Preschool Registration for the 2018-2019 school year

Wayland Union Schools will begin enrolling for their 3 & 4 year old Preschools for the 2018-2019 school year. Please bring your child's birth certificate and proof of residency. Children must be 3 or 4 on or before September 1 of the current school year to register.  Contact either Dorr or Baker Elementary Schools to register or visit during regular office hours:

Dorr Elementary School, 4159 18th Street, Dorr  616-681-9637
Baker Elementary School, 507 W. Sycamore Street, Wayland  269-792-9208

Preschool Options

There are many preschool options for your child including free preschool from Head Start and GSRP to tuition community preschools.  Please click on the link below to learn more or follow the links to the right for each program.

Preschool Options 2018-2019 

Early Childhood Nights

To visit the classrooms, meet the teachers and register for preschool, come to the Wayland Union Schools Early Childhood Nights. 

Children must turn 3 or 4 by September 1st to attend preschool.

All of our preschools create an environment to help prepare your child for Kindergarten.  Children learn skills in an age appropriate curriculum that promote development in language, fine and large motor, intellectual and social emotional.  For more information on each of our preschool options, please click on Preschool link.

Wayland Union Schools offers two free preschool programs for families who qualify.  Head Start is a federally funded preschool for 3 & 4 year olds.  Great Start Readiness Preschool (GSRP) is a state-funded preschool for 4 year olds.  Both programs are held at Baker Elementary, but are open for the entire WUS district. To see if you qualify for either program you can enroll online at www.allegancountypreschool.org.  Transportation may be provided.