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Below are the steps to follow when registering your child for Four-Year-old-Kindergarten in SDPC. If you need to refer back to our main registration information page, please click button below.

4K Registration - A child who is 4 years old on or before September 1 may register for four-year-old kindergarten.

The School District of Pickens County offers full day needs-based 4-year-old kindergarten programs. After initial enrollment, students must meet eligibility requirements to participate in a program.

Four-year-old kindergarten is offered at each elementary school.

Attention Parents/Guardians: Registration for 4K opens January 11, 2024. If you have completed any form prior to January 11, 2024 it will be incomplete.

To enroll in SDPC, a student must reside in Pickens County with his or her parent or legal guardian. The following documents are required for registration and may be uploaded during the online registration process:

• Proof of Residence

  • Proof of Residence is a current electricity, gas, water, or cable/satellite bill showing the services address in the name of the parent/guardian. If a bill in the name of the parent/guardian is not available, a required Affidavit of Residence can be completed during the screening appointment

• Birth Certificate

  • A copy of your child's state-issued birth certificate (rather than hospital birth certificate) is required.

  • Four Ways to Request a South Carolina Birth Certificate

• South Carolina Proof of Immunization

  • A valid South Carolina Certificate of Immunization signed or stamped by a South Carolina State licensed health care provider. It may be faxed directly from the physician's office to the school, if more convenient.

• Family Income Eligibility

  • Acceptable forms of income verification include:

    • Pay stubs, tax returns, or W-2 forms

    • Current Medicaid Card

**All qualifying 4K students must provide all required enrollment documentation by the first day of school. If documentation is not provided the reserved spot may be given to the next child on the waiting list.

Online Registration

Parents will use FinalForms to complete the online registration process. Once FinalForms information is completed and required documents uploaded, parents will receive a contact from the school to verify enrollment and information to sign up for a screening appointment at their zoned school.

Screening Process

After completing the FinalForms enrollment process and uploading documents, all information will be reviewed and verified. Parents/Guardians will receive information to sign up for a screening appointment at their zoned school.

• During the screening:

  • DIAL-4 tests will be used to assess a child's motor skills (skipping, jumping, cutting, writing), conceptual skills (knowledge of colors, counting), and language skills (knowledge of letters and words, ability to solve problems). In addition, the Parent and Teacher Questionnaires measure a child's self-help skills (dressing, feeding, bathing) and social-emotional skills (getting along with others, staying on task).

  • DIAL-4 information

Eligibility Notification

• In late spring, parents will receive a letter informing them if their child qualifies and will be enrolled in a program, has been placed on a waiting list, or does not qualify.

School Choice

• Parents/Guardians may apply for student admission to a school outside of their area of residence. School Choice to 3K and 4K programs is very limited and requests are handled at the screening appointment.