School Registration Window: Tuesday, August 11 to Sunday, August 16
Welcome to
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary’s Online School Registration page
for the 2026-2027 school year!
Please read the following information carefully and complete all registration tasks
to ensure that your family has a smooth start to the year.
Thank you!
If you need help with registration, please call our main office at (720) 424-5600 or
email us at McKinley_Thatcher@dpsk12.org!
For assistance with registration in another language, please call our office at (720) 424-5600
or stop by our building. We are happy to provide an interpreter!
Si aad u heshid caawinaad ku saabsan diiwaangelinta luuqad kale, fadlan ka wac xafiiskayaga
(720) 424-5600 ama joogso dhismahayaga. Waan ku faraxsanahay inaan bixino turjumaan!
Para obtener ayuda con el registro en otro idioma, llame a nuestra oficina al (720) 424-5600
o pase por nuestro edificio. ¡Nos complace proporcionarle un intérprete!
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hoặc ghé qua tòa nhà của chúng tôi. Chúng tôi rất vui lòng cung cấp phiên dịch viên!
Please complete each registration step below. Our front office staff are here to assist you in any way, so please call us at (720) 424-5600 if you have questions or need help!
If you’d like to enroll at McKinley-Thatcher but did not complete a SchoolChoice application, please call us at (720) 424-5600.
If you have completed your Denver Public Schools (DPS) Online Registration through Parent Portal already, thank you! However, please note that you must ALSO complete the additional steps below.
Using a Parent Portal account, families will verify that the information in their students’ school records is correct. If you completed this step earlier in the summer, you do not need to do it again. If you can’t remember whether you’ve already completed this step, please call us at (720) 424-5600.
To begin your Online Registration, log into Parent Portal here, click on “See All Apps,” then click on “Online Registration.”
New families will need to create a Parent Portal account and may use the guide available under the “How do I create a Parent Portal account?” question here. To create your account, you must use the email address associated with your name on your student’s school record. Please call us at (720) 424-5600 if you’re unsure which email address we have listed.
The online registration process gives families the opportunity to verify and update their student’s household and other information.
If your child’s immunization record has changed since last school year, or if your child is new to McKinley-Thatcher, please upload their immunization record or exemption.
In order to submit your student’s online registration, please be sure to click the “SUBMIT” button (see screenshot below!). Families will receive an email notification that your online registration has been completed.
Complete the 2026-2027 You Benefit! form to help our school access all available federal funds to cover the cost of meals and other support programs for our students. All household income information provided through this form is strictly confidential and protected by law. Only one form is required for all children in the household. Immigration, migrant, citizenship, or refugee status is not required when completing the form.
All students in DPS have access to free healthy, nutritious school meals through the Healthy School Meals for All program. While meals will be provided for free to all DPS students through Healthy School Meals for All, families still need to complete the You Benefit! application form to ensure McKinley-Thatcher receives all available federal funding for our school.
To complete the You Benefit! application, visit www.myschoolapps.com and follow the instructions on the website. You will need your student’s DPS ID number and, if you have one, your SNAP number to complete this application. Please call our office at (720) 424-5600 or use the DPS ID Retrieval Tool to find your student’s ID number.
Kindergarten – 5th Grade Fees:
McKinley-Thatcher asks that all families in kindergarten through 5th grade pay a $50 supply fee and a $25 field trip fee during registration. Our school uses this money to buy supplies to distribute to all students and to pay for field trips throughout the year.
ECE Fees:
ECE families are asked to pay a $25 field trip fee. We are also requesting a voluntary $50 supply contribution per ECE student during registration. This contribution is optional – we ensure that no student goes without supplies!
Families may pay their school fees through our online payment website, MySchoolBucks.com. Families with an existing MySchoolBucks account may log in directly to MySchoolBucks.com or may access the site by clicking the MySchoolBucks link in Parent Portal.
New families must create a MySchoolBucks account in order to pay for school fees online. For instructions on using your Parent Portal account to set up a MySchoolBucks account, click here and scroll down to “Pay Student Fees Through the Parent Portal.”
Once you’ve logged into MySchoolBucks and connected to your McKinley-Thatcher student, you should see an invoice that includes our field trip fee and supply fee for your child (ECE families will see only a field trip fee). Add the invoice to your cart and check out to submit payment.
