Byron-Bergen district sets kindergarten registration

Children who will be five years of age on or before December 1, 2007, are eligible for entrance to kindergarten in the Byron-Bergen School District in September 2007. New families in the district should notify the school if they have a child that will enter kindergarten next September. Parents can contact the Byron-Bergen Elementary School Office by calling 494-1220, ext. 1301. Information may also be sent to the Byron-Bergen Elementary School, 6971 West Bergen Road, Bergen, New York 14416.

All children registering for kindergarten will be scheduled for a screening appointment in May. The results of this screening will be used to plan for the 2007-2008 Kindergarten Program. There will be an information meeting in the Elementary School Cafetorium to discuss the registration and screening process on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m.

The following items are necessary to complete the registration process: child's Birth Certificate, child's Social Security card and proof of residency if this is the first child entering the school district. Also, New York State law requires that every child entering school must have received a minimum of three doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine (DPT) and three doses of polio (IPV) vaccine. It is also mandated that each child must have received two MMR's (measles, mumps, rubella), three doses of Hepatitis B and one dose of varicella (chickenpox). Their immunizations must be completed prior to entering school.

January 21, 2007