Kindergarten Kickoff for the Waynesville R-VI School District (East, Freedom, Partridge, Thayer and Wood elementaries) will be held at 5:30 p.m. May 1 at Parker Educational Center, 909 U.S. Route 66 in Waynesville.
To be eligible to attend kindergarten in the 2024-25 School Year, a student must be age 5 before Aug. 1, 2024. According to Missouri law, a child is eligible for admission to kindergarten if the child reaches the age of 5 prior to Aug. 1, 2024, or if the child is
a military dependent who has successfully completed a state-accredited pre-kindergarten program or has attended a state-accredited kindergarten program in another state. Please note there are no exceptions made to this state law.