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Kindergarten Registration Requirements

• Category 1(REQUIRED)-Apartment rent receipt, mortgage document, property tax record
• Category 2-one CURRENT utility bill (gas, cable, phone, water)
• Category 3– CURRENT voter registration card
• Category 4– PROOF of CURRENT government benefits (medicare, disability, food stamps, DCF correspondence)

Immunization Requirements for Kindergarten
The State of Florida, Florida Department of Health, immunization requirements for Kindergarten school entry in 2009-2010 are as follows: TWO doses of Varicella (chicken pox) (unless proof of disease) will be required for ALL students entering Kindergarten.

In addition, students entering Kindergarten will need:

• five doses of DTaP (Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) vaccine,
• four doses of Polio vaccine,
• two doses of MMR (Measles-Mumps-Rubella),
• and three doses of Hep B (Hepatitis B) are required.   

A Kindergarten entry physical along with the Florida Certificate of Immunization will be required at time of school registration (Thursday, April 23rd). Please check with your child’s doctor or the Health Department for any questions regarding these requirements. Please, make an appointment with your child’s doctor or Health Department early on as they get very busy closer to August and appointments become more difficult to find.

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) at SHES

PBS is the application of positive interventions and system changes to achieve socially important behavior change. PBS is also a behaviorally-based systems approach to improving the capability of schools, families, and communities to design effective and positive environments in which teaching and learning occur. PBS requires a collaborative team consisting of administrators, teachers, support personnel, behavior specialist, and, eventually, parents.  Sleepy Hill’s PBS Team has worked on developing a school-wide plan that includes the following components:

1. Expectations and rules that are clearly and positively defined:
   Sleepy Hill Elementary Expectations
   Show Respect
   Healthy Attitude
   Explore Responsibly
   Safety First
2. Lesson plans for teaching the expectations and rules to staff and then to students.
3. The acknowledgement of appropriate behaviors through positive praise, a school-wide reward system, and class-wide reward systems. For the school-wide system, students are rewarded charms/tokens (that go on chains) for outstanding behavior that reflects the school’s expectations and classroom or area rules. Students who earn enough tokens by the end of each month use these tokens to attend a reward event at the end of the month.
4. The proactive correction of behavioral errors through corrective feedback and discipline.
5. The use of discipline data for monitoring PBS progress and making decisions regarding changes to the PBS process on a monthly basis.

If you have questions regarding PBS at Sleepy Hill Elementary, please contact one of the administrators at 815-6768

2009- 2010 School Newsletters:

• October's Issue
• November's Issue

Approved Proofs of Residence

• Apartment rent receipt, home lease agreement, mortgage document or property tax record.
• One CURRENT utility bill (electric, gas, phone, cable, water).
• Current Voter Registration document.
• Proof of current government benefits (Medicare, Disability, Food Stamps, DCF correspondence).

25 Tips to Make Kids Safer
Useful information for parents and guardians to help teach kids some basic safety essentials.

Kid Care After/Before School Program

The Kid Care Program

• Hours will be 2:30 – 6:00.
• Fee will be $50.00 per week;
• Additional $5.00 per week for before school care;
• 20% Discount if more than one child is enrolled;
• Registration Fee of $25.00;
• Register August 16th at Orientation – 9:00-11:00 AM or 5:00-7:00 PM.
• Registration will be in the school Cafeteria Building 5;
• Snacks will be provided;
• Homework Help will be provided;
• Qualified Staff is trained, background screened, & fingerprinted

Call Director Geneva Harris at 863-853-2229 for more information.

Volunteering

All parents are encouraged to sign up to be a volunteer for our school.
If you sign up now you will be approved by the time school starts. Anyone not an approved volunteer will not be permitted to attend classroom functions nor go on fieldtrips. It may take several weeks for approval so please sign up now. Even if you know you will not be able to volunteer at school on a regular basis, you will want to participate in your child’s special school activities. Registering as a volunteer does not obligate you in anyway but for the safety of our children everyone on campus needs to be approved.

Click here for the Polk County Schools Volunteer Application

Volunteers are needed now in the following positions:

• PTO – President; Vice President; Secretary; Treasurer; Volunteer coordinator;
• School Advisory Committee – Chairman; Co-Chairman; Secretary;
• Orientation Day – to help escort students & parents to their classes.