MIPA & MISD Co-Hosting Kindergarten Information Night October 21

Lakeridge kindergarten teacher Rebecca Reid speaking to her class during a phonological awareness lesson.

Mercer Island, WA, September 23, 2026 – Mercer Island School District in partnership with the Mercer Island Preschool Association

(MIPA) will be hosting a Kindergarten Information Night on Wednesday, October 21, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm in Room 8 at Island Park Elementary for Mercer Island families.

Superintendent Fred Rundle, Assistant Superintendent-Teaching and Learning Nova Williams, Director of Teaching and Learning Mary Jo Budzius, Assistant Director of Special Services Randi Fielding, Island Park Principal Joby McGowan, and Lakeridge Kindergarten teacher Rebecca Reid will provide families information on daily and weekly kindergarten schedules, kindergarten curriculum, kindergarten instruction schedules and the district enrollment process.

This group will also be answering questions families have about kindergarten in MISD.

We will be recording the information night and posting it on our YouTube channel the next day.

Childcare will be provided during the event by Stephanie "Ms. Steph" Boyer, Mercer Island School District Wellness Coordinator, in collaboration with IMS and MIHS student leaders and Pebble Preschool staff. Parents interested in taking advantage of this supervision will be able to enter the school and drop their student off in the school's library. There will be a sign-in and sign-out sheet for parents who utilize the student supervision. 

Nova Williams created a Kindergarten: Day In The Life video that highlights the kindergarten experience.

All four elementary schools will be holding guided Fall Open House Tours on Wednesday, November 4, at 10:00am-10:20am and 10:30am-10:50am. Guided Spring Open House Tours will be on Wednesday, April 7 at 10:00am-10:20am and 10:30am-10:50am at all four elementary schools.

The purpose of the tours is to give prospective families, either on Mercer Island or off, a chance to visit the school on a typical school day and learn more about the school. Community members interested in visiting one of the schools will need to wait outside the main school entrance to be let into the school by a school staff member. The tours will be guided by the school principal and members of the school’s PTA.

To verify which elementary school your student will attend, based on your home address, download a copy of the Boundary Map

All four elementary schools will hold their Kindergarten Information Night on Tuesday, January 26 from 6pm-7pm. 

For the 2027-28 school year, Kindergarten Enrollment will open on Thursday, January 28, 2027. 

Download the MIPA & MISD Kindergarten Information Night Flyer

The photos in this post were taken in September in kindergarten classes in our schools.