Enrollment Guidelines
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Please contact Mrs. Ellen Oxales, Registrar in the Guidance Office to confirm your neighborhood school or click on the link below to be connected to the Capistrano Unified School District Website. This link provides an opportunity to verify your neighborhood home school by typing in your street address. |
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Pick up and complete an enrollment packet or review the new online CUSD enrollment option (Fall 2011) if your child is brand new to CUSD and has never been enrolled in CUSD. Online enrollment is not available for returning students to CUSD. Review the additional enrollment documentation required and place it in the enrollment packet and/or attach with your online verification: Please Note – Enrollment is different than the Registration Packet. New Option for Parents: On-line Student Enrollment - your child is new to CUSD, please see the following website to: http://cusd.capousd.org/cusdweb/registration.htm |
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Schedule an enrollment appointment with the Registrar and Academic Advisor by calling or emailing the Registrar. Scheduled appointments take approximately 15 minutes for enrollment and 15 minutes with the Academic Advisor. Walk-ins are welcomed, however may need to make additional arrangements to meet with an academic advisor if the advisor is not available at the time of walk-in. Walk-in’s must have all necessary documents and be prepared to wait if necessary. Students who currently have an individualized educational plan will need to anticipate additional steps to enroll. 2011/2012 - New students to CUSD who need to attain a CUSD ID number to particiapte in Algebra camp during the summer must be enrolled prior to June 15th, 2011. Due to time constraints SJHHS is requesting that these familes complete the enrollment in June and a make a separate appointment with the Academic Advisor in August.
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Enrollment Documents
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Verification of Identity of parent, caregiver, licensed foster agency or group home representative, or California Superior Court-appointed legal guardian
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Proof of Residence in compliance with the CUSD board policies. Residency of a student shall be verified through two different documents:
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Immunization record. Students must meet all immunization requirements to be enrolled and attend classes. New students may be able to contact the prior school of attendance to obtain these records. Current CUSD students may request these records by clicking on the link to request the immunization record. To find out more about CUSD immunization requirements: To request an immunization record: In addition, CUSD requires tuberculosis screening for entry into preschool or before the first school entry. Therefore, if the student is enrolling from OUTSIDE the U.S.A. for the first time, a TB skin test will be required. Proof of written evidences must be provided with a Mantoux (PPD) Skin Test . This test must be completed within the past eighteen months including results records in millimeters. If skin test results are positive, a x-ray date and statement that the child is free of communicable TB is required. |
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Birth Certificate/Age of Admission. Students enrolling for the first time in a CUSD school must provide proof of age with a birth certificate, baptismal certificate, passport or immigration certificate. |
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Clearance/Withdrawal form. Students entering after the start of the school year will need to provide a withdrawal form from the prior school. This form should have the student's prior class schedule and must have a copy of any withdrawal grades if applicable. |
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Transcript. An official transcript is preferred at the time of enrollment; however unofficial transcripts will be accepted. Please contact the student’s last school of attendance for this document. |
Additional Documents
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Registration
Immediately after enrollment, a Registration Packet may be provided to the student. All required registration forms must be completed and turned in on the first date of attendance.
All students must complete the registration forms every year. This includes current CUSD students who are automatically enrolled from the prior middle schools and SJHHS students from the prior school year of attendance. These required forms includes the following:
- Student Information Card/Emergency Card
- Student Ethnicity/Race
- Acknowlegement Card
- Voluntary Drug Testing Program Form
- McKinney-Vento Assistance Act
- Migrant Education Program (if applicable)
New Vaccinations Required for 7th - 12th Graders
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO—Students entering 7th through 12th grades next fall need an additional vaccination before they can start school, Capistrano District Unified School District officials notified parents this week.
State law now requires all students entering the 7th through 12th grades in the 2011-2012 school year to have proof of a Tdap booster shot given on or after their 7th birthday. The law includes current, new and transfer students in public and private schools. Beginning July 1, 2012, and beyond, all students entering the 7th grade will need proof of a Tdap booster shot before starting school.
“We encourage our families to take care of this new requirement quickly so that their children are protected from the recent resurgence of whooping cough,” Superintendent Joe Farley said.
The Tdap booster vaccination helps prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The vaccination can be obtained from a family physician, at local pharmacies or through the Orange County Health Care Agency. Health agencies are also encouraging adults to get a pertussis booster shot.
According to information from the California Department of Public Health, most children are protected from diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis prior to entering kindergarten because of vaccinations received in early childhood. However, immunity wears off, making older children vulnerable to whooping cough. The booster shot will help protect them and others close to them, including infants.
Families are asked to bring their child’s yellow immunization card (also known as a shot record), to their child’s as soon as they receive the vaccination. For more information on this requirement, parents can contact the health assistant or office manager at their school.
