Preschool Enrollment

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To learn more about our Little Lions Preschool and frequently asked questions, click here.

 

Preschool Enrollment for the 2025-26 School Year is NOW OPEN!

 

Step 1: Let Us Know You’re Interested

Will your child be four years of age on or before September 15, 2025?*  Then fill out the registration link to express your interest in a classroom spot for the 2025-2026 school year. You can register your child by filling out the Little Lions Registration for the 2025-2026 School Year.

* Under Iowa State Law, a child must be age 4 on or before September 15 to enter preschool. The district is unable to make exceptions to this requirement as it is outlined in and required by Iowa Code. Please only complete the registration process if your child will be four years old on or before September 15, 2025.

 

Step 2: Linn-Mar Will Confirm Your Child’s Enrollment

Linn-Mar will email you during the first full week of March, to confirm enrollment in Little Lions Preschool by using our randomized lottery-based system. Please make sure to check your email and junk folder as you will have 48 hours to reply and accept or decline the offered spot and time.

 

Step 3: Provide Requirement Documentation

When your child is offered a spot in the program in March, submit the required documents listed below by the designated deadline in order to hold the spot for your child. We encourage you to begin obtaining all of the required registration documents ahead of time as there will be a deadline to turn in these materials if your child is offered a spot. Please do not send these documents in ahead of time. If all documents are not received, your child’s name will go back onto the wait list. This is due to the high demand of the program.

Required Initial Documents for the 2025-2026 School Year- (you will be asked to fill out more documents in our PowerSchool system during the summer months)

  • Proof of birthdate (birth certificate, passport, signed immunization record by physician)
  • Most recent physical summary from your child’s physician.
  • Most recent immunization record from your child’s physician.

To submit your registration materials, you can either mail, email or drop them off to Michaela Pirnat at the LRC office. If you choose to email, please attach all required documents in one email in a PDF format.

Name: Michaela Pirnat (Director of Early Childhood)
Email: michaela.pirnat@linnmar.k12.ia.us
Phone: (319) 730-3627
Mailing address:
Linn-Mar Administration Building
Attn: Michaela Pirnat
3556 Winslow Road
Marion, IA 52302

 

Step 4: Final Confirmation in July

Step 4: Linn-Mar will email you to confirm that all documents have been received and then provide communication throughout the summer about the upcoming school year. You will receive an email in July on next steps for registering your child into our PowerSchool system. Until then, there is nothing else you will need to do!

(Enrollment in the Little Lions program will be determined by a lottery-based system)