Apollo Early Childhood Center

Dear Families,

It is hard to believe that the second month of 2025 is already upon us. As I reflect upon the past year, I have enjoyed the relationships that I’ve built with your children (and with you!) and I am grateful for the dedicated team of staff that we all work with every day. I look forward to what lies ahead this year: continuing to provide meaningful opportunities that foster growth and development for our youngsters, sending off our soon-to-be 2025/2026 kindergartners (who will be 2038 high school graduates!), welcoming new families into our Early Childhood family and continuing the powerful work that we do together as partners in your child’s early education. I have no doubt that it will be an exciting year!

As a reminder:

• In observance of our District's Mid-Winter Break, Early Intervention, ECSE, SXI, GSRP and Fee-Based preschool students do not have school February 14th - 18th. Child care is still in session.

Until next month...

Warm Regards,

Jen Kidd

For the safety of everyone, please remember to watch your speed, yield to pedestrians, and avoid texting/using your cell phone in our school parking lots.

As always, we appreciate your support and commitment to helping our school community stay safe.

Did you know that we partner with the Oakland County Health Department to offer free in-house vision, hearing and dental screenings for all 4 year olds in our building? Michigan Law requires that all students obtain these screenings prior to enrolling in Junior Kindergarten or Kindergarten. Hearing screenings have already been completed for our building. Vision screenings occur in April. Dental screenings are new this year and will occur in May. More information will be forthcoming. Families always have the option to opt out of these screenings at school if they choose to. They will then be responsible for ensuring that students receive these screenings elsewhere prior to enrolling in elementary school.

We are grateful for our partnership with the Oakland County Health Department and appreciate all that they do for our students and their families.

Junior Kindergarten Interest

Please complete the 25-26 Junior Kindergarten Interest form if you are interested in the Junior Kindergarten program here.

Online Enrollment Application

The first step of the enrollment process is to complete the New Student Online Enrollment application by clicking the link below. If you have a student who is already enrolled in HVS and is receiving speech, special education services or is in our GSRP preschool program, you do not need to complete the online enrollment application again.

New Student Online Enrollment

*If you are a current family in Huron Valley Schools, you can access the enrollment application through your existing Family Access Account.

Open Enrollment and Schools of Choice-

*If you reside in the district but wish to enroll your child(ren) into a different school than your neighborhood school, please complete the Elementary Open Enrollment application found here. Please note, the application was available beginning February 1st.

*If you reside out of the district and wish to enroll your child(ren) into Huron Valley Schools, please complete the Non-resident Schools of Choice application.

Submitting required documentation

Once you have completed the New Student Online Enrollment application, the required documentation can be turned into the school's office. Please call the school's office to schedule an appointment.

You will need to provide the following required documents:

1) Child's Original Birth Certificate (with seal)
2) Parent/Guardian Identification (valid driver's license or passport)
3) Two Proofs of Residency
4) Official Immunization Record from Doctor's office
5) Vision and Hearing Screening- Junior Kindergarten & Kindergarten students only. For more information, visit Oakland County Health Division website for Vision Screening ,and Hearing Screening information. FREE Vision and Hearing Screening offered by Oakland County Health Division, see Flyer for more information.
6) Kindergarten Dental Screening- Junior Kindergarten & Kindergarten students only. Michigan passed a law to give children the opportunity to receive a dental screening before they enter kindergarten. See Flyer for more information.
7) Guardianship Documentation (if applicable)
8) Special Education Documents – Current IEP/MET (if applicable)

According to Michigan Law, if a child residing in Huron Valley School District is 5 years of age on or before September 1, the parent or legal guardian of that child may enroll the child in Kindergarten or Junior Kindergarten. If a child is 5 years of age on or after September 2 but will be 5 years of age on or before December 1, the parent or legal guardian of that child may enroll the child in Kindergarten or Junior Kindergarten for the school year if the parent or legal guardian fills out the Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten Age Waiver below.

Note: A school district that receives this waiver may make a recommendation to the parent or legal guardian of a child described in this subsection that the child is not ready to enroll in kindergarten due to the child's age or other factors. The parent or legal guardian retains the sole discretion to determine whether or not to enroll the child in kindergarten if the student is 5 years of age not later than December 1.

Please print the Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten Age Waiver form and return to the elementary school's office.

Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten Age Waiver (if birth date is Sept. 2-Dec. 1)

If your child(ren) will not be attending Huron Valley Schools, please let us know. Questions- please email us, Pupil.Services@hvs.org or call us, 248-676-8431.

Are you or someone you know looking for 3 & 4 year old preschool options for fall? Our winter Open House is an event where families can learn about child care and part time fee-based opportunities as well as Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) options. Join us to visit our preschool classrooms, learn about our curriculum, meet our staff, and tour our state of the art facility. We will also be able to share information about our Early Childhood Special Education program and the plethora of ancillary supports that our building offers to students with IEPs/IFSPs and their families. Please feel free to join us from 6:00-7:00 pm on Wednesday, February 26th.