Registrar's Office - Bethlehem CSD, Delmar, NY

Registration for all new students occurs at the District Registrar's Office, located at 90 Adams Place in Delmar (518/439-2442). Hours for registration are from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, throughout most of the school year, one person staffs the office. To ensure that someone is available to assist you, please call before visiting. Parents/guardians may enroll their children for school at any time during the school year.

Only Bethlehem Central residents may enroll in Bethlehem Central Schools. Bethlehem Central does NOT accept tuition students. You must have proof of residency in order to enroll your child. If you do not know whether your residence is within BC school district boundaries or which elementary school is your home school, contact the BC Transportation Department, (518) 439-3830.

Required Documents

• Along with a completed registration packet, the following documentation is required in order to enroll your child for school at Bethlehem Central:

• Your child's original birth certificate or passport

• Your child's official immunization record (signed by physician or clinic staff)

• Custody papers, if applicable. [If the student is not your biological child, you must present [documentation that proves a permanent and total transfer of custody and control has been achieved.]

• Three proofs of residency within the school district that include the name and address of a parent
or guardian and are dated within the previous 30 days.

Academic records, including transcripts, recent report cards and any special education plan should be presented at the time of registration or to the school. Please bring the name and mailing address of your child's previous school to registration.

Kindergarten registration

Registration for the 2012-13 school year will take place on January 9 - February 10, 2012.

Kindergarten registration takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at the Registrar's Office, 90 Adams Place. To register, children must be five years old by December 1 of the year they will start school. For example, children who will turn five between December 2, 2006 and December 1, 2007 will be eligible to start kindergarten in September 2012.

Kindergarten registration information is mailed in early January to all eligible families currently in the district database. If you had not filled out a Preschool Student Information Form [electronic form] for your child, and therefore would not be in the database, please complete the electronic form so that registration materials will be mailed to you.

Contact District Registrar Melissa Haas at (518) 439-7481 if you have any questions.

Once your child is registered for kindergarten, a screening will be scheduled for your child at your home elementary school.

Preschool Students

It is very important for the district to be aware of any resident preschoolers in order to plan for future enrollment and to ensure that your family receives our Seeds of Learning preschool newsletter. Please complete a Private School/Preschool Student Information Form [electronic form] and return it to the district registrar.

Private School Students

The district provides transportation to resident students who attend private or parochial school within 16 miles of their home. Private school students must be registered through the registrar's office in order to receive transportation services. Please fill out a Private School/Preschool Student Information Form [PDF] and a Private/Parochial School Transportation Request Form [PDF] and send them in together. In addition, you must present three (3) proofs of residency in the district.

If your child attends a private/parochial school but you plan to enroll him/her in a Bethlehem Central school for the upcoming school year, you must contact the registrar to register your child (even if your child previously attended a district school). You may register beginning each April for the following school year.

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