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Enrollment

Enrollment Packets are available in the Main Office.  Registration begins May through June prior to the start of the school year.  To find out whether you live within our school's attendance boundary, please enter your home address in the Resident School Identifier below.

Age Requirements

For Kindergarten, the child must be 5-years old on or before September 1.  Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is designed for students who turn 5-years old from September 1 to December 2.

Registration Requirements

Complete an Enrollment Packet from the Main Office.  Please bring your child with you.  Only completed packets will be accepted. 

You will also need to bring the following items:

  • Copy of Parent ID
  • Proof of Residence Utility bill (excluding telephone bill) or Mortgage document or signed lease agreement
  • Proof of Age Birth Certificate (the recorded copy, not the souvenir from the hospital) or Baptismal records or Passport
  • Immunization Record - Immunization must be current.  California State Law immunizations are required.
  • 5 DTP (Dtap, DTP, Tdap, or Td)

4 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday.  3 doses OK if one was given on or after 7th birthday.)  For 7th-12th graders, at least 1 dose of pertussis-containing vaccine is required on or after 7th birthday.

  • 4 Polio (OPV or IPV)

3 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday

  • 3 Hepatitis B

(not required for 7th grade entry)

  • 2 MMR

(Both given on or after 1st birthday)

  • 2 Varicella 

(history of Chicken Pox Disease, documented on record by a physician, meets the Varicella requirement)

 

GETTING READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

 

Uniforms

Leapwood Avenue Elementary School is considered a uniform school.  The daily uniform is as follows:

 

Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Navy blue or khaki bottoms (pants, shorts, skirts, skorts)

White, light blue, navy blue collared shirts

Closed in toes & heels shoes

Thursdays

College or University T-shirt Day

Fridays

Leapwood Lions Spirit Day (purple Leapwood T-shirt)

 

School Supplies

Basic supplies will be provided by the school such as paper, pencils, crayons, etc.  If the teachers request any specific supplies they will send a letter home with your child.

Special Needs

Make the main office aware of your child's special needs, for example Individualized Education Plan (IEP), medications, allergies, etc.