Enrollment Procedure

Are you looking for free high quality preschool within Washtenaw County for a child who is 3 to 5 years old and wondering if you qualify? Please fill out our interest form below or call 1(800) 777 - 2861 to determine if your child is eligible to attend a FREE Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) or Head Start preschool program in Washtenaw County.  For more information on available local programs and eligibility criteria, click on 

About Us. Any family wishing to apply for GSRP or Head Start in Washtenaw County must complete this interest form.

Link to the Interest form 

YIES 2020-2021 Application and Admissions Process

The new student application is only for students, including new siblings, who are NOT currently enrolled at YIES. If your child currently attends YIES, DO NOT submit a new student application form. Your child’s 2020-2021 enrollment information was processed with the re-enrollment survey each family completed in February. 

Ypsilanti Community Schools are currently operating remotely following Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order #2020-35, closing schools for the remainder of the school year. If you have any questions, do not have access to a computer/WIFI, or need assistance completing the application, please contact 734-221-2402. Leave a detailed message, including your name and contact number, and a YIES staff will return your call from a remote location to support. 

YIES 2020-2021 K-5 Application: Opens May 5th
Link to YIES K-5 Application 

YIES 2020-2021 Structure Communication
Link to YIES 2020-2021 Structure Communication

Dear Parents and Community Members,

Decisions for the classroom and enrollment structure at YIES are carefully evaluated before making decisions.  Our team worked closely with a YIES Focus Group, which consisted of parents and staff members, to help make decisions about the direction of our school.

This process includes:

• Fiscal sustainability factors.

• Enrollment trends such as student matriculation, returning students, siblings, and new students.

• A maximum number of students allowed in a classroom (teacher: child ratio).

• Building Infrastructure.

Having considered all of those as mentioned above, the YIES classroom and grade level structure for the 2020-2021 school year is as follows:

1- Young 5’s 

3- Kindergarten

2- First Grade

3- Second Grade

3- Third Grade

3- Fourth Grade

3- Fifth Grade

YIES enrollment has continued to grow each year, and we have now maximized the number of classrooms available to serve students. The decision to permanently discontinue the preschool program at YIES, effective June 12, 2020, was difficult; however, a necessary outcome to make room for currently enrolled students transitioning to the next grade level, as well as consideration of the financial demands required to maintain an affordable and high-quality preschool program.

Currently enrolled preschool students will transition to Young 5’s, or Kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year. Preschool students who do not meet the State age requirements to transition to Young 5’s or Kindergarten will be grandfathered into YIES, which means a Young 5’s, or Kindergarten slot will be reserved for the student for the upcoming school year.

YIES 2020-2021 Admissions Process
Carefully review the YIES 2020-2021 Admissions Process for important information about application dates, and events.
Link to YIES 2020-2021 Adminission Process