Ensuring Good Health

The school will ask parents to provide up-to-date information about where a parent or guardian can be reached in the event of a child's illness or injury at school. Alternative phone numbers are also needed in case a parent or guardian cannot be contacted. Please notify the school if there is a change in this information during the school year.

Students entering Circle District Schools for the first time must meet the following admission requirements:

• Be at least five years old before September 1.
• Submit a legal birth certificate and identification of address.
• If out of district, complete and have approved an Out-of-District form.
• Submit a health assessment form - required for student age 8 and under.
• Have proof of the following immunizations that meet the following guidelines.

Immunizations Required:

1.  DPT - diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus. Have at least four doses and at least one dose must be given on or after the 4th birthday.

2.  IPV or OPV - polio vaccine. Have at least three doses and one dose must be on or after the 4th birthday. If there are four doses given, with a least four weeks between doses, none of the doses have to be given after the 4th birthday.

3.  MMR - measles, mumps, rubella. Two doses needed for all children. The first dose must be on or after the 1st birthday and there must be at least four weeks between the first and second dose.

4.  Hepatitis B - Three doses.

5.  Varicella - chicken pox. One dose being given on or after the 1st birthday. Two doses are recommended.

6.  Td - tetanus, diphtheria. For children ages 12-18, a Td booster is required ten years after the date of the last DPT.