Kindergarten registration scheduled at Crestview

CONVOY—Crestview Local Schools has scheduled kindergarten registration. Parents/guardians who are new to the district and would like to register their child will be able to come to the Crestview Early Childhood Center from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. the week of March 6-10.

Please enter through Door #1, which is the main entrance. Parents/guardians who reside in the Crestview School District who have a child five years of age on or before August 1, 2023 may register their child for kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year. Parents/guardians who are requesting open enrollment for their kindergarten student to the Crestview School District should also register at this time.

Parents/guardians who currently have a preschool student enrolled in the Crestview Early Childhood Center and will be transitioning into kindergarten for the 23-24 school year can register their child for kindergarten by calling the Crestview Early Childhood Center at 419-749-9100, ext. 3000.

When registering for kindergarten, parents/guardians will need to bring the following documents: the child’s original birth certificate, child’s social security card, child’s immunization record, custody papers (if applicable), and proof of residency (mortgage statement, lease agreement, voter registration card, utility statement, bank statement, or rent receipt). A post office box cannot validate residency requirements.

The State of Ohio requires the following immunizations for public school children: 4 or more doses of DTaP, 3 or more doses of Polio (the final dose administered on or after the 4th birthday), 2 doses of MMR. 2 doses of Varicella, 3 doses of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended if not previously received. All immunizations are required to be documented by the 15th day of school. Parents will need to update immunizations with their child’s physician or with the Van Wert County Health Department at (419.238.0808, x103 or x107).

Vision, hearing, and speech screenings will be conducted at the beginning of the 2023-2024 kindergarten school year as a part of kindergarten screening.

For additional information, or questions, please contact Casey Dowler, Early Childhood Center Principal at [email protected] or 419.749.9100, x3001.

Reach Dean Brown at 567-242-0409

Dean Brown
Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.