Registration Packet Coversheet (2 pages)

       School Board of Broward County, Florida School Registration Form (1 page) (forms are attached in English, Spanish, Creole, & Portuguese - complete form in parent home language)

       Somerset Academy Registration Application (Application, Registration Rules and Commitments, Student Code of Excellence, Parent Contract – 6 pages)

       Somerset Academy Student Contract (1 page)

       Somerset Academy Uniform Policy (1 page)

       Broward County Public Schools Code of Student Conduct (1 page)

       Somerset Academy Parent Compact (1 page)

       Somerset Academy Volunteer Policy (1 page)

       Somerset Academy – School Driving/Parking Policy – Middle/High School Students Only (1 page)

       Pre-Kindergarten Acknowledgment Letter (Pre-Kindergarten 4 is a tuition-based program available at the Chapel Trail Campus only)

       Before/After Care Acknowledgment Letter (Eligible students:  Grades Kindergarten – 8^th grade & Pre-K 4)

       Copy of Birth Certificate

       Two Proofs of Broward County Residence (see below)

       Original Health and Immunization Forms (Yellow & Blue – due at time of registration or within one week of the child reading the age of 4 or 5 for students entering Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten)

       Original Health and Immunization Forms (Yellow & Blue – due at time of registration for students entering 7th Grade)

       Copy of last report card

       Copy of current health insurance card

       Copy of IEP/EP, if answered “yes” to exceptional educational student question above

       Copy of final report card to be delivered to the Somerset Academy campus registered no later than June 30, 2008

Age Requirement 

Pre-Kindergarten (Chapel Trail campus only):     
Children who will be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2008 shall be eligible for admission to pre-kindergarten (program is tuition-based)

Kindergarten:                                                 
Children who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2008 shall be eligible for admission to kindergarten

First Grade:                                                 
                                    Children who will be 6 years old on or before September 1, 2008 and who have been enrolled
                                    in a public school shall be eligible for admission to first grade.

Students who have completed kindergarten in a private school AND who are 6 years old on or before September 1, 2008 shall be eligible for admission to first grade.  A letter from the private school stating satisfactory completion of kindergarten must be presented at time of registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL NEW REGISTRANTS (including siblings):

PROOF OF RESIDENCE (Domicile)

One current piece of evidence from the following sources in the name of the parent/guardian registering the child

_____ Current telephone or electric bill in the name of the parent registering the child.
_____ Rent receipt with the name of lessor and contact information/ mortgage statement.
_____ Lease agreement with name of lessor and contact information.
_____ Mortgage commitment.
_____ Home Purchase contract including specified closing date, with copy of deed to be provided within 60 days of closing date

AND - One of the following:
_____ Automobile insurance.
_____ Current Florida Driver's License/Florida Identification Card.
_____ Cellular telephone bill.
_____ Credit card statement.
_____ Bank account statement.
_____ United States Postal Service confirmation of address change request or evidence of correspondence delivered though USPS.
_____ Declaration of Domicile form from the County Records Department.

HEALTH & MEDICAL RECORDS

Original Health and Immunization records (Blue & Yellow) must be presented at the time of registration. The proper form needed to document a student's immunization history is the Department of Health Form 680.  The Florida Plan for School Health Services requires that all students (PK-12) submit documentation of a Student Health Examination performed within the 12 months prior to initial entry into a Florida school.  A Student Health Examination (DH or HRS-H Form 3040), including proof of tuberculin skin test, reading of test, and appropriate follow-up, should be completed and signed by a licensed practicing health care provider, and presented to the school at the time of registration.

Minimum Required Immunizations (requirements as of February, 2008):

Vaccine		Dose
Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (DTP)		5 doses If 4th dose was given on or after the 4th birthday, only 4 doses are required
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) - 4 doses		If 3rd dose was given on or after the 4th birthday, only 3 doses are required
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) - 2 doses of Measles		K-12th grade (MMR preferred)
ADDITIONAL VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTED GRADES
Vaccine	Grades
Hepatitis B (series of 3 shots)	PreK, K-12
Tetanus/Diphtheria (Td) booster	7-12
Varicella Vaccine (Chicken Pox)	PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd