PSD 2025-2026 Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment

Kindergarten

If you have a child who will be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2025, your child is eligible to attend Kindergarten in fall 2025. Kindergarten Lottery Packets are available at our TK-5 schools (Ortega and Sunset Ridge), our K-8 school (Ocean Shore) and our TK-8 schools (Cabrillo and Vallemar), as well as the Pacifica School District Office located at 375 Reina Del Mar Avenue. Sibling/Priority lottery cards are due back to the District Office no later than 12 noon on February 3, 2025. New Kinder lottery cards are due back to the District Office no later than 4:30pm on February 5, 2025.

Transitional Kindergarten

If your child’s 5th birthday falls between September 2, 2025, and September 1, 2026, your child qualifies for the Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program offered at Cabrillo, Ortega, Sunset Ridge and Vallemar Schools in fall 2025.

Transitional Kindergarten Lottery Packets are also available at Cabrillo, Ocean Shore, Ortega, Sunset Ridge, Vallemar and the Pacifica School District Office located at 375 Reina Del Mar Avenue. TK lottery cards are due back to the District Office no later than 4:30pm on February 5, 2025.

Parents are encouraged to attend school tours to get a better understanding of each school’s program.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of spaces available for any given site, a lottery for the available spaces for that site will be held. If a drawing is necessary, it will be held on Friday, February 7, 2025. Lottery results will be posted near the front entrance of the District Office and on our website by 6 pm on February 7, 2025.

More information regarding TK, kindergarten and school tours is available on our website at www.pacificasd.org.

You may also contact The Pacifica School District’s Student Services Department at (650) 738-6606 or nortega@pacificasd.org.