Kindergarten Registration for 2026-27 Is Now Open!

Calling All Kindergarteners for the 2026-27 School Year! Registration is Open Now!

Join us on Wednesday, March 25, at 3:30 p.m. for our Kindergarten Orientation!  

Do you have a child at home ready to start kindergarten next year? If so, now is the time to let us know your little lion will be coming to Lane! Registration for the 2026-27 school year is now underway, and we want to hear from you! 

There’s an easy five-step process to  register a child for kindergarten :

  1. Determine eligibility.
  2. Identify your local school.
  3. Gather documents.
  4. Fill out forms.
  5. Schedule an appointment.

A Kindergarten Orientation for our littlest new Lane Lions and their families will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. At this meeting, we will provide a general overview of the kindergarten program as well as a chance to meet the teachers and ask questions. While parents/guardians attend the session in the cafeteria, children will visit kindergarten classrooms. 

You can read more about the  registration process here.   For additional information about registering at Lane, please contact Sook Fan Simpson, our school registrar, at [email protected] .

Try Online Registration!

Online registration for the 2026-27 school year is open for all grades, kindergarten through 12th grade. It’s the quickest way to start the process! Learn how to begin the  online registration process here. 

When registering, parents/caregivers will need to create or log in to an existing  SIS ParentVUE account . 

Curious about Kindergarten?


What is Kindergarten?

The FCPS kindergarten program is designed to encourage and support children’s social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. Children are involved in daily learning experiences with speaking, reading, writing, mathematics, social sciences, science, technology, health, music, movement, and art. Kindergarten is offered in all schools and is a full-day program.

The kindergarten program:

  • Focuses on daily learning experiences that help children to communicate orally, interact with others, participate in problem-solving activities, and think critically.
  • Provides children with daily opportunities to write, explore books, listen to stories, and have conversations in a language-rich environment. This helps build strong communication skills, early reading foundations (such as sounds and letters), vocabulary, understanding, and a lifelong love of reading and writing.
  • Encourages children to demonstrate mathematical understanding by using real objects as they discuss, investigate, question, and verify.
  • Enables children to acquire knowledge about themselves as individuals, and as members of a family, a community, and the world.
  • Offers opportunities for children to observe, explore, experiment, and investigate the world around them.
  • Utilizes a variety of learning centers and stations to reinforce skills.
  • Encourages children’s creativity and higher-level thinking.
  • Provides access to digital tools to all students that are used to support their learning.


For more information:

See  Kindergarten Curriculum and Grading

See the  Kindergarten Program of Studies

Is Kindergarten Mandatory?

Virginia law states parents/guardians must ensure a child attends school if the child will be five years old on or before September 30.

However, if a parent/guardian feels their child is not mentally, physically, or emotionally prepared to attend school, the child may be exempted for the year. Families must notify the local school if they do not want the child to attend kindergarten until the following school year.

When a child turns six, school attendance is mandatory. Grade placement (kindergarten or first grade) will be determined at the time of enrollment with consideration for factors such as age, academic records, and school readiness.

Eligibility

Two factors determine a student's eligibility to enroll in kindergarten in FCPS:

  • Residency:The child must be living with a parent/guardian and reside in Fairfax County (use the  boundary locator to determine your zoned school).
  • Age:A child may enter kindergarten if they turn five on or before September 30 of the year they enter school.
    • The age requirement applies to students who transfer from other school districts after the start of the school year.
    • This age requirement is set by Virginia law.


Ready to register? Need more information?

Contact our registrar, Sook Fan Simpson, at @email or our family liaison, Melanie Crosby Hardy, at [email protected] .

We look forward to welcoming you at Lane soon!