New Student Registration

Registering Your Child For School
Welcome to the Dryden Central School District.  Parents/Guardians who would like to register a child should complete the pre-registration process online and finalize the process with the district registrar.  Please follow the directions provided within the Online Pre-Registration system to complete your public school, non-public/private school or homeschool registration for your child.  Please contact Kati Coon, District Registrar, with any questions at 607-844-8694 ext. 2608.

Registration Process
  1. Read all directions provided in the Online Pre-Registration Portal prior to starting your enrollment
  2. Complete the online pre-registration process for your child.
  3. Email the following items documents to the registrar at [email protected] or faxed to 607-844-4733.
    1. Proof of Residency
    2. Proof of Birth
    3. Proof of Custody
    4. Immunizations and Most Recent Physical
  4. Once you have completed the online pre-registration, the registrar will contact you to finalize your registration.


Home School Information
Parents planning to home school their children should complete the Online Pre-Registration.  Please make note in the Comments section “Home School Registration”.  We request proof of residency and proof of birth be forwarded to the registrar to complete your registration.  Once you have completed the online pre-registration, please fill out the Letter of Intent to Homeschool and email it to the DCSD District Registrar.

More information about homeschooling in Tompkins County can be found at TST BOCES Home Instruction.


Attending Non-Public/Private Schools
Parents enrolling students in a non-public/private or charter school program should complete the Online Pre-Registration with their home district.  In the Comments section, please note which non-public/private school your child will be enrolled at.


Change of Address Information

  1. Please provide updated proof of residency (utility bill, lease/mortgage statement, driver's license, paystub, etc.).  If you have questions regarding acceptable proof of residency, please contact the registrar by Email [email protected] or mail to DCSD, Attn:  District Registrar, PO Box 88, Dryden, NY 13053
  2. The registrar will process your change of address and notify any educational programs and the transportation department to make updates in their systems.

Complaints concerning enrollment and registration can be submitted to the Office of Attorney General (OAG) by mail to 120 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY   10271, by phone to (212) 416-8250, or by email to [email protected].


Online Pre-Registration 
Online Pre-Registration

 Resources
o ENL Brochure (English version)
o Inglés como Nuevo Idioma


Please Note
The District Registrar is located in the District Office at 118 Freeville Rd.  If you have questions about registering your child, please contact Kati Coon, District Registrar, at [email protected] or 607-844-8694 ext. 2608.


Kindergarten
Children must be five on or before December 1. 


Pre-K Program
The Dryden Central School District offers a Pre-K program, on a limited basis, to residents of the Dryden School District. Pre-K program decisions are part of the budgeting process. The number of students we are able to serve is dependent of the outcome of the budget process and budget vote.

The Dryden Pre-Kindergarten Program is a free program for four-year-old students who reside in the district. Students must be four years old prior to Dec. 1 of the school year to be in the program, and they may not be five years old. The Pre-K program follows the school district calendar and the school hours closely.

Selection for the Pre-K program is done through a public drawing, and the applications are drawn until the program is full. We then continue drawing names and keep an ordered list so that we can offer any future openings to those children in the order that their names were drawn.

The drawing of the applications will be held on the last Thursday in May at 3:45PM in the District Office. You do not need to be present at the drawing and all applicants will be notified of their placement within a week of the drawing.

Please go to the Online Pre-Registration Portal to submit your application for PK. Deadline to submit PK applications is May 19, 2023.