) in person to pick up a registration packet and schedule an appointment. Please read the printed packet carefully before completing the online forms.
   1. Children with siblings in the District should schedule their appointment to finish registration between January 17- January 23, 2024.
   2. Children new to the District should schedule their appointment to finish registration between January 31 and February 7, 2024.
3. Once you have read the packet, and beginning Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:00 am, go to the online registration portal at https://southpasadenausd.aeries.net/enrollment/, review the instructions, and fill out the online AIR registration form  – NOTE INTEREST IN DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION, POSSIBLE OLDER SIBLING ENROLLMENT IN THE DI PROGRAM and LANGUAGE FLUENCY;
4. Print two copies of the completed form and bring them to your in-person, registration appointment; 
5. Finish the registration process during the scheduled appointment.
   1. Parents/guardians must submit all required paperwork including residency verification documents.
   2. Please follow health and safety guidelines when visiting schools in person.   

SIBLINGS* OF CURRENT STUDENTS (TK-5):

*SPUSD considers siblings as a family with at least one child currently enrolled in SPUSD (TK-Grade 12) and having a sibling with prior attendance at the home school.

1. Starting January 10 at 9 a.m., visit your home school (Arroyo Vista, Marengo, Monterey Hills) in person to pick up a registration packet and schedule an appointment between Wednesday, January 17 and Tuesday,  January 23. Please read the printed packet carefully before completing the online forms.
2. Once you have read the packet, and beginning Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:00 am, go to the online registration portal at https://southpasadenausd.aeries.net/enrollment/, review the instructions, and fill out the online AIR registration form; 
3. Print two copies of the completed form and bring them to your in-person, registration appointment; 
4. Finish the registration process during the scheduled appointment.
1. Parents/guardians must submit all required paperwork including residency verification documents.
2. Please follow health and safety guidelines when visiting schools in person.    

LOTTERIES

SUMMER TK/K-5 REGISTRATION DATES FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR

For the 2023-2024 school year, elementary schools are open until June 5, 2024 and then will be closed for the summer. The last day to register at a school site by appointment is June 3, 2024.

Summer Registration Dates for TK-Grade 5 only will occur at the SPUSD office at 1100 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030, dates TBD during June and July.

 In August, there will be a registration date on Friday, August 2 from 9 am to 11 am. Beginning Monday, August 5, 2024, new elementary registration will take place at each elementary school site.

 The 2024-2025 school start date is Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

IMMUNIZATIONS

Please remember that all incoming students will need to provide proof of the immunizations required by California law. If you need help obtaining vaccines, you may contact the Monrovia Health Services Clinic at 626-256-1600 where free immunizations are provided for children who do not have current health insurance. 

Unless you have a medical exemption from a Medical Doctor (MD or DO in California) stating that your child should not receive vaccinations for a medical reason, your child may not be officially enrolled or attend class until your child has received all vaccinations required by the state of California for your child’s age range.  As of January 1, 2021, California law states that any previous medical exemptions that were written on paper, or any new medical exemptions must now be entered in the California Immunization Registry for Medical Exemptions (CAIR-ME) online database when entering a new school or the next grade span (7th grade). Parents can request exemptions from their doctor via this website: https://cair.cdph.ca.gov/exemptions/home.

California no longer allows parents to sign a Personal or Religious beliefs waiver for vaccinations. If your child is currently up to date with his/her immunizations and additional doses cannot be given during the time of registration but are due at a later date, your child may be conditionally enrolled. Your child will not be allowed to attend even the first day of class without being fully up to date on his or her immunizations. The state does not allow any exceptions to this requirement. An alternate schedule of vaccination is not permitted by law even with a doctor’s letter.

NOTES

• Incoming Kindergarten students for the 2023-2024 school year must be 5 years old by September 1, 2023. This is per California Education Code (48000a), and no exceptions will be made. September 1 will be the annual cut-off date for all incoming kindergarten students. For the 2024-2025 school year, incoming Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by September 1, 2024.
• If you will be moving into South Pasadena after Monday, June 3, 2024 and before the start of school, please call the Office of Instruction at 626-441-5810 ext. 1120 to inform the office staff of your potential enrollment. 
• If there are special circumstances for your child’s registration (English as a Second Language, Special Education, or health problems) please provide appropriate documentation, such as ELPAC test scores or current IEP or 504 plan at the time of registration.
• Working in South Pasadena and property ownership without actual occupation/residency does not constitute residency. Families must reside in South Pasadena before they can register their child at SPUSD.
• You may not register for school until you reside in South Pasadena and have your appropriate three proofs of residence, and registration must be done by the parent or legal guardian of the child.
• It is possible that your student will not be able to be placed at their home school, especially in grades TK/K- 3 where class size is currently 24 students per class. We will make our best effort to place siblings together at the same school, but this is not always possible.
• If you are the legal guardian of a student, or are residing in a "Dual Family Residency" (two families sharing a residence), you will need to contact Katy Nielsen at [email protected] for an appointment prior to registering your child(ren).