2020-2021 Preschool Registration 

Wayland Union Schools is currently enrolling for their 3 & 4 year old Preschools for the 2020-2021 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

You may also complete this online Pre-Enrollment form and someone will contact you.  This does NOT enroll your preschooler.  A deposit and additional paperwork will need to be completed at the school. 

Preschool Options

There are many preschool options for your child including free preschool from Head Start and GSRP to tuition community preschools.  Please see the link at the right for our Preschool Handbook and tuition rates.  If you would like to see if you qualify for free preschool, visit the Help Me Grow website. 

Wayland Union Schools Preschools

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Wayland Union Schools offers a variety of preschool options. Tuition programs with reduced rates are offered at Baker and Dorr Elementary Schools for 3 and 4 year olds and free preschools for families who qualify that are federal and state funded. 

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.  The GSRP classrooms are held at Baker Elementary and Head Start at Steeby Elementary, but are open for the entire WUS district. To see if you qualify for either program you can enroll online at Help Me Grow Allegan. Transportation may be provided.