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Application Process

For Prospective Early Education Program Families

We invite the family of any in-district child aged 3, 4, or turning 5 between 9/1/2025 and 12/31/2025, who is interested in having their child participate in the Early Education Program at Griswold Elementary School to complete an application to join our program. This application includes two financial forms. Families must complete an application to be included in the lottery for placement in the program. Completion of the application form does not guarantee placement.

The deadline for 2025-2026 applications is April 11, 2025.
 

Early Education Program Application Packet PDF

The GEEP Application Packet includes the following three forms. The GEEP Application, the Income Verification Form, and the Grant Funded Slot Form.

Complete the application form and return to Deb Fargo in the Griswold Elementary School Main Office. You may print and return in-person or digitally via email: GESRegistration@griswoldpublicschools.org

Completion of the application form does not guarantee placement.

 

Next Steps:

Send your completed application and financial forms to GESRegistration@griswoldpublicschools.org.

After an application is complete, please request a developmental screening appointment for your child. At the screening, you will be able to meet and ask questions to the Griswold Early Education Program, Little Log Schoolhouse, and TVCCA Little Learners programs available to Griswold and Jewett City children. Learn more here.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of available slots, a lottery system will be utilized.  When slots are full, children will be placed on a waitlist.  Families of the children on the waitlist will be contacted should a slot become available. 

Timeline:
  • March 21 & April 4, 2025: Developmental Screenings take place (registration required)
  • April 11, 2025: Application Deadline Send your completed application and financial forms to GESRegistration@griswoldpublicschools.org.
  • May 2, 2025: Families will be notified of placement in the Program or on the waitlist
  • May 16, 2025: Families notified of a placement will need to complete all registration paperwork by May 16, 2025, or your child's slot in the Program may be given to another child. Information on the GEEP Registration can be found here.

 

Coming soon: Registration Event. The Griswold Early Education Program at Griswold Elementary School will host a registration event for prospective families for assistance in completing the GEEP registration. Stay tuned for more information!