School of Choice
Welcome to Grand Haven Area Public Schools! We are so pleased to have you and your child join our school family. Our highly-qualified staff is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment and delivering quality and challenging programs for your child. To make the registration process easier for you, you will complete your child's enrollment registration on our Online Registration portal.
Preschool Programs
Information and Enrollment Forms for Preschool Programs
Young Fives / Kindergarten
GHAPS offers full-day Young Fives and Kindergarten programs in all of our elementary school buildings for children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, of the current year. (Students turning five between September 1 and December 1 may still enroll through a waiver process.)
The Voyager Multi-Age School (at Ferry Elementary)
School of Choice
Internal School of Choice (Elementary Buildings)
Parents of resident students may request that their child attend a school outside their attendance area by downloading and completing the 
Intra-District Schools of Choice Application Form and uploading it with your Online Registration and/or emailing the form to registration@ghaps.org. Applications will be accepted beginning March 5th of the current school through May 15th. Administration will meet and parents will be notified on or about July 15. Internal School of Choice requests will be honored based on space and availability in the school requested. If the School of Choice student requests to return to their assigned attendance area, placement will be based upon space and availability. Transportation for Schools of Choice children is the parents’ responsibility.
External School of Choice
Grand Haven Area Public Schools offer outstanding instructional and extra-curricular programs and, through Schools of Choice, is pleased to offer these programs to non-resident students. Grand Haven accepts applications of students residing in Ottawa County and residents outside of Ottawa County under Section 105c. Parents can apply by completing the Non-Resident Enrollment Application Form and uploading it with your Online Registration and/or emailing the form to registration@ghaps.org. The application window is from March 5th through the end (Friday) of the first week of school each year. By the end (Friday) of the first week of school each year, parents will be notified in writing of their non-resident students’ acceptance, school building and teacher assignment, and the procedures for enrollment. Parents must complete the enrollment process by the end of the first week of school.
Applications are also accepted from January 1, 2025 through January 31, 2025 for students wishing to transfer to GHAPS at the semester break.
Important considerations for parents and students applying for Schools of Choice
- Transportation is not provided for Schools of Choice enrollees. Parents must provide their own transportation to and from school for children accepted for enrollment.
- Applications may be denied if a student has been suspended from another school district within the preceding 2 years, expelled from another school district at any time before enrolling, or convicted of a felony at any time before enrolling.
- All rules of the Michigan H.S.A.A. apply to all transfer students.