Admissions Process

• Collect all the documents applicable to your student, scan them, and have them ready to be uploaded when requested in the application.
• Use quality images of the documents to be uploaded. Blurred and unreadable pictures will NOT be accepted, and your application will be declined. You may use Adobe Scan or a similar app to upload your documents.
  • Download the Adobe Scan App.
• Kindergarten applicants MUST be 5 years old on or before September 1st of the school year they are planning to begin kindergarten. 

Collect and scan the following documents:

BEFORE applying, COLLECT and SCAN all required documents (1 through 5):
If missing a document(s), upload/attach a letter explaining the missing document.

1. Transcripts/Academic History (most recent records)
   Kindergarten Applicants: No academic records needed
   Elementary Applicants: Upload records from KG to current grade level
   Middle School Applicants: Upload records from Grade 3 to current grade level
   High School applicants: Upload records from Grade 3 to current grade level
   Homeschooled applicants: Upload the Verification Letter from the Alachua County Home School Office stating that your child has been enrolled in a Homeschool Program and copies of the Yearly Homeschool Evaluation from a Certified Teacher (at the end of every homeschool year)
2. Birth certificate
3. Discipline Report/Behavior Letter from the previous/current school
4. Standardized Test Scores/FSA Scores/other state mandate exams
5. Attendance Records (from the last and current school year)

Educational Services: All students receiving educational services (including kindergarten applicants) MUST submit all documents related to each educational service (IEP, 504 Plan, EP/Gifted, ELL/ESOL, Speech Therapy, and any other educational services/therapies being received in or outside the school). The following are documents requested for IEP, 504 Plan, and EP/Gifted:

• Notice/Consent for Initial Placement Form
• Eligibility for placement into the program form
• Initial evaluation/physician’s report(s) considered by the eligibility team, including, but not limited to, any psychological or medical report(s), social/emotional/behavioral data, and/or speech/language evaluative data
• The student’s most recent Educational Plan
• Any subsequent evaluation/re-evaluation reports (if applicable)
• Any documents related to “in progress” of requesting services

• Click this link P.K. Yonge Admissions Application to request the application. Use an accessible email address. 
• You will receive an email with the link to the application. Please save your login and username password information; you may need it to log in again in case you need extra time to complete your application.
• You need ONLY ONE account per family. The same login information allows you to apply for several students (from the same family, living in the same household/address).
• Use the full legal name of the student. Carefully check the spelling, phone numbers, and address. You CANNOT make changes after submitting the application.
• Complete each step, save, and move to the next step until your application is complete. If you need more time or if you do not have ALL the required documents, you may save your application to complete it later. Submit your application when ALL documents have been uploaded and ALL forms and steps have been completed. Do NOT submit an incomplete application. Only complete applications will be reviewed. If any document/information is missing, your application will be DECLINED, and a new application will be required.

Application Assistance

• If you are having difficulties completing your application or have lost your login information, send an email to admissions@pky.ufl.edu. 
• If you need technology support to complete an application, please visit our Main Office Monday to Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. The Admissions Officer will be able to provide you with technology and support for you to complete your application.

• Complete applications received within the Application Access Window will be included in the first round of selections and they will be considered during additional rounds of selections as spaces become available May through August. You will not receive a follow up confirmation email. 
• Only complete applications will be reviewed. If any document/information is missing, your application will be declined.
• You will NOT be able to edit or make changes after the application has been submitted.

• Complete applications received after the Application Access Window will not be included in the first round of selections, however, they will be included in additional rounds of selections if spaces become available (May through August).  

• Only complete applications are considered during selections. High school applications are accepted year-round.

• Incomplete application using non-updated/old records will be declined, and parents must resubmit a NEW application with all the required documents (using the MOST recent records at the time of applying during the Application Access Window). You will receive a follow up email with instructions on how to complete the application.

• Only VPK, KG, 4^th, 6^th, and 9^th grade levels receive selected & non-selected notifications if the application was received within the Application Access Window.

• Selected applicants will receive an invitation via email with the enrollment instructions.

• Unselected applications will remain active in the applicants’ pool for one (1) school year, and they will be considered in the selections during the school year in which the application was received (if spaces become available).  

• Emails are sent to selected students ONLY if spaces become available. We will send notifications via email/phone call to the families of the students that have been selected. For these grade levels, there must be a vacancy for a student to be invited and admitted. If spaces become available, notification could be sent from late May until late August.
• Non-selected students will NOT receive notification emails.