Forms and Information

Registration/Enrollment Forms

Enrollment for the 2026-2027 School Year Is OPEN!

In order to register your child for preschool, please complete the following:

Begin by filling out the registration form here: New Student Registration

*You will be prompted to create an account on Brightwheel in order to register. Once your registration form has been received, it will be reviewed, and you will be sent your child’s enrollment packet electronically.

Please allow 1-3 days for review. Reviews will not be done during school break weeks in February and April, but will be completed in a timely manner once Preschool has resumed. Once ALL forms have been submitted, you will be billed the initial Registration Fee through Brightwheel. To register in person, please visit the Preschool Office Monday-Friday 9:00am-2:00pm.

A copy of your child's current GA #3231 Immunization form and Birth Certificate must also be submitted.

Our Age Requirement Policy requires that a child be the age of that class by September 1st. No exceptions will be made. Why can’t we be flexible with this date?

It is the policy of the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Catholic Schools.

Our main purpose at St. James Preschool is to provide an educational foundation for each child so they will have long term success in their entire school career.

Research shows that play-based learning develops a child’s independence, maturity, vocabulary, curiosity, problem-solving skills, gross and fine motor skills, and social and emotional well-being.
Children may excel academically, but this does not mean they are socially and emotionally ready to advance in preschool.
Physical readiness includes gross and fine motor skill development, as well as physical size. If a child starts school early, he or she may not have the fine motor skills to hold a pencil properly, the ability to write correctly, or the hand strength and coordination needed to cut with scissors. To learn more about the development of gross and fine motor skills, please see the GELDS standards here: http://www.gelds.decal.ga.gov/ and here: https://www.verywellfamily.com/what-are-fine-motor-skills-2162037
Older children are the leaders of our Preschool. Learning leadership skills at a young age is highly beneficial in a child’s development and helps children excel and continue to display leadership when they get to “big kid school”.
When children of varying ages are in the same class, developmental learning levels are not the same. When appropriate social and emotional development skills are not met, it is more difficult for a child to interact appropriately with other children.
When all skills are obtained before moving to the next level, children gain confidence when performing and developing new tasks.

To honor the integrity of the age-at-entrance policy, we will not make exceptions for children who do not make the cut-off date. Allowing them to experience repeating a year will only benefit them as they reach developmentally appropriate learning levels through age-appropriate experiences.