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Enroll Your Child

Please read below about enrolling your child with the Smithtown Central School District!

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Registration Information

Register Your Child Today

The Smithtown Central School District now accepts fully online registration when enrolling your child in the school district.  Please select the type of Registration you wish to complete from the list below for specific information and documents required.

If you are a returning student to the Smithtown Central School District, please contact the Registration Office at registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us.

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Universal Pre-K

Smithtown is offering full time Universal Pre-Kindergarten for the 2023-24 School Year.  Eligible students must be 4 years old on or before December 1, 2023, and born between December 2, 2018 and December 1, 2019.  Students may not be eligible for Kindergarten for the 2023-24 school year to enroll in the Pre-K program and must be residents of the Smithtown Central School District.

Applications are due by midnight on March 31, 2023.

Please note that spaces are limited and signing up for the lottery does not guarantee you a place in the Pre-K program.

Unversal Pre-Kindergarten FAQ may be found here.

To apply, email the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us:

  • The first 8 pages of the UPK Registration Packet
  • Child's Birth Certificate
  • Child's Immunization Report
  • Proof of Residency (ie-Lease Agreement, or Deed, or Two Current Home Utility Bills)
  • Parent/Guardian Photo ID
Kindergarten

If you have a child who will be five years old on or before December 1,2023, please email the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us

  • The first 8 pages of the Kindergarten Registration Packet
  • Child’s Birth Certificate
  • Child’s Immunization Record
  • Proof of Residency (ie-Lease Agreement, or Deed, or Two Current Home Utility Bills)
  • Parent/Guardian Photo ID
Grades 1-12

To register a child in grades 1 through 12, please email the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us

  • The first 9 pages of the School Age Registration Packet
  • Child’s Birth Certificate
  • Child’s Immunization Record
  • Proof of Residency (ie-Lease Agreement, or Deed, or Two Current Home Utility Bills)
  • Parent/Guardian Photo ID
  • Please include any school records available
Private & Parochial

To apply for transportation and textbooks for a child enrolled in Private or Parochial school, email  the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us

Special Services - Preschool

To register a pre-school child for Special Education Services or for a Special Education Evaluation, please email the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us

Special Services - Private & Parochial

To register a child enrolled in a Private or Parochial School for Special Education Services or for a Special Education Evaluation, please email the following to registration@smithtown.k12.ny.us

Registration Process

5 Easy Steps to Register Your Child

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1. Proof of your child's age.

Ways to show a child's age:

  • Birth Certificate - The birth certificate has to be an original or a certified copy (which would come from the town/state/country the child was born in).   The certified copy would have an official seal (most likely raised).
  • Baptismal record (from any country)
  • A Passport (from any country)

If you don't have a Birth Certificate, baptismal record, or passport, you can use other documents if you've had them for at least two years, such as:

  • Driver's license
  • State or governmental ID
  • School photo ID with date of birth
  • Consulate ID card
  • Hospital or health records
  • Military dependent ID card
  • Other documents from federal/state/local agencies (examples: Department of Social Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement)
  • Court Orders
  • Native American tribal document
  • Records from international aid agencies or voluntary agencies
2. Your own Photo ID.

Your own Photo ID such as a driver's license or passport.

3. A record from physician with all inoculations listed with a doctor's signature or stamp.

Immunization Guidelines:
2020-2021 School Year

Link to full immunization document may be found here.

4. Proof of Residency.

Ways you can show residency:

If you don't have any of the above, you may use the following:

  • Pay stub showing your address
  • Income tax form that shows your address
  • Utility bill or other bill in your name
  • Membership documents based on residency, such as a local library card
  • Voter registration card
  • Driver's license, or permit, or non-driver ID
  • State or other government issued ID
  • Documents from government agencies such as a social service agency or the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement
  • Custody or guardianship papers
5. Proof of custody or guardianship.
  • or an affidavit (Parent or Guardian) saying that you have "total and permanent custody and control" over the child
  • or other proof such as documentation that the child has been placed with a sponsor by a federal agency