Pre-Kindergarten Program

Fulton County Schools implements the state-funded Georgia’s Pre-Kindergarten program. We are proud to offer 94 lottery-funded Georgia Pre-Kindergarten classrooms in 51 elementary schools throughout the district.

We provide children with developmentally appropriate learning activities and experiences that prepare young children to be school ready for Kindergarten. For a child to be school ready, they are socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively prepared for success in Kindergarten.

Fulton County’s Pre-Kindergarten program helps children become independent, self-confident, enthusiastic learners. Participation in the program encourages children to develop good habits and daily routines. Research shows that children benefit when instruction is child centered. Child centered instruction allows teachers to facilitate learning in an environment that fosters children’s initiative, exploration, and collaborative interaction with other children and adults.

To ensure a smooth transition to Kindergarten, families are provided information and assistance in preparing for their child’s enrollment in Kindergarten.

Through Fulton's Prekindergarten Program, the child will:

• Develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
• Develop mathematics skills by recognizing and using numerical concepts, understanding patterns and relationships, and problem-solving.
• Develop science skills by exploring, manipulating, and experimenting with objects in the physical environment.
• Develop the ability to move in ways that demonstrate control, balance and coordination.
• Develop the ability to participate and function in a social environment.

Only children who are four (4) years of age at 11:59 PM on September 1st of the enrolling year AND live within the Fulton County Schools attendance zone are eligible to enroll in an FCS Pre-Kindergarten classroom. Families must provide proof of age and proof of FCS school zone residency to be eligible to register and enroll for the program.

For students who have been allocated a seat in an FCS Georgia's Pre-Kindergarten classroom, the following documents are required:

• Proof of date of birth (birth certificate): must be uploaded into Infinite Campus prior to beginning school
• Residence Verification: must be uploaded into Infinite Campus prior to beginning school
• Social Security Card or waiver: must be uploaded into Infinite Campus prior to beginning school
• Immunization Certificate (Form 3231) within 30 calendar days of beginning school
• Ear, Eye, Dental, and Nutrition Screening (Form 3300) within 90 calendar days of beginning school