NEW STUDENTS REGISTRATION

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Please bring the following documents at the time of registration:

• Proof of birth date - preferably the child's birth certificate. The child’s name, child’s birth date and parent’s name must be listed on the document provided.
• Photo ID
• Legal proof of residence - settlement papers, rental contract, etc. (Photo ID is NOT acceptable proof of residence)

• Student transfer card - or last report card from previous school, for students entering from another school system. Under state law, an "Affidavit of Disclosure" must be completed at the time of registration. This form is a verification of residence for newly arrived or initial enrollments. Anyone found guilty of giving false information on this form may be fined as much as $250 in penalties.
• Record of immunization -
  The Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has regulations which require certain immunizations before children can be admitted to school. Required immunizations are diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough – for children through age 6), tetanus, polio, rubeola (measles), rubella, mumps, and for the 2003-2004 school year, children in preschool through grade two must have varicella (chicken pox) and hepatitis B vaccines.
  Regulations:
  
  (1) Require two doses of rubeola (measles) vaccine for kindergarten students, with both doses given on or after the first birthday, and separated by at least 30 days; one dose is required for pre-kindergarten students;
  
  (2) Require one dose of mumps, rubella and varicella vaccines given on or after the first birthday. Physician documented history of chicken pox disease is acceptable in lieu of vaccination;
  
  (3) Require Haemophilus influenza, type B (HIB) vaccine for educational preschool programs;
  
  (4) Recommend a physical examination of each child entering the public school system for the first time. The examination must be completed within the period of nine months before school entry or up to six months after entry. The examination must be performed by a physician or certified nurse practitioner.
   

At the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year, the parent or guardian of a child who currently resides, or has previously resided, in an at-risk area for lead poisoning shall provide to the designated administrator of the child’s school or program, evidence that the child has had blood lead testing, on entry into a Maryland public pre-kindergarten program or Maryland public school system at the level of pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade. A form approved by DHMH will be provided for documentation of the blood testing for lead poisoning.
 

If additional information is needed, contact your Health Services Coordinator at the Oxon Hill Staff Development Center at 301-749-4556 or Dr. Carole Pinckney at 301-749-4722.

· Student transfer card - or last report card from previous school, for students entering from another school system. Under state law, an "Affidavit of Disclosure" must be completed at the time of registration. This form is a verification of residence for newly arrived or initial enrollments. Anyone found guilty of giving false information on this form may be fined as much as $250 in penalties.

AGE REQUIREMENTS:

The Maryland State Board of Education adopted recommendations by the Maryland Kindergarten Committee on December 4-5, 2001, which include changing the entrance day for schooling from December 31 to September 1. As a result, the State Board adopted the required changes in COMAR, May 23, 2002. As a result of this adoption, children will have to be at least five years of age by September 1 before being allowed to start kindergarten. This change will be phased in until school year 2006-07. The plan began changing the eligibility dates for children entering pre-kindergarten for the 2002-03 school year. Therefore, attached please find an age chart for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade students.

If you have any questions, please call the Pupil Accounting and School Boundaries Department at 301-952-6300 or email pasbt@pgcps.org. Visit our website for developments on this matter.
 

STUDENT TRANSFERS (Policy 5110.3)

Under limited circumstances as provided by Board of Education policy, individual students may be granted transfers from the assigned school to another county school. Copies of the brochure, Student Transfers, which includes the Board of Education Student Transfer Policy, are available from each school principal or through the Students Transfers Office, which also evaluates and processes transfer requests.