Information on Kindergarten Registration from Ridgefield Public Schools

Listed below are the dates each elementary school will hold Kindergarten registration for the 2015/16 school year.

These dates are for parents only. Parents will be introduced to some members of the school staff, registration forms will be reviewed and important information will be distributed.

ELIGIBILITY:

• All children who reach the age of five (5) on or before January 1, 2016 are eligible for enrollment.

• Under Connecticut State Statutes, the mandatory age for children to start school is five. Any parent who chooses to exempt his/her child from kindergarten must meet with the local school principal to complete exemption papers.

• The Connecticut State Department of Health requires proof of immunizations (NEEDED AT REGISTRATION) and a complete physical examination within one year of entry. This information should be recorded on the State of Connecticut Health Assessment Record form. (You will receive a copy of this form at registration.)

WHAT TO BRING:

• Ridgefield Public Schools Registration Form completed.

• Child's original birth certificate or other legal proof of age.

• Parent photo ID.

• Proof of residence (warranty deed, mortgage statement, tax bill, or lease agreement and two utility bills).

• Proof of immunizations with specific dates (month/day/year) for polio (IPV or OPV), measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), Haemophilus influenza type b (HIB), Hepatitis B and diphtheria, tetanus & pertussis (DTaP), chicken pox (Varivax), Hepatitis A, and pneumococcal signed and stamped by your physician. Please provide any other pertinent health information on the Student Medical History form.

During kindergarten orientation in May, parents will have an opportunity to listen to a presentation about kindergarten. On either the registration date or during the orientation, there will be an opportunity to sign-up your child for the Mini-Kindergarten Program taking place from May 13th to the 21st. Each child will attend on a specific day for one hour with other pre- kindergarten students. At Barlow Mountain, Farmingville and Ridgebury Elementary Schools, the orientation and Mini-Kindergarten Program take place on the same day.

Elementary school principals will send information packets to those parents known to have prospective kindergartners. Parents of kindergarten-age children who have not received a packet should telephone their district school to obtain information and arrange a registration appointment as soon as possible.

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