Upcoming Events at Grout:

April 3, 2025 and May 1, 2025
6:00-7:00

Kindergarten Connect Information Sessions.
Join us for a slide-show introduction to Grout Elementary by the Principal and/or Assistant Principal followed by classroom visits and a chance to meet our amazing teachers. (These sessions are the same.)

Stay Tuned - More events for kindergartners and their families will be coming soon!

Step 1: Verify that Grout is your neighborhood school.

Click Here.

Step 2: Gather Required Documents.

• Two Proofs of Address (utility bills, etc)
• Proof-of-Age (passport, birth certificate, etc.) Your child must be 5 on or before August 31.
• Immunization Records: The Certificate of Immunization Form needs to be filled in and signed.
• Vision and Dental Screening (under 7 years old)

Step 3: Enroll Online!

• Click the link above to get to the online registration page.
• If you are transferring from another PPS school, fill out this paper registration document.
• Visit PPS's Enrollment and Transfer site for more information.
• Either upload the required documents or bring them to the office.
• Enrollment is NOT complete until documents are turned in.

Reminders:

• Kindergarten Registration opens February 28. To help us forecast, please complete your registrations by June 1st.
• Registration is not complete until all registration documents are either uploaded, emailed or brought to the office. Email Kat Barber with questions or to provide the documents.
• Visit the PPS Kindergarten Connect page for general information.

Online registration tips:

• It's easy to scan documents onto your phone and attach to the online registration form.
  • Click here for instructions on your iPhone.
  • Click here for instructions on your Android phone.

What comes next?

• After you've completed your online registration, it will get sent to the school office. If we have all the registration documents, we will enroll your student. If we do not have all the documents, the registration will sit in our queue and will be processed once we have all the required documents turned in.
• We will send an email reminder about our upcoming kindergarten events and email parents who are still missing documents.
  • Note: Your immunization records need to be transferred on to our Certification of Immunization (CIS) form, so even if you give us the immunization records from your doctor's office, we will still reach out to you to fill out the CIS form.
• In mid-August, we will begin setting up kindergarten assessment times. More information on this process will be coming soon.
• Once we have assessment times scheduled, we will send out an email with those dates and general Back-to-School information.
  • August 26 & 27 will be the kindergarten assessments. Each assessment lasts about 15 minutes.
  • August 28 & 29 is a soft-start for kindergartens. Half of the class will attend on the 28th and the other half will attend on the 29th.
  • September 2 is the first day for all kindergartners.

Register for Kindergarten

Instructions

Visit the Portland Public School website for instructions on how to register your student for kindergarten, www.pps.net/kinderenroll.

Enroll Online

You can register online if ALL of the following apply:

• Your child is NEW to PPS
• Your students did NOT attend any of the following PPS Head Start/Pre-K locations: Applegate, Boise-Eliot/Humboldt, Clarendon, Creston, Faubion, Grout, Lee, MLK Jr, Kelly, Sacajawea, Sitton, Whitman, Woodlawn
• Your student does NOT have an IFSP and did NOT receive services from Multnomah Early Childhood Program (MECP)
• You are enrolling your child in your neighborhood school and NOT a CBO/Charter
• You have an email address and access to a computer

Enroll via Paper

If you are unable to enroll online and are in need of paper registration forms, email our school secretary Kat Barber (kbarber@pps.net) to request a paper packet.

Immunization Requirements

To learn more about student immunization requirements and exemptions see MESD Immunization.