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Enrollment & Registration

Enrollment & Registration

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Use these links if you are registering a new student in the Chehalis School District for the current school year or for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. This section is for students whose families reside within the Chehalis School District boundaries. If you are unsure if your address is inside the school district boundaries, call the district office at (360) 807-7200 to confirm. Information on registering a student with an address outside the Chehalis School District can be found in the Choice Student Transfer section below.

Kindergarten Registration

Registration for Kindergarten

  • In addition to registering your student, please make sure you call James Lintott Elementary at (360) 807-7215 to schedule your student’s kindergarten screening and receive your kindergarten information packet
  • Students must be 5 years old by Aug. 31 to be admitted to kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year. In addition to age, we ask parents also consider maturity and academic readiness for their student. CLICK HERE for more information about what Kindergarten readiness looks like.

Registration for Grades 1-8

Registration for Grades 1-8

Registration for Grades 9-12

Registration for Grades 9-12

Baby Bearcats Registration

Registration for Baby Bearcats

  • Spaces in the Baby Bearcats program for the 2025-2026 school year are currently full. If you would still like to be added to our wait list, please click on the link to fill out the Google form.

Enrollment Process:

  • This is for any new students to Chehalis or students who have withdrawn and are returning.
  • If you already have a student in the Chehalis School District and need to register another, log in to Skyward Family Access and choose “New Student Online Enrollment”
  • You will need legal documentation verifying age (i.e. birth certificate, passport)
  • You will be asked to sign documentation for the Chehalis School District to request immunization records from the WA Immunization Information System. If your student received immunizations out of state, you will need to provide a medically verified immunization record.
  • Your child’s legal name (the name that appears on the birth certificate) will be used on all official school records.
  • You will be asked to provide Proof of Residency (a utility bill, cable bill, lease agreement, etc.).

Good to Know:

Are You Requesting a Choice Transfer as a Non-resident Student?

Choice Transfer applications for the 2025-2026 school year for both new and returning students will be accepted starting May 1. Please do not submit a Choice Application before May 1 or it will be rejected.

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Choice Transfer Requests

Choice transfers are for students who wish to attend Chehalis schools but who reside outside Chehalis School District boundaries. All choice transfer students need to complete a new application each year. The application is initiated at your resident school district.

The Chehalis School District will consider all applications based on the standards identified in Board Policy 3141.
 

Visit our Student Transfers page for more information about this process.

Are You a Current Chehalis School District Student?

Please Make Sure You Renew Your Information Through Skyward Family Access

If your family lives in the Chehalis School District boundaries and your student will be returning to Chehalis Schools next year, we ask that you complete the annual renewal of student information through Skyward Family Access. It is never too late to complete these forms. They take only a few minutes and are important so the district can serve you better:

  • Make sure your family contact information is up to date so we can reach you in an emergency. ParentSquare, our primary platform for communicating with families, also draws its contact information from Skyward, so if your contact information changes, you only need to change it on Skyward and the change will show up on both Skyward and ParentSquare
  • Make sure all listed emergency contacts are current
  • Update us on any changes to family status or needs
  • CLICK HERE to access Skyward Family Access through a web browser.
    Phone-users, be sure to use the “Open in Browser” feature in the Skyward App.
  • CLICK HERE for a tutorial on Annual Renewal Forms.
  • If you need assistance with your Family Access login please email familyaccess@chehalisschools.org

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