The NYC Kindergarten application deadline for the main round of offers for 2021- 2022 has passed. If your child was born in 2016, and you missed the deadline to apply to kindergarten, you can still add your child to waitlists online with MySchools. Though we cannot guarantee a seat offer, in most previous years, we are able to enroll all wait-listed zoned students.

You can rank up to 12 programs/schools on your application.

Accept your seat offer by April 30th

If you received a seat offer for a PS 58 Kindergarten program, you have until April 30th to accept the seat in MySchools. If you miss the deadline, you may lose the seat.

Complete registration on Operoo by May 14

Families with seat offers have received an email invitation to create an account on our online registration platform, Operoo. If you have accepted your seat, you have until May 14 to complete all the forms on Operoo and upload all the required documents. Families who complete their child’s registration by May 14 will recieve information about their child’s class placement and teacher this summer. Families who do not complete registration by May 14 may have to wait until September to learn their child’s placement.

Finding Your School Zone

PS 58 is a zoned school. Families have enrollment priority at their zoned school. The easiest way to see which elementary school is your zoned school is by using the School Search tool at the DOE website.

How to Apply

Apply online at MySchools.nyc   If you have never used MySchools before create an account at www.myschools.nyc.

• This option is available 24 hours a day.
• Apply in Arabic, Bangala/Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu.

Apply over the phone by calling 718-935-2009

• Call Monday through Friday 8am-6pm.
• Apply by phone in over 200 languages. If you speak a language other than English, ask for an interpreter.

If you have questions about applying to PS 58, please contact Parent Coordinator Joan Bredthauer at jbredthauer2@schools.nyc.gov.

Want to learn more? Visit the DOE  Kindergarten Admissions website. Still have questions? Call The Elementary Admissions Team  at 718-935-2009. 

PS 58 has two programs: Kindergarten and French Dual Language Kindergarten

We offer Kindergarten (taught in English) and French Dual Language Kindergarten (taught 50% in English and 50% in French). Families may list both programs on their application. If you add French Dual Language to your child’s application, you will need to indicate how well your child speaks French.

French fluency verification

If you indicated that your child speaks French “very well” on your recent French DLP application, and you live in our school zone, please make your child’s appointment for a fluency  assessment. (If your child speaks French “only a little” or “not at all” please do not make an appointment.)

Due to our building closure on January 29th, families have two options for appointments:

1. fluency verifications conducted through live online assessments by appointment the week of February 1st. A French DLP teacher will contact you with virtual meeting links.
2. fluency verifications conducted in person the week of February 8th–please email Assistant Principal Annique Leman if you wish to use this option. ALeman@ps58online.org.

The assessment is best described as a 15-minute conversation in French! Twins? Make two appointments.

Sign up for a French fluency assessment:

We look forward to meeting you.

Enrollment Priorities

1. In NYC, priority for seat offers is given to zoned children who have a brother or sister at our school. Make sure to have your current PS 58 child’s 9-digit student ID when you make your application for your new Kindergartner. You can find it in your NYCSA.
2. Next, seats are offered to zoned children. At PS 58, we usually fill all K seats with children from these two groups, but if we have a reduced number of zoned applicants due to families moving away in response to the pandemic, that may change. Please understand that we cannot predict whether there will be seats available for out of zone families.

There is an additional priority for our Dual Language program for English Language Learners (children who speak French but little or no English). Zoning requirements still apply. For a complete list of enrollment priorities, visit the DOE  Kindergarten Admissions website.

Seat Offers and Wait Lists

Your child is automatically placed on the wait list of all schools and programs that you ranked higher than your offered school. You will be able to see your child’s wait list status at your MySchools account after offers are made in the spring.

Learn more about our Dual Language Program.

Changes to our zone have been proposed for September 2022

New students entering our school in September 2022 will be affected by changes to zoning and admissions policies.

Please read this post on the rezoning for the proposed changes to the zone and admissions policies.

If you have feedback on the rezoning, please write to: BrooklynZoning@schools.nyc.gov, Superintendent Anita Skop at ASkop@schools.nyc.gov, or the Community Education Council District 15 at CEC15@schools.nyc.gov