St. Elmo Registration

By Editor | July 25, 2013 |

Registration for St. Elmo schools will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, and Friday, Aug. 2.
The seventh grade orientation and registration, for all seventh-graders and their parents, will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the cafeteria at the junior-senior high school.
All students, including those new to the district and district students who attend classes in Vandalia, should register on Aug. 1 or 2.
Junior-senior high students enrolled in physical education classes are required to wear P.E. uniforms. Uniforms can be purchased for $12 at registration.
School-time accident insurance coverage is provided at no cost to the students by the St. Elmo School District. Twenty-four-hour accident coverage is available at an additional cost.
No student will be allowed to take a driver’s education class unless the $50 class fee is paid.
Students owing outstanding fees from the previous year will be required to pay those fees at registration.
Registration fees are:
• K-6-$50 book rental.
•7-12-$55 book rental; $10 towel and lock fee; $8.50 for student handbook.
• Lab fees: junior high science-$10; eighth grade vocational-$15; physical science-$10; Intro to F. C. S.-$15; biology I-$10; culinary arts-$15; biology II-$15; driver education-$50; chem I-$15; technology-$15; chem II-$15; agriculture-$15; physics-$15; band/chorus fee (grades 7-12)-$10; accounting-$10; business/tech concepts-$10; P.E. uniforms-$12; computers concepts-$10; Okaw Vocational-$7; and desktop publishing-$10.
All fees are to be paid at the time of registration. Make checks payable to St. Elmo School District #202.
Lunch fees:
• K-6 – Milk, 30 cents; free breakfast and free lunch.
• Grades 7-12 – Breakfast, $1.25; reduced-price breakfast, 30 cents; lunch $2; reduced-price lunch, 40 cents; and extra milk, 30 cents.
Students entering kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade – as well as any out-of-state registrants – must have current physicals.
Included on the health exam form are: diabetes screening, lead risk and TB Skin Test.
In addition, all students entering kindergarten, second grade and sixth grade are required to have dental exams.
Also, under a new law, all children entering kindergarten or upon first entry into an Illinois school beyond kindergarten are required to have an eye examination.
Physical, dental and eye exam forms are accessible at any medical office.
All kindergarten students not previously registered must present a certified birth certificate from the county they were born in, immunization records, Social Security card, current school physical, eye exam and dental exam.
All athletics participants must have a physical by the first scheduled sports practice.
All new residents and current students with a change of address must submit evidence of residency, under school board policy, and the form may be obtained from the school office.
Other information:
• Classes will begin on Friday, Aug. 16.
The hours of attendance through Aug. 23, 2013 are 8:20 a.m.-2 p.m. for elementary students and 8:12 a.m.-2:06 p.m. for junior-senior high students.
• The hours of attendance beginning Monday, Aug. 26, are 8:20 a.m.-3:10 p.m. for elementary students and 8:12 a.m.-3:16 p.m. for junior-senior high students.
• Parents of new students will be notified of transportation arrangements prior to the first day of attendance.
• The first day of attendance for special education and vocational students who attend classes at Vandalia is Monday, Aug. 19.
• High school athletic admission charges for basketball and volleyball regular season home games are: adults, $3; students, $2; and seniors over 60, $2. Tournament admission for junior-senior high games will be per IHSA regulations.
St. Elmo Holiday Tournament game admission will be: $4 for adults, $3 for students and $2 for senior citizens.
Junior high athletic admission charges for basketball and volleyball regular season games are: adults, $2; students, $1; and seniors over 60, $1.
Fifth- and sixth-grade athletic admission charges for basketball, volleyball and tournaments are: adults, $2; and students, $1; and seniors over 60, $1.
The district will issue a family pass that will allow any family member free admittance to all home games in either Brownstown or St. Elmo gyms for $50 for the entire family (excluding tournaments). Family passes must be purchased at the unit office of either the St. Elmo or Brownstown school district.