The Canfield Local School District will host kindergarten registration sessions for students residing in the district for the 2019-20 school year. The sessions will take place on March 5 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at C.H. Campbell Elementary School, located at 300 Moreland Drive, and on March 26 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Hilltop Elementary School, located at 400 Hilltop Boulevard. Register at the school which the student will attend.
New students in grades one through four are welcome to register at this time. Students who are currently attending kindergarten at Canfield do not need to re-register for first grade.
General regulations for these students are as follows: the child must be a resident of the Canfield Local School District; children entering kindergarten must have attained the age of 5 on or before Aug. 1, 2019; children entering first grade must have attained the age of 6 on or before Aug. 1, 2019, and must have completed a successful year in kindergarten; the child’s original birth certificate must be presented at the time of registration; the child’s original social security card must be presented at the time of registration; proof of residence must be presented at the time of registration, i.e. driver’s license and one of the following: purchase agreement for home, rental agreement for an apartment or gas or electric bill with residential address; divorce decree and/or proof of custody (if applicable) must be presented at the time of registration and according to Canfield Local Schools’ Board of Education policy, the immunization record of the student must be presented to register the student for kindergarten. The record must be from a physician’s office or a health clinic.
Required immunizations do not need to be completed by registration, but must be presented. The Canfield Local Schools follow the requirements of Ohio law and the Ohio Department of Health. Pupils to be admitted to an elementary school must have written evidence that they have received the following immunizations before entering school in the fall: four or more of DTaP or DT, or any combination; three or more doses of IPV; two doses MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine; three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine given at the appropriate intervals and two doses of varicella vaccine (chicken pox).
If the child has not been immunized against any of the above mentioned diseases because of a physician’s recommendation, or because of religious objections, the school must have a signed statement to that affect, which must be renewed each school year.
The Canfield Local School District is also conducting its Intensive Awareness Campaign. Anyone in the district who is aware of or suspect they have a handicapped child are asked to contact John Vitto, director of Special Services, at 330-533-6219.