KG & New Student Reg Toolkit

This newsletter contains all of the tools needed to assist families with the Online Registration for enrolling their child into the Sioux Falls School District!

Existing families that want to register ANY of the following students for the 26-27 school year will be able to enroll through their Parent Portal starting Feb 2nd!

• NEW Kindergartener
• Pre-K or EC students moving to KG
• NEW Jr. Kindergartener
• NEW LAPOP Preschooler
• OTHER NEW students (grades 1-12)

Reminder: existing/currently enrolled students will update their information in April 2026- more info will be provided at a later date. This time is ONLY for registering NEW students.

No Cell Phones recommended as OLR is NOT mobile friendly. Encourage families to complete on a laptop, desktop or Chromebook.

Chromebook Kiosk Options at schools: Each school should have a Chromebook Kiosk area set up for in-school use only and can be used for new student or existing student registrations when a family is not able to complete the registration at home. See below "Kiosk Directions" - PRINT AND KEEP with the chromebooks that your school uses to reference easily if questions come up.

Existing families (with currently enrolled students in the District) - should register their NEW kindergarteners and/or other NEW students through their Parent Portal. This will save valuable time!

New families (no other students enrolled in the District OR families that have left and are now returning) - Go to the SFSD website registration page starting February 2, 2026 to register for the 26-27 school year.

Make sure 26-27 school year is selected. If an OLR is completed in the wrong year, families must complete a new OLR in the correct year.

We will process New student OLR's and enter enrollments for your building.

Abby Wheeler will share a Google Spreadsheet with you. On this spreadsheet you should add any new students that may be coming to your building.

Examples of students you can add to your spreadsheet:

• Incoming KG sibling of an existing student
• Family calls or walks in & notifies you they have a new student in your area they need to enroll
• APPROVED open enrolled students - please add these names to your spreadsheet once you receive the list from your principal.

We will cross check the spreadsheets and the OLR’s to try and get students enrolled at the correct school. If open enrollment is not noted, we will enroll the student at their home attendance center (HAC).

Your list will start with Early Childhood students who are Kindergarten age eligible. The Student Registration Team will make the initial email contact with these parent/guardians to encourage them to register their child for Kindergarten. We will note this on your google document.

Here's the graphic you'll be seeing on the SFSD website and social media pages encouraging parents to register their child(ren) online for Junior Kindergarten and/or Kindergarten for fall of 2026. Feel free to use this in your upcoming newsletters as you see fit. **As a reminder, the online registration for the 2026-2027 school year does not open until February 2nd. Parents who complete the incorrect Online Registration will have to redo it in the correct year.

Schools are responsible for:

• Obtaining birth certificates and entering this in the Birth Verification field in IC.
• Entering all immunizations and health related information on OLR Health Report. This report can be found in Insite under Custom Data Visualization > Reports > OLR Health Report.
• Gathering address verification and documenting this on your google doc.

Any OLRs with a language other than English noted will be placed on hold until Laura at the EL Intake Center approves.

DO NOT enroll a student unless you have been told the OLR is processed - this could cause duplicates and other complications.

Student Records and Registration Office- 605-367-7952

Abby Wheeler- 367-7324- Abby.Wheeler@k12.sd.us

Becca Erikson- 367-4386- Becca.Erikson@k12.sd.us

Allie Wirkus- 367-7940- Allie.Wirkus@k12.sd.us