North Royalton City Schools “Lil’ Bears Preschool,” which is located at North Royalton Elementary, is primarily a center-based classroom environment that is designed to help serve students roughly ages three and four.  As a public school program, our structure is designed to meet the needs of students in the community with identified disabilities, while providing a great learning environment for all of our students. 

 

Our classrooms have a limited number of students per room.  We select our "typically developing peers"  through a screening process to help find strong models for our classrooms. Typical developing peer positions are tuition-based. The others are held for students that follow an Individualized Education Plan.  

 

We have class four days a week, Tuesday through Friday. Preschool has both an AM and a PM session. Younger children typically attend a morning session and older children the afternoon session.  The final placement determination is made during the IEP meeting for your child.

We begin our peer screening process in January. Students come in on two occasions to visit the classrooms and provide you with an opportunity to see our program.  We notify our peers by mid-March and begin to compile our waiting list at that time.

If you would like to get on our peer screening list or are interested in our program, please contact us at North Royalton Elementary at 440-582-9060,

If you have concerns about your child's development, please contact Pupil Services at 440-582-9068.

Preschool Coordinator
Mike McGinnis
16400 State Rd.
North Royalton, OH 44133
[email protected]

Registration for Preschool has 2 components.   You must complete the online registration for your child.  You will then make an appointment to turn in all of your documents. To begin the online registration process CLICK HERE

A. Download, print, and complete the forms in the required forms section below.

B. Gather documents as specified in the required documents section below.

C. Please call registration at  440-582-9140 to make an appointment to turn in all of your documents.

North Royalton Central Registration Office is located at 13220 Ridge Road (in the trailer next to the building) 

*Child's Original Birth Certificate:  Certified copy (NO BIRTH LETTERS).  Students born outside of the U.S. must have their native country's birth certificate AND an original notarized English translation.

 1. Renters: Current signed lease

 2. Home Owners: Current utility bill or current mortgage statement (current meaning month of registration)

 3. Persons Residing With Others: The owner must complete the Owner Affidavit and the resident must complete the Residency and  Custody Affidavit. The owner, if they hold title to the property, must also submit a current bill. If the owner is renting, a current signed lease is required. 

*Driver's License or State I.D.: (non-expired) of residential parent registering student. Only the parent/guardian may register a student.

*Divorce Documents: (if applicable) must be a certified copy with any exhibits, attachments, shared parenting plans, visitation schedules, etc., as referenced in the divorce decree.

*Custody Documents: (if other than divorce) must be a court-filed document with all pages and attachments.