Registration

New Student Registration

The information below is designed to answer frequently asked questions about the school registration process for new students.

Where is new student registration held?

Registration takes place at the central registrar’s office, located in the central administrative offices at 3 Blue Streak Boulevard, on the high school campus in Saratoga Springs. For directions, click here.
Registration hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. However, during most times of the year, the registrar’s office is staffed by one person. To ensure someone is available, please call 583-4789 before visiting. Parents or guardians must accompany all new students.

Registration for kindergarten is held at each elementary school during April of the year prior to entrance. Children entering kindergarten must be five years old by Dec. 1 of the year they begin school. Please call the registrar’s office for additional information.

What information is needed to register?

Before registering, New York State education law requires that the following documents be presented:

1) Original documentation of birth, in the form of an original, state-issued birth certificate (passport or transcribed birth certificate for foreign-born students).

2) Two proofs of residence, which include the name and address of a parent or guardian and are dated within 30 days.

Examples of acceptable proof of address include the following:

Valid homeowners’ insurance policy
Electric bill (Page 2 of bill containing name and service address of parent/guardian)
Cable television bill or installation receipt
Valid auto insurance identification card
Mortgage statement
Recent valid and legal lease agreement.
Recent New York State driver's license.
Pay stub/earning statement
Recent tax bill with residential STAR

Unacceptable items include:

U.S. mail
Bank or credit card records
Payroll checks
Property deeds
Cell phone bills
Rent receipts
Post office boxes
Any proof older than 30 days.

3) Official immunization record signed by a physician or clinic staff.

4) Social Security card or number.

5) Custody papers, if applicable. If the student is not the biological child, documentation must be presented which proves a permanent and total transfer of custody and control has been achieved.

6) Name and complete mailing address of student's previous school.

Helpful Information

Please register as early as possible. In cases where students are registered three days or less before school begins, they may be unable to begin school or have bus transportation on opening day. Most schools in the district do not allow students to attend on the day they have registered.
Only documents using the student’s legal name (the name that appears on the original birth certificate or name change document) will be included in the student’s official record.
Elementary class sizes are “capped” to ensure they do not exceed the recommended size for each grade level. In the unlikely event the classes for your child’s grade in your “home” school (the school attended by other children in your immediate neighborhood) have reached their cap, your child will be reassigned to another elementary school within the school district.
Academic records, including transcripts or most recent report cards, should be presented to the school after registration is completed.

The e-mail address for the registrar's office is: Registrar_office@saratogaschools.org

Directory of Key School District Personnel

Janice M. White
Superintendent of Schools
3 Blue Streak Boulevard
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
583-4709

Thomas C. Mele
Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education
3 Blue Streak Boulevard
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
583-4474

Michael Piccirillo
Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education
3 Blue Streak Boulevard
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
583-4714

Frank Crowley
Principal
Saratoga Springs Senior High School
1 Blue Streak Boulevard
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
587-6690, ext. 3301

Stuart F. Byrne
Principal
Maple Avenue Middle School
515 Maple Ave.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
587-4551, ext. 102

Daniel J. O’Rourke
Principal
Caroline Street Elementary School
310 Caroline St.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
584-7612

Dr. Greer Miller
Principal
Division Street Elementary School
220 Division St.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
583-4794

Kevin Froats
Principal
Dorothy Nolan Elementary School
221 Jones Road
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
584-7383

Melodye Eldeen
Principal
Geyser Road Elementary School
Geyser Road
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
584-7699

Michael J. Hewitt
Principal
Greenfield Elementary School
Route 9N
Greenfield Center, N.Y.
893-7402

Dr. Barbara Messier
Principal
Lake Avenue Elementary School
126 Lake Ave.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
584-3678

Carol Groff, Student Registrar
3 Blue Streak Boulevard
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866
583-4789

Directions to Registrar’s Office
3 Blue Streak Boulevard, Saratoga Springs
(on the high school campus)

From the Northway: Southbound: Take exit 14 from the Northway (I-87). Turn right at end of ramp onto Union Avenue. Continue to the end of Union and make a left onto Circular Street. Bear right at the stop sign and continue on Circular Street. After crossing Broadway, go approximately one-half mile to the blinking yellow light. Turn left at the blinking light into the high school campus and follow the signs to the central administrative offices. Northbound: Take exit 13N from the Northway (I-87) At the fifth traffic light (3.2 miles) turn left onto West Fenlon Street. Go through one traffic light at Route 50 and continue to the stop sign. At the stop sign, turn right onto West Avenue. Take the next right into the high school campus.

Eastbound: From Route 50, make the second left onto West Avenue after passing under the Saratoga Performing Arts Center footbridge. Go approximately one-half mile and make a right into the high school campus.

The registrar's office is on the first floor.