Get Ready for Kindergarten: Enrollment Information Sessions (Watch Videos)
The Enrolling Your Child in Public School (SFUSD) talk took place on October 14, 2025. This event's video and supporting materials are available through January 31, 2026.
The Enrolling Your Child in Private School talk was held on September 10, 2025. This event's recording (UCSF MyAccess credentials required) is available through January 31, 2026.
Enrollment season for San Francisco's 2026-2027 school year starts this fall. To support UCSF families, Family Services is offering two enrollment webinars, one on private schools and one on public schools. Both events are virtual. Registration is required (details below). Questions? Contact myfamily@ucsf.edu.
Enrolling Your Child in Private School
Join private school admissions consultant Lisa Lau Aquino for a virtual talk on the process and timing for private school tours, applications, and admissions. Learn about private school options in San Francisco and affordability/financial assistance. Get advice on interviews, open houses, and more. This webinar also touches on private school admission for 1st-8th grade.Lisa Lau Aquino, a native San Franciscan, has extensive experience, knowledge, and relationships with Bay Area schools. She attended The Hamlin School (a S. F. K-8th grade school for girls), Lowell High School, and U. C. Berkeley. Lisa then returned to Hamlin as a faculty member and taught science and health for 16 years before serving as Hamlin’s Director of Admission for 21 years. In 2024, she launched her educational consulting business. Lisa was the founding President of the Bay Area Directors of Admission (BADA), a consortium of over 110 independent schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of The Bay School of San Francisco.
Enrolling Your Child in Public School
Tune into this webinar where San Francisco Unified School District’s Alicia Jones will discuss programs and options offered by SFUSD. Learn about the student assignment policy, key dates, Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Kindergarten, special education, language pathways, and much more.Alicia Jones is a counselor at the SFUSD Enrollment Center (EC), which is the Welcome Center for families on the road to education in SFUSD. EC’s counselors can help families with the entire enrollment process whether their child is new to the school district or already attending an SFUSD school.