Polk County Public Schools
Polk schools highly recommend registering new kindergarteners prior to school starting next year. Early registration avoids delays in August.
Many elementary schools have designated the week of April 21 to 25 for their Kindergarten Round-Ups with special days, times or evening hours to enroll new students. Please contact individual schools for Kindergarten Round-up schedules. Schools can also tell you about required proof of age, medical and residency documentation needed for enrollment. Students entering kindergarten must be 5-years-old on or before September 1, 2008.
To learn which school a child is zoned to attend for kindergarten, call the school district’s Office of Pupil Accounting at (863) 534-0716.
To enroll a new kindergarten student, parents or guardians must present the following: legal proof of age (i.e. a certified copy of a birth certificate, baptismal certificate or passport); a current physical exam dated within the last 12 months and a certificate of immunization (Florida Department of Health form 680) showing all shots including hepatitis B series and two immunization verifications each of MMR and varicella.
Proofs of residency from two different categories are also required: Category 1 - mortgage document, property tax record, home or apartment lease agreement; Category 2 - a current utility bill (electric, gas, phone, water, cable); Category 3 - current voter registration document; Category 4 - proof of current government benefits (Medicare, disability, food stamps, HRS correspondence). Driver’s licenses and vehicle registration papers are not accepted as proofs of residency.
A free workshop titled “Making Sense of School” will be held Tuesday, April 22 for parents and guardians of special needs individuals and students.
The workshop will present attendees with strategies using the senses to help and improve learning and behavior at school and at home for special needs individuals and students. The workshop on April 22 will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Jim Miles Professional Development Center, 5204 U.S. Highway 98 South, Lakeland.
Call (863) 647-4258 for further information or workshop registration details.
The workshop is being presented by the Florida Learning Resources System, the Polk public schools exceptional student education department, the Florida Inclusion Network and the Family Network on Disabilities. Workshop presenters will be Deborah Bovali and Lucy Schliesser, occupational therapists with the Polk public schools.