Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten Orientation

Monday, March 30, 2009

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.
Parent Program starts at 9:00
until 10:30 a.m.

Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, to enroll in Kindergarten, children should be
5 years of age on or before August 31, 2009

Download the Kindergarten
Registration Form

In English _ _ In Spanish

Registration held at:
All Elementary Schools

The child's birth certificate, immunization records proof of residency (lease or real estate document, power bill, etc.) and the North Carolina Kindergarten Health Assessment Report form are required to register. The Health Assessment form is available from the school, the County Health Department, and most pediatricians' offices. North Carolina law requires all students entering Kindergarten receive a health assessment and all necessary immunizations.

Rising Kindergarten students who have requested a transfer should attend the Kindergarten Orientation Session in their home school district - not the school where they have requested a transfer.

For the latest information about NC kindergarten policies and regulations, please visit the NC DPI Primary Education website. There you will find links to the new policy regarding the change of the kindergarten entry date (August 31), the kindergarten early entry policy, information about the kindergarten health assessment requirement as well as a link to the new NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practices position paper!

http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/ec/

For More Information Call:

the Elementary School
in your
School Attendance Zone.

Schools are enrolling next year’s kindergartners now. Parents should contact schools as soon as possible if they have not already registered their child.

A state law has changed the date children become eligible to attend kindergarten in 2009-2010. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, 2009, are eligible to enroll in kindergarten in August.

Kindergarten orientation will be held in all elementary schools on Monday, March 30. Parents are to attend orientation at the school in their attendance zone – even if they plan to request a transfer to another school for next year.

Orientation sessions start about 9 a.m. at all schools with registration beginning about 8:15 a.m. Parents will attend information sessions while their children visit with the kindergarten teachers. Sessions should last until about 10:30 a.m.

Parents should bring these items to orientation or when they register their child:

· An official birth certificate – not a hospital record – that may be obtained from the Register of Deeds office in the county where the child was born.

· Proof of residency such as a driver’s license or a copy of a current lease or real estate document, power, telephone or water bill etc.

· A completed North Carolina Kindergarten Health Assessment Report. Forms are available at schools, the County Health Department and many doctors’ offices. The law requires a health assessment be completed within 12 months of the day a child first enters kindergarten. Health assessments and immunizations are available at the Cleveland County Health Department for those who do not have a regular doctor. Appointments should be made as soon as possible.

· An updated immunization record that provides medical evidence of the following vaccinations and the required number of doses:

1.     Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis
2.     Polio
3.     Measles
4.     Mumps
5.     Rubella
6.     Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib)
7.     Hepatitis B (Hep B)
8.     Varicella (chickenpox)

More specific immunization information is available at this site: http://www.immunizenc.com/parentsschoolreqs.htm

Call elementary schools or 704.476-8000 now for more information.