Early Learning

Keller ISD's Early Learning Department provides all early learners with a high quality program that includes developmentally appropriate curriculum supporting the needs of the whole child in a safe, accessible environment that respects and supports diversity.

The Early Learning Department strives to ensure that all staff and educators are knowledgeable and well trained in research-based early childhood best practices to provide students with a setting that creates family partnerships and meets individual student needs.

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Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten is a special program for eligible four-year-old students, designed to meet the needs of a child's early years, which represent a period of rapid growth. It is during this period that key concepts are developed which directly correlate to a student's future academic success. Pre-Kindergarten is an exciting time for students and for parents. For many families, Pre-Kindergarten is the introduction into the public school system.

Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten

Free Pre-K Qualifying Criteria

Students may attend Keller ISD’s full-day Pre-Kindergarten program free of charge if they are 4 years old on or before September 1 of the current school year and meet any of the following criteria:

Unable to speak and comprehend the English language;
Educationally disadvantaged (meaning, a student who is eligible to participate in the National Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program);
Homeless, as defined by 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 1143a, regardless of the residence of the child, of either parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person having lawful control of the child;
The child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active duty by proper authority;
The child of a member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while serving on active duty;
Are in, or have been in, the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) following an adversary hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code;
The child of a person eligible for the Star of Texas Award as a peace officer (3106.002), firefighter (3106.003), or emergency medical first responder (3106.004).

Free Pre-K Qualifying Documents

Required Documents to Register

Pre-K Campuses

The following campuses will host free full-day Pre-K programs (subject to change based on enrollment numbers):

Early Learning Center North
Early Learning Center South
Basswood Elementary
Caprock Elementary
Friendship Elementary
Hidden Lakes Elementary
Keller-Harvel Elementary
Liberty Elementary
North Riverside
Park Glen Elementary
Parkview Elementary - Vietnamese Bilingual

Students in Prekindergarten are not eligible to transfer schools during the school year absent extenuating circumstances.

Prekindergarten students will attend kindergarten at their home campus. If a family would like to stay at the student’s prekindergarten for kindergarten, the family may elect to submit a transfer request through the District’s transfer process.