Applying to Tillamook

For returning families and alumni

In January 2010, we will begin accepting registration forms from returning families and in February from alumni members. Any remaining spots are offered to the general public.

For new families

First, please read About Tillamook Preschool.

Our Open House will be held February 20, 2010 from 10:00 - 1:00 at 935 NE 33rd Avenue., at which time we will accept applications from the general public. Our teacher, Anette Horten, will speak at 11:30 a.m. Applications are available for download below and will also be available at our open house.

Applications are due by February 27, 2010. You may send in your application prior to the open house, but sending it early does not affect your standing in the lottery. By the deadline, applications must be in our P.O. Box:

Portland Tillamook Preschool
P.O. Box 13125
Portland, OR 97213

Notification will be given within approximately three weeks. Applicants must be at least three years old by December 31, 2010.

Open house location

The preschool is located in a rooms and a playground rented from Laurelhurst Presbyterian Church at 935 NE 33rd St. (at Pacific St). We have no religious affiliation to this or any other church.

Waiting list

Portland Tillamook Preschool maintains a waiting list of families who have applied but for whom we do not have space.

In a typical year, there are 100 applications for fewer than 10 openings.

Our classes are mixed age and gender.  Our board is directed to maintain balances between the ages and genders.  We assign children to categories based on their “birth year” and gender (a girl might be in the 2006 F category, for example).When we have an opening, we look to the category that will best help us balance the class, and our membership coordinator begins calling waiting list members in that category in the order of their lottery draw. We call one family at a time.

So that we can be fair to families further down the waiting list, we ask that you respond within one business day to our call. You can call us and let us know:

  • that you accept the place in the school;
  • that you need another 24 hours to decide;
  • that you do not wish to accept the place but want to remain on the waiting list;
  • that you wish to be removed from the waiting list.

If you miss our call and deadline and call us as soon as possible, you will be reinstated to your place on the waiting list.  If we do not hear anything from you within a reasonable time, you will be removed from the list.