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2024-2025 VPK Late Application Information

Information for VPK Registration

The VPK late application steps are as follows:

  • Obtain a Certificate of Eligibility from the Early Learning Coalition on or after January 1, 2024.  Visit website to apply for a school-year certificate.

  • Create a Student ID and a FOCUS account for your child. The link to create the number and/or a FOCUS account is Enrollment.  Write down the student number.  If your child has been screened by Child Find, attended Head Start at a DCPS site, or was previously enrolled, your child has a student number. 

Apply using one of the options below:

  • To apply, use the link

  • Visit the office at 1531 Winthrop Street between 9:00 am-2:00 pm.  Please be sure to bring your documents with you. 

  • You can also use the QR code to apply:  

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