The PreK lottery registration is complete. You will receive an email by

Friday, 3/22, with your child's lottery number.

Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) and District Funded Pre-Kindergarten Program

2024-25

Pending approval of the NYS Budget, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District,  along with SCOPE Education Services, will provide a full-day (5-hour) Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) at all district buildings. The UPK program is entirely funded through a grant from NYS, therefore, there are no additional costs to local taxpayers or families for the 126 NYS-funded UPK seats.  Furthermore, pending approval of the NHP-GCP 2024-25 school budget, all waitlisted students from the grant funded program will be provided a District-funded seat in the SCOPE program.

 Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program and Application Details

Location: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park- All Buildings - Placement in a particular school building will be considered, but is not guaranteed, and will  be based upon lottery results.  Lottery results will also determine the UPK and District-funded seats.

Staff: A NYS certified teacher and teacher assistant

Days: Monday-Friday - Program will follow the NHP-GCP 2024-2025 school calendar.

Hours: Full Day - 5 hours tentatively 9:00-2:00 pm.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a resident of NHP-GCP, not eligible for Kindergarten 

until September 2025, and 4 years of age (born on or before December 1, 2020)

Transportation: Parents must provide transportation

There are 126 Universal Pre-Kindergarten openings. Students will be selected at a public lottery to be held on March 15, 2024 at 1:00 pm. Here is the link to the meeting code for the public lottery:

meet.google.com/cqv-amop-xoc.

In order to apply, please complete the Google Form found at this  link on the district website. 

All Applications - in order to be placed in the lottery - are due by March 8, 2024.Any applications received after that date will be placed on a waiting list.

Questions: Please call Lisa Miranda at 516-434-2325 or email at LMiranda@nhp-gcp.org.

PDF copy of this UPK letter

The PreK lottery registration is complete. You will receive an email by

Friday, 3/22, with your child's lottery number.

To enroll in school, you have to show that you live and intend to remain in the school district.

All new students must have this form completed by their doctor: 
Health Exam Form

Registration: Please complete the following link to begin the registration process.
2024-2025 Universal Pre-K Registration Link  

If you wish to register your child for PreK for this year 22-23, please call Lisa Miranda at 516 434-2325  

You will need some of the documentation below to complete the registration process. Further guidance will be provided after the submission of the online registration form.   

If you need the Home Language Questionnaire in another language, please go here and scroll down to the blue highlighted Tab labeled "Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ) in Forty-one Languages" : 

ELL Identification & Placement/Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ) | New York State Education Department (nysed.gov)

Examples of Documents you may need to provide during the online registration process:

For questions please contact:

Pre-K Registrations: Lisa Miranda (516) 434-2325

Special Education Students: Cecilia Zuziela 516 434-2307

Kim Levy, 516 434-2308

• Foster Care Contact 

• McKinney-Vento Liaison

• Parent's Affidavit Relinquishing Custody and Control

• Custodial Parent Affidavit

• Custodial Parent Affidavit (Spanish)

• Renter Affidavit

• Third Party Affidavit

• Landlord Affidavit

• Google Permission

• Computer-Internet Acceptable Use Policy

• Third Party Statement Attesting Physical Presence

• Affidavit of Rental of Residence From Landlord

• Renter- Non-Owner Affidavit

• NYS Enrollment Information - English

• NYS Enrollment Information - Spanish

• NYS Enrollment Information - Chinese

• NYS Enrollment Information - Bengali

• NYS Enrollment Information - Urdu

• 2020-2021 UPK Registration English Application

• 2020-2021 UPK Registration Spanish Application

• Health Exam Form 2020-2021