Our Schools and Small Learning Communities

Welcome to Ypsilanti Community Schools Kindergarten Registration
Ypsilanti Community Schools is excited to welcome families to our 2026–27 Kindergarten Registration Open Houses! These sessions are designed to help parents and caregivers learn more about our kindergarten programs, meet staff, ask questions, and complete the registration process with confidence.
Families may attend any one session—all sessions offer the same information.
YCS has five Kindergarten school programs - Kindergarten Registration and Eligibility flyers for each school.
- Ford STEAM Early Learning Center (PreK-1)
- Perry Early Learning Center (PreK-1)
- Ypsilanti Puentes Multilingual School (K-4th) | Ypsilanti Puentes Multilingual School (K-4th - Spanish)
- Ypsilanti International Elementary School (K-5th)
- Ypsilanti Connected Community School (K-8th)
For Dates and Times, click on Read Full Article or More
WHAT ARE SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES?
Small Learning Communities (SLCs) emphasize small structure and curricular specialization as well as focus on the learner and learning and in particular, the active and collaborative nature of students' and teachers' work. In a Small Learning Community, interdisciplinary teams of teachers assume responsibility for student educational progress across years of school and maximize flexibility to act on the knowledge of students' needs.
This is a form of school structure that is designed to provide more personalized learning to better meet the needs of students. Each SLC shares the same teachers and classes are taught with the emphasis on a theme or career emphasis. Several Small Learning Communities can exist in the same building.
YCS School Buildings
Beatty Early Learning Center
Grade: Preschool
Beatty Early Learning Center is for Preschool students only.
Bell Times
School Start: 8:30 am
School End: 3:30 pm
Ford STEAM Early Learning Center
Grades: Preschool - 1st
Bell Times
School Start: 8:30 am
School End: 3:30 pm
Perry Early Learning Center
Grades: Preschool - 1st
Bell Times
School Start: 8:30 am
School End: 3:30 pm
Ypsilanti Puentes Multilingual School
Kindergarten through 4th Grades
Bell Times
School Start: 8:10 am
School End: 3:10 pm
Grades: 1st-5th
Bell Times
School Start: 9:20 am
School End: 4:20 pm
Grades: 2nd-5th
Bell Times
School Start: 9:20 am
School End: 4:20 pm
Bell Times
School Start: 9:20 am
School End: 4:20 pm
Ypsilanti International Elementary School
Grades: Kindergarten-5th
Bell Times
School Start: 9:20 am
School End: 4:20 pm
Grades: Kindergarten-8th
Bell Times
School Start: 8:00 am
School End: 3:00 pm
Ypsilanti Community Middle School
Bell Times
School Start: 7:30 am
School End: 2:30 pm
Ypsilanti Community High School
Grades: 9th-12th
Bell Times
School Start: 7:30 am
School End: 2:30 pm
Ypsilanti A.C.C.E. Program
Achieving College & Career Education
Grades: 9th-12th
Bell Times
School Start: 8:00 am
School End: 2:55 pm
Participating Middle and High School Programs | |
Early College Alliance at EMU Washtenaw International High School and Middle Academy (WIHI) | WAVE Washtenaw (Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education) |







