Below is a list of programs available to your child from birth to age 5. For more information about any of these, contact your neighborhood elementary school.

Register your child at birth or when you move into the district. Click here for registration information.

If you have concerns about your child's development, first speak with your pediatrician. If you still have questions or concerns, call Niskayuna's Committee on Preschool Special Education, at (518) 382-2525, Ext. 50738.

The 1,000-Book Kid Program is available to all district preschoolers -- but please note, this program is geared toward four-year-olds. Through this free program, parents borrow a bag filled with 10 fun, age-appropriate books to read to their preschoolers. When families are finished with the books, they return them to the school and can borrow another bag of books. Bags can be picked up or dropped off before, during or after school. For more information, call the coordinator of the program in your student's future elementary school:

--Birchwood
Beth Disque, 785-3577, email: bdisque@niskyschools.org
Learn more about preschool programs at Birchwood.

--Craig
Shelley Oliver at 347-9421, or Suzanne Sogoian at 377-0156

--Glencliff
Cheryl Cufari, 399-1693, email:
ccufari@niskyschools.org

--Hillside
Call 377-1858

--Rosendale
Johna Vitolins, 372-1509

Preschool Story Hours are offered by all elementary schools during the school year. Get details and learn how to register your child.

January: Kindergarten registration. Click here for more information. Please note, students must be five years old on or before Dec. 1 of the year they enter kindergarten.

May: Meeting with kindergarten teacher, school psychologist and principal

May/June: Kindergarten screening and visitations to the schools

August: Kindergarten bus ride -- students and parents/guardians learn about bus safety and take a practice bus ride during this program

September: Additional kindergarten visitations