Crestview sets kindergarten registration

Van Wert independent/Crestview information

CONVOY — Parents or guardians residing in the Crestview School District having a child 5 years of age on or before August 1 may register the child for kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year.  Parents or guardians requesting open enrollment for their kindergarten student to the Crestview School District should also register at this time.

Registration will be held Monday, March 12, through Friday, March 16, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the elementary office (enter at door 9).

At the time of registration, parents or guardians need to present the following: child’s original birth certificate, child’s social security card, child’s immunization record, custody papers (if applicable) and one proof of residency document (mortgage statement, lease agreement, voter registration card, utility statement, bank statement, or rent receipt. A post office box cannot validate residency requirements.).

Incoming kindergarten students do not need to attend during the 20-30 minutes registration time.

State law requires the following immunizations for public school children: two doses of MMR; four to five doses of DPaT (five doses are required unless the four dose was received after 4 years of age); three to four doses of polio (final dose must be after 4 years of age); three doses of Hepatitis B; two doses of Varicella (chicken pox). The Hepatitis A vaccine is also recommended, but not required (all immunizations are required to be documented by the 15th day of school).

Parents will need to update immunizations with their child’s physician or with the Van Wert County Health Department. The County Health Department (419.238.0808, extensions 103 or 107) is currently scheduling appointments for immunization clinics. Vision, hearing, and speech screenings will be conducted at the beginning of the 2012-2013 kindergarten school year as a part of kindergarten screening.

For additional information, email Crestview Elementary Principal Kathy Mollenkopf at mollenkopf.kathy@crestviewknights.com or call 419.749.9100, extension 1002.