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Prepare Your Child for Success in Kindergarten

First Steps 4K is accepting applications for FREE 4-year-old kindergarten!

Before proceeding, make sure to have the following documents ready to upload. You can save them to your computer or phone, or use your phone camera to take a picture and upload it to the application.

• Child's Certified Birth Certificate- Must be four on or before September 1 of the school year you are applying for
• One Proof of SC residence - Current SC driver's license, SC ID card, current utility bill or signed rental/mortgage agreement
• Income verification - Child’s Medicaid card or Letter of Eligibility, OR family SNAP card, OR household income documents
• SC Certificate of Immunization - School Ready certificate preferred, Daycare certificate is acceptable (Although South Carolina honors religious exemptions and medical exemptions for proof of immunization to attend Daycare or School, if there is an outbreak of a vaccine preventable disease in your child's daycare or school, and your child has not been vaccinated against that disease, your child may have to be excluded from school for their protection until it is determined that it is safe for your child to return.(SC Department of Public Health)

APPLY NOW FOR THE 2026 - 2027 SCHOOL YEAR

Eligible birthdays - September 2, 2021 - September 1, 2022

Apply Now for the 2025-2026 School Year

APLICAR AHORA PARA EL ANO ESCOLAR 2025-2026

Eligible birthdays - September 2, 2020 - September 1, 2021