Families in need of financial assistance to pay their school fees may complete this Google form.
Please review important information about the beginning of the school year below.
The first day of school for kindergarten through 5th grade students is Monday, August 24.
The first day of school for ECE students is Tuesday, August 25.
ECE students will have a special half-day schedule for Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26. Please note, there will be no school bus service for ECE students on our Tuesday and Wednesday half-days.
PTA Events:
Come say hi at our PTA Popsicle Party & Meet and Greet at the McT Open House on Thursday, August 20. We’ll have a table set up by the main office where we’ll have information about the year, a fun art project for kids to take part in, and most importantly, we’ll have popsicles provided outside at the playground pavilion!
Then, join us for our First Day of School Celebration on Monday, August 24! From 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, we’ll be on the playground celebrating the start to the school year with temporary tattoos, breakfast treats, and a coffee truck with drinks for purchase.
Finally, mark your calendar for our first PTA meeting of the year! We’ll meet Friday, September 4 after drop-off from 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM. We can’t wait to share about what’s in store for the year.
Stay in Touch with the PTA:
Sign up for our PTA newsletter by clicking here.
Follow the PTA on Instagram here.
Fill out our quick survey if you might be interested in volunteering. (Google Form)
OPTIONAL for New Students: Complete Our “New Student Information” Form
Help us get to know your new McKinley student by completing our New Student Information form. If you completed this form in the spring, you do not need to fill it out again.
OPTIONAL: Walk Home / Public Transit Permission Form
if your student will be walking or taking public transit home from school unaccompanied, please complete our “Walk Home / Public Transit” permission form here. Students will not be allowed to walk home or take RTD alone without a completed form.
OPTIONAL: Discovery Link After-School Care
Visit the Discovery Link website to learn about and register for our after-school care program for ECE-4 through 5th grade students. After-school care runs daily from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM. For assistance with program registration, contact Discovery Link directly at (720) 423-1781 or discovery_link@dpsk12.org.
For questions or more information about McKinley’s Discovery Link program, please contact Caitlyn Hofland, our Discovery Link Program Supervisor, at Caitlyn_Hofland@dpsk12.net or (720) 728-9342.
ECE-4 families are required by the Colorado Department of Education to complete additional registration forms before they can begin school. If you do not have an ECE student, please skip this step!
Denver Public Schools is working with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to provide preschool tuition assistance to families through Universal Preschool Colorado, also known as UPK. UPK ensures that every child, in the year before they are eligible for kindergarten, is eligible for half-day, state-funded voluntary preschool.
To access UPK funding for ECE-4 at McKinley, families with incoming ECE-4 students must complete a UPK application on the Colorado Department of Early Childhood website. Be sure to select McKinley-Thatcher as your provider when completing your application.
If you’ve already completed your UPK application and been matched with McKinley-Thatcher, you may skip this step.
Please use the following links to download the ECE-specific registration forms in your preferred language. If you completed your ECE-specific registration forms during your May 28 play observation at the school, you do not need to fill them out again. If you can’t remember whether you’ve completed the forms, please contact our office at (720) 424-5600 or McKinley_Thatcher@dpsk12.org to confirm.
Please note that the English and Spanish version of the form packet are fillable PDFs that may be completed digitally. The other translated versions are not fillable. If you would like to receive this packet in a language not listed below, please call our office at (720) 424-5600.
The “Child’s Statement of Health Status for Enrollment” form (page 8 of the packet) MUST be signed by your child’s doctor, so please plan ahead! However, please note that, if your ECE student has seen a pediatrician in the last twelve months, you may also request a “general health appraisal form” from the pediatrician’s office. This health appraisal form can be submitted in place of the form included in the paperwork packet. Many families find this to be the easiest option!
You may use your internet browser’s built-in PDF viewer or use the Adobe Acrobat PDF program to view and complete the forms on your computer. Adobe Acrobat may be downloaded for free here.
IMPORTANT: to successfully complete these forms, please download them to your computer, then save them to your desktop using a different file name. This helps make sure your information isn’t lost when emailing your completed forms!
Completed forms may be emailed to our office at McKinley_Thatcher@dpsk12.org.
Families may also choose to:
