You can begin the online registration process for students new to Howard County! It is recommended that you work on a laptop or desktop to complete registration. Cell phone registration is not recommended. For details about registration and enrollment, visit www.hcpss.org/enroll/. Please call our  front office at 410-313-2550 or email Elise Allen (elise_allen@hcpss.org) and Rachel Maddock-Cosden (rachel_maddock-cosden@hcpss.org) with any questions. 

Please make certain you are in the screen for 24-25 if registering for this year and next school year. Please read this message in its entirety.

Online Registration for students entering Kindergarten in Fall 2024 starts on early March. 

Kindergarten is mandatory in Maryland, so if your child turns 5 by September 1, 2024, you must register your child for the 2024-25 school year. Parents or guardians are to register students at the school serving the address where the child’s parent or guardian resides. Information on neighborhood schools can be found through School Locator https://hcpss-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b1d3153921514fbead0abb0f92090217 on the school system web site or by calling the Public Information Office at 410-313-6682.

Step 1: Register Online Here: https://sisparents.hcpss.org/PXP2_OEN_Login.aspx

Step 2: Complete registration online by providing the documents listed below. The registration process is easier if you upload them during online registration. Otherwise, you will be asked to submit them via email. Iphone users can scan documents through your notes app. (Images must be clear.)  Required documents can be found here: https://www.hcpss.org/enroll/

**If you have a multi-family living arrangement, an appointment with our PPW, Leslie Evans at leslie_evans@hcpss.org is required.

A representative of the host family and guest family must be present for the appointment.

Please make sure this information is completed in your online registration:

Prior Care - What type of schooling did your student have prior to Kindergarten? (Needs a value of 2. i.e. if PK for a half day (1) and with parent the other half (1) = 2 or PK full day = 2) 

Prior Care Form (ENG) 

Prior Care Form (KOR) 

Prior Care Form (SPN) 

Language Survey Information: 

1. Home Language - language family uses at home to communicate with one another 
2. Dominant Language - language the student is most comfortable speaking or prefers when able to speak multiple languages. If a family is confused about this (b/c child speaks more than one language) ask, “which is your child’s strongest language?" 
3. Native Language - language student learned first and may be only language the student communicates in.