Beginning September 1, the Department of Education, will open temporary student registration centers for high school students who are new to New York City, new to its public schools, or who otherwise don’t have a high school placement. The centers will operate Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through September 24 (closed on Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah: 9/9 -10).

During that period, the borough enrollment officeswill be closed.  New students who are prepared to register prior to September 1, can do so at a borough enrollment office through August 27, according to an official at the DOE's enrollment office. After the 27th, students will need to go to a temporary registration site.

There are registration sites in every borough, all of them located in school buildings. In the Bronx, you can register at Theodore Roosevelt Complex orPS/IS 194; in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts, Clara Barton High School, IS 223, orBrooklyn Tech; in Manhattan at theAmerican Sign Language School, the  George Washington complex, or the Joan of Arc building (PS 333/Manhattan School for Children); in Queens, go to Thomas Edison or Long Island City high schools; and in Staten Island the registration center is atPetrides.

Elementary and middle school students should register at their zoned school, starting on the first day of classes, Sept. 8. <!--more-->Those students who don’t have a zoned school — and many districts throughout the city do not have zoned middle schools – should go to one of the temporary registration centers.

New students who require a special class setting or District 75 program may need to register at the Committee on Special Educationor a Special Ed Enrollment Site. For more information on special education placements for new students, read this flyer.

Before heading over to an enrollment office (through Aug. 27) or registration center (starting Sept. 1), make sure you have the proper documents. Check the DOE’s website for a list of required documents — and don’t forget to bring your child!  If you are new to New York City and its school system, check out our New to NYC schools? section.

For more information, read the DOE's flyer, Back to School: Registration for New Public School Students in English here.  You can find links to the same flyer translated into Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Urdu here.