Polk County Public Schools
Polk schools highly recommends registering new kindergarteners prior to school starting this August. Early registration avoids delays at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year.
Many elementary schools have designated the week of April 20 to 24 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 five-years-old on or before September 1, 2009.
Call the school district’s Office of Pupil Accounting at (863) 534-0716 to learn which school a child is zoned to attend kindergarten.
To enroll a new kindergarten student, parents and 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 second MMR, polio, DPT/DTaP, hepatitis B series, second varicella or signed proof of chicken pox.
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.
