Hilliard Kindergarten Registration/Screening Information

							Hilliard Kindergarten
Registration/Screening Information
2010-11 Registration
If your child will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30th 2010, he/she is
eligible to start kindergarten. Each child needs to be registered in
his/her “home” school, based on current school boundaries. If you do
not know which school is your home school, please call 771-4273.

The State of Ohio’s new budget bill HB 1 requires school districts to
offer all-day kindergarten beginning with school year 2010-11.
However, recent action in the statehouse provides for a one-year
waiver of this requirement for districts who request it.

The implementation of all-day kindergarten in the district is estimated to
cost an additional $1.3 million in salaries and benefits and require an
additional 23 classrooms. Due to the financial strain and space
challenges, the Hilliard City School District will apply for the one-year
waiver when the application becomes available. Therefore, the district
intends to continue offering its current kindergarten programming in the
coming school year.

Registering your child is a 3 step-process:

    1. Pre-Registration Sign-Up
    2. Registration appointment with the district Record
       Compliance Officer
    3. Screening appointment for you and your child
 STEP 1:

Pre-Registration will be held at the child’s “home” school building based
on residency and current school district boundaries. Contact the
Hilliard City Schools Administrative Office at 771-4273 if you are
unsure of which elementary building is the “home” school for your child.

Parents should go to their "home" school gymnasium at 7:00pm
on January 20th to pick up a registration packet and make an
appointment for registration.

It is necessary to attend this meeting in order to schedule a time for
registration. If you miss the pre-registration, you will need to call your
home school to make an appointment. Only one parent is needed at
the pre-registration evening and it is not necessary to bring in any
paperwork at that time. Children do not need to attend this phase of the
registration process. At this time, you will receive a packet that will
detail what is needed in the next phase of the registration process.




 STEP 2:

When you receive a packet, you will be assigned a kindergarten
registration date and time. On the day of your registration appointment,
one of the custodial parents or guardians must bring the required
documentation to the Central Office Annex (5323 Cemetery Rd.,
located behind the main Central Office building). When all necessary
registration documents have been received, you will then make an
appointment for kindergarten screening on your school’s assigned day.

 Registration Dates
         STEP 3:

       Students will not be screened until all required paperwork is submitted.
       On the screening day, your child will be escorted to an area where
       vision, speech and school-readiness assessments are done. Please
       plan to spend about one hour completing the screening process.

        Screening Dates



       Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What do I need to bring to my child’s registration
appointment?
You should bring the packet you received at pre-registration night with the
necessary forms completed. We will also need to copy the child’s birth
certificate, official immunization record, parent proof of residency, proof of
custody (if applicable) or proof of “pending” custody. If you are unsure about
what to bring, please call our Records Compliance Officer at 921-7096. Only
completed packets with all required documents will be processed. ( Children
should not attend.)

2. How do I schedule an appointment for screening?
When all necessary registration documents have been received, you will then
make an appointment for kindergarten screening on your school's assigned
screening day. Students will not be screened until all required paperwork is
submitted. Screening dates are time sensitive, therefore parents should
submit all registration documents on their identified screening day.

3. What should I expect during screening?
District-trained kindergarten screeners will screen your child. This is not a
pass/fail screening. A school nurse will evaluate general health: vision, speech
and any learning-related function will also be evaluated. Your child will spend
a short time listening to a story, playing and interacting with other children.
You can expect this process to take approximately 60 minutes.

4. When and where can I apply for an intra-district building
transfer?
Elementary Transfer Request forms will be available March 9, 2010 in all
school buildings and at the District's Central Office. They must be received by
the end of the business day April 12, 2010.

       Return completed forms to: Mrs. Leslie McNaughton, Assistant
       Superintendent, 5323 Cemetery Road, Hilliard, OH 43026.

5. What if I did not attend the January 20th registration night?
Obtain a kindergarten registration packet from the District’s Records
Compliance Officer (located at the Central Office Annex), or by downloading
the online packet. You will then need to call your "home" school to make a
registration appointment to bring in all of your registration documentation.

6. Who can I call for more information?
        Alton Darby Elementary……………………... 334-1400
        Avery Elementary……………………………. 771-2250
        Beacon Elementary………...………………... 771-2256
        Britton Elementary…………………………… 771-2275
        Brown Elementary…………………………... 771-2270
        Darby Creek Elementary…………………….. 850-1020
        Hilliard Crossing Elementa………………….. 777-2202
        Hilliard Horizon Elementary………………… 851-2180
        Hoffman Trails Elementary..……………….. 334-0505
        J.W. Reason Elementary…..………………... 771-2253
        Norwich Elementary…………………………. 777-2418
        Ridgewood Elementary……………………… 771-2262
        Scioto-Darby Elementary………………………771-2259
        Washington Elementary……………………… 921-6200