Information for Shenendehowa Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) Program 2025-2026 School Year: Please read prior to applying using the link below.
The Shenendehowa Universal Pre-Kindergarten Lottery Application (2025-26) is now open and will close on Monday, 5/12/25 at 12am. To those who enter the lottery, selection letters and waitlist letters will be mailed via USPS in late May or early June.
Shenendehowa currently partners with multiple preschool providers to offer a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program to qualifying 4-year-old district residents. Children who will be 4 years old by Dec. 1 of that school year are eligible for UPK. A child who is age-eligible to attend kindergarten in that school year is not eligible for UPK.
The UPK program is tuition free for families. Funding is provided through a grant from the New York State Education Department.
Parents must provide transportation.
Our preschool providers are centers which are approved by Shenendehowa and they offer a program that is aligned with the New York State Early Learning Guidelines. The teachers have the required credentials to instruct preschool students.
Those selected in the lottery must then formally register their child by the due date given in their letter, to accept the seat (providing proof of residency, parent ID and child’s birth certificate). Registration is done online at www.shenet.org/registration.
Please view our UPK Frequently Asked Questions for more information. If you have further questions about our UPK program please reach out at prek@shenschools.org.
Apply Here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjljKdb-IuBu_frj_XX-greJ7EoUA2F14aZP5uVizrQwHf4Q/viewform
