Hillsborough Kindergarten Registration to Open

Hillsborough, NJ -- Hillsborough Township Public Schools will hold kindergarten registration for the 2016­-2017 school year on Feb. 23 and Feb. 24.

Registration will take place during the morning at each elementary school and in the evening by appointment only at the Board of Education conference room located in the Hillsborough Municipal Building (379 S.Branch Rd.).

To schedule an evening registration appointment, please contact your designated elementary school.

Each elementary school’s registration details, as well as the registration packet, are available on the district website, www.htps.us.

Those who are unsure of their zoned elementary school may contact the district’s Transportation Department at (908) 431­6600, prompt 6 for details.

All children who reside in Hillsborough and were born on or before Oct. 1, 2011, are eligible to register for kindergarten for the 2016­-2017 school year. A birth certificate (original preferred), immunization records and residency documentation are required at the time of registration.

Parents may also register their kindergarten­aged child for the Children at Play (CAP) Program lottery during kindergarten registration. The CAP Program is a tuition, thematic­based, play­centered program designed to provide parents with an option to extend the second half of their child’s day in our schools.

For additional information regarding the CAP Program, visit www.htps.us/CAP.

Registration information for Hillsborough’s elementary schools is below. The telephone number for all elementary schools is (908) 431-­6600 prompt 4.

--By Kia Bergman