Registration planned for Rusk Kindergarten, Pre-K students

Registration for Rusk ISD Kindergarten students for the 2008-09 school year will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, May 9 at the primary school office. All children who will be five-years-of-age, on or before Sept. 1, may register for all day kindergarten classes on this day. Children who will be four-years-old, on or before Sept. 1, may register for full day pre-kindergarten or Head Start pre-kindergarten classes. Children who will be three-years-old, on or before Sept. 1, may register for halfday pre-kindergarten classes. Pre-kindergarten applicants need to bring a current check stub. In addition, they will need to bring their 2007 income tax return, W-2, and/or TANF verification as proof of income for pre-registration. All pre-kindergarten applicants will also be required to submit verification of gross pay for the month of July 2008, before beginning classes in the fall. Pre-kindergarten students also need to bring social security cards for each member of the family as well as the child's Medicaid card if applicable.

Parents will need to bring a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, complete immunization record, social security card and proof of residency to school. The copy of the birth certificate must be one obtained from the county clerk's office. A complete immunization record is required before a child can enter school the first day. A DPT, Hepatitis B and Oral Polio series is required, with a booster after the fourth birthday. Two measles, mumps, and rubella,

MMR) are needed. Also required shots are Hepatitis A and pneumococcal vaccine for pre-k students. The Haemophilus Influenza (type) B or HIB, is required before age five. Effective Aug. 1, 2000, children entering school who have not had chicken pox need a varicella vaccination. To assist with immunization updates, persons may go to the Cherokee County Health Dept. 1209 N. Main on Mondays through Thursdays prior to enrollment from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. to receive current immunizations. Please remember to bring the child's current immunization record with you to registration.

This registration is held to ensure that a sufficient number of classes can be planned for the coming school year. Pre-Kindergarten classes have limited spaces so this enrollment date is important. After this registration, a prekindergarten child will only need to bring a July 2008 check stub to the school by Aug. 1. Kindergarten students that register now will not need to register again before the first day of school. If there are any questions, please call the Primary School at (903) 683-6106.