Community Families Interested in Applying to NPNS for the 27.28 school year!
Thank you for your interest in NPNS!
We would love for you to come to one of our orientations to learn more about our program and the Reggio Emilia approach we foster here!
Orientations are scheduled at NPNS for December 2nd at 12:30, December 3rd at 7:00, January 6th at 12:30, and January 7th at 7:00. Please sign up for the date and time that works for you. https://signup.com/go/YuUPcSf
Enrollment dates to keep in mind:
November 30th – Applications for the 2027–2028 school year will be available electronically via the Playground app and will be sent via email for families in our community.
January 8th – Applications are due back to the NPNS office by 12PM. Submitted online via Playground.
January 14th – Contracts and waitlist letters will be sent out electronically via Playground.
January 29th - Signed Contracts (electronically) are due back to the NPNS office by 12 PM. The first tuition payment is also due back to the NPNS office by 12 PM.
Applications are age specific. Once applications are available in November an email with the appropriate links will be sent out. Please click on the link below for the age you are applying for. A separate age appropriate application is needed for each applicant.
2’s programs - Must be two by August 31, 2027
(Born between January 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025)
3’s programs - Must be three by December 31,2027.
(Born between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024)
4’s programs - Must be Four by December 31, 2027
(Born between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023)
Pre-K program – Must have completed a fours program to apply.
(Born between September 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022, Children will turn 5 after September 1, 2027)
Kalie Riordan
Director, NPNS
Classroom Tours
Two’s Classroom Tour
Three’s Classroom Tour
Four’s Classroom Tour
Pre-K Classroom Tour
Admissions Procedures
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Enrollment Procedures
Children currently enrolled in the 2’s and 3’s are guaranteed a space in the NPNS program for the following school year. Children currently enrolled in the 4’s seeking a spot in our Pre-K program, will need a written recommendation from their current 4’s teacher, and have a birthday that falls between September 1, and December 31 of the following school year.
Please note that children currently enrolled in our morning program have priority for morning spaces. Children in the afternoon program may apply for the morning and will be accommodated on a space available basis.
Children new to the program may apply in January. Orientations for parents are offered in early December and January and may be scheduled through the NPNS web site, www.npns.org. The deadline for applications is typically the first week of January. Notification of acceptance into the program (or placement on a waitlist) typically occurs the third week in January.
*Please note: The priority list below applies to acceptance to the program only. It does NOT apply to placement within the program.
Children are accepted based on a lottery system, which follows this priority order:
1) Currently enrolled children, as noted above.
2) Children of NPNS/NPC staff.
3) Returning NPNS Families.
4) Children of NPC members.
5) Children who are registered users of Noroton Presbyterian Child Care- must be an active and registered member of NPCC. (CBS and Sunday School do not count.)
6) Children of the community at large.
Note: a parent must be an NPC member by December 31, 2024 in order to enroll as children of church member.