Welcome!

Detroit Public Schools Community District welcomes you to apply for admission to Pre-Kindergarten in the Montessori Program for the 2025-26 school year. 

This application is for students entering Pre-Kindergarten only. There are separate applications for students entering Kindergarten and Grade 1 as well as grades 2-8.

The schools available in this application are:  

• Edison Elementary 
• Edmonson Elementary 
• Palmer Park Preparatory Academy 

Guidelines

• Students must be 4 years old by December 1, 2025, to be admitted to the Pre-K Montessori program. 
• You may save the application in progress and return to make as many changes as necessary prior to submitting it. Please review the application carefully before submitting. 
• All deadlines are firm and final.
• If applying for multiple children, please submit all applications by the application deadline. We make every effort to keep siblings together in the admission process, however, applications must be submitted in the same round. 
• Do not submit more than one application for the same student. You may email application.schools@detroitk12.org or use Submittable to send a message to the Admissions Team to request the opportunity to edit or update your application.

Notification and Enrollment

You will receive an admission decision on Friday, May 2, 2025. If admitted, you will be required to enroll your child by Friday, May 23, 2025, for fall admission. 

Before You Begin

Please carefully review the requirements and guidelines available at detroitk12.org/montessori. 

Other School Options   

For information about all DPSCD application schools and how to apply to other schools not included on this application, please visit detroitk12.org/prek.