Age Requirements

Kindergarten - 5 years of age on or before September 1

1st Grade - 6 years of age on or before September 1

How To Enroll Your Child

1. Enroll online -- starting mid-February

• • Go to www.hpisd.org
  • Click on Parents
  • Click on Enrolling A New Student and input data requested
  • At completion, click Submit and print the following pages:
• • New Student Enrollment Checklist
  • Request for Records Form (you will not need this for Kindergarten Students)
  • Home Language Survey

2. In lieu of in-person registration/round up, submit the following documents online (link will be available mid-February) 

Required documentation: 

3. Have your student attend Student Assessment (dates TBA)

This is optional and is not required for registration. This helps the teachers get to know your student before school starts (and vice versa) and helps determine how to best place children in classrooms. 

3. Complete the Back To School Sign Up Online via Skyward (mid-August)

• Look for a pink envelop in your mailbox. This letter will contain your login and instructions for Skyward. 
• Note: you will not receive email communications from the school (ex: the weekly newsletters) until the BSSU process is complete and finalized - which is usually around the 2nd week of school. 

4. Complete Proof of Residency (mid-August)

School Tours

Tours can be requested by email only. For tour information and availability, please contact Janet Adams via email.

What is the Student Assessment?

Student Assessment is an opportunity for your student to meet some of the kindergarten teachers before school starts so that the school can determine how to best place children in classrooms. This helps the school maximize the learning opportunity of each classroom, and it also helps new students become better acquainted with the school.  The assessment is 10-15 minutes. It's a very simple, quick introduction - you do NOT need to prep or stress about it.

 

What is the Back to School Sign Up (BSSU)?

Back to School Sign Up is an annual process for all HPISD families that takes place before the beginning of the school year. Back to School Sign Up allows parents a convenient one-stop shop to provide important information to HPISD, its PTAs and other support organizations. Parents are also able to purchase school supplies, spirit wear,  library gift books, directory, yearbooks, PTA membership, Dads Club and more. As a result, parents do not have to sort through piles of paperwork and write multiple checks at the start of every school year. 

To log in, use your Skyward user name and password. 

Have questions? Click here for FAQs. 

What is the annual Proof of Residency? 

Each family must complete the Proof of Residency every summer prior to the beginning of school. If the residency paperwork is complete and current from the enrollment process (deed or updated lease in addition to a driver’s license at the same address), then you will only be required to submit a new water or electric bill for the address where you reside. If the residency documents on file are incomplete or do not match the submitted utility bill, you will be required to provide new residency documents that match. Requirements and submission procedures will be available on the District’s website during the summer. 

Readying Your Student (all in-person events subject to cancellation/virtual programs due to COVID)

• (Virtually) Attend Round Up
• (Virtually) Attend Assessment 
• Attend the Kindergarten Popsicle Parties (hosted by the ABPA)
• Attend the Newcomers Orientation 
• Attend Meet the Teacher
• Teach them how to unbuckle their car seat (for carpool)
• Consider signing them up for Pre-K Sports via the YMCA to meet friends before entering Kinder. 
• • Kinder: This is for children who are in kindergarten (~5 to 6 years old). Kinder teams will be on the same first grade team.
    
  • Pre-K: This is for children who will enter kindergarten next year (~4 to 5 years old). Pre-K teams will be on the same Kinder teams. 
  • Rookie: This is for children who will enter kindergarten in two years (~3-4 years old). We recommend joining an ABPA team. 
    
• Consider signing them up for a Kindergarten Readiness camp over the summer. 
• • HPISD Lifelong Learning, I Heart Learning Academy, Hola HP and various preschools offer kindergarten/school readiness camps.  
  • View the ABPA compiled list of summer camps here.
• Consider joining an Adventure Guides/Princess group. 
• • Many Dads and Daughters/Sons will join an Adventure Guide/Princess group, beginning in the kindergarten year. This is a great opportunity for Dads and kids to spend quality time together.  Some groups will form on their own (which is known as a "rogue group") while others will sign up through the YMCA.  Learn more about the YMCA program here. 
  • Groups usually begin forming in summer - by word of mouth. YMCA registration deadline is mid-August/September.