The Desert Star new student Enrollment Process

Please be aware In accordance with the Arizona State Statute a prospective Kindergarten student must be the age of 5 and a prospective 1st grader must be the age of 6 by September 1st of the school year.

• Application - Please contact our school at 928.282.0171 to request an application or download here.

  A School Tour is highly recommended to make an informed choice for your child’s education. Note: a tour is not required in order to complete the application process.

    

Complete Required Forms To enroll

The following forms are to be completed by the legal parent/guardian prior to enrollment:

• Registration Packet

  • Registration form

    • Student primary information

    • Federal Ethnicity

    • Parent/Guardian information

  • Arizona Residency Documentation- MUST have a copy of the support documentation checked on the form attached

  • Home Language Survey

  • McKinney-Vento form

  • Request for Records (only for grades 1-8)

• Provide one of the following:

  • A certified copy of the child’s birth certificate: Please bring the original and we will copy and certify it for our records.

  • Other reliable proof of the pupil’s identity and age, including the pupil’s baptismal certificate, an application for a social security number or original school registration records and an affidavit explaining the inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate.

• Provide one of the following for immunization records:

  • A ‘Certificate of Immunization’ signed by a licensed physician certifying that the child has received age-appropriate immunizations as required by Law. Please bring the original and we will copy and certify for our records.

  • A ‘Request of Exemption from Immunization’ form signed by a parent or guardian.

  Enrollment Notification - A school representative will contact you to inform you all paperwork has been received. Your child will be enrolled unless the program, class, grade level or building exceeds capacity.