PONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REGISTRATION - 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR

• Birth Certificate (original certified copy)
• Social Security Card
• Current Immunization Record
• Report card from previous school if applicable
• Proof of residence (utility bill, lease agreement, closing papers)

*Kindergarten students must be 5 on or before September 1, 2022

Returning students please bring the following:

• Proof of residence (utility bill, lease agreement, closing papers)
• updated immunizations

• Child will be 4 years of age on or before September 1, 2021
• Child is a resident of Ponder ISD
• Child meets immunization requirements and at least one of the following:
• be unable to speak & comprehend the English language; or 
• be educationally disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP); or 
• be homeless; or
• be the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserved componenet of the armed forces, who is ordered to active duty by proper authority; or
• be the child of a member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserved component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while serving on active duty; or
• have ever been in conservatorship of the Texas DFPA (foster care) following an adversary hearing; or
• is the child or a person eligible for the Star of Texas Award as:
  • a peace officer under Section 3106.002, Government Code; or
  • a firefighter under section 3106.003, Government Code; or
  • an emergency medical first responder under Section 3106.004, Government Code

Various documentation is needed to verify quilifications.