The White Bear Lake Area Schools offer a choice of K-5 programs:  

• The Full-Day, Every-Day Kindergarten option is a free kindergarten program offered at all elementary schools in the District.
• The Half-Day, Every-Day Kindergarten option is a free kindergarten program available at Hugo Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Matoska International IB World School and Otter Lake Elementary for the 2013-14 school year. Half-day sites were selected based on data from a survey sent to all families with incoming kindergarten students. .
• Matoska International IB World School is a program offered to all students in the White Bear Lake Area School District. The program is an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school. The District provides transportation from any point in the school district for students enrolled at this school. Learn more at their website.
  
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District Entrance Requirements   
Students must have the following to enroll:

• Birthdate Verification - Children who are five years of age on or before September 1st of the school year are eligible to attend kindergarten. Parents are required to provide birthdate verification. A birth certificate, baptismal certificate, or hospital certificate may be used as verification as well as adoption papers and passports. For children who were born in Minnesota, a birth certificate may be obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Office of the State Registrar, P.O. Box 9441, Minneapolis, MN 55440-9914. Phone: (612) 676-5120.
• Minnesota School Immunization Law - Minnesota Statutes Section 121A.15 and Minnesota Rules Chapter 4604 requires that each student enrolled in and remaining in an early childhood program, elementary school or secondary school, must submit a record stating that they have received immunizations consistent with medically accepted standards. Immunization records from parents or health care provider stating the month, day, and year of each dose are acceptable. If the student meets one of the legal exemptions: contraindication for medical reasons or contraindication for conscientiously held beliefs, the health care provider or notary needs to sign an appropriate exemption.
  
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For students entering Kindergarten - 6th grade, the following immunizations are required:

• 5 DPT, DT, Td (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis)
• 3 Hepatitis B (HBV) - These injections are given over a 6 month period)
• 4 Polio (OPV or IPV)
• 2 MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
• 1 Varicella (Chicken Pox) or verification of having had the disease (mo/yr).
  
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District Enrollment Materials  
Registration for all students wishing to attend White Bear Lake Area Schools:

New families will register at our Centralized Enrollment Center located at District Center, 4855 Bloom Avenue in White Bear Lake. For additional information, please contact 651-407-7674.

The following forms will need to be completed by parent/guardian.

• Birth Date Verification - To be provided by parents. (Please bring photocopy of the document as it will not be returned.)
• Proof of Residency - To be provided by parents (ex. Driver's license, utility bill)
• Enrollment Form
  
• Release of Information Form
  
• Media Release Form
• McKinney-Vento Act Questionnaire
  
• Census Form (Please note: you may type directly onto this PDF form, save it to your computer, and then email it back to us as an attachment at census@isd624.org.)
• Electronic Technologies Acceptable Use Agreement
• Pupil Immunization Record

The following special forms will need to be completed as applicable:

• Kindergarten Plus Registration and Financial Agreement Form - for 2012-13
• Kindergarten Choice Form - for 2013-14
• Open Enrollment Form
• Day Care Provider Form
• Intra-District Transfer Request Form
• Free and Reduced Meals Form
• Non-Legal Guardianship Form
  
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