ENTRANCE PROCEDURES


1.
  Print and fill out Preliminary Enrollment Form and turn in to school office with
      registration fee.

2. Arrange a Parent and Student Interview by calling the school office.
3.  Agreement with or acknowledgment of the Statement of Faith of the Christian Institute of Arts & Sciences.
4.  Agreement with the school's  Teacher's Agreement.
5.  Submission of the Family Registration form.
6.
  Submission of a Student Enrollment Form (and each subsequent year).
7.  Student(s) transferring from another school:
Cumulative Files from other schools will be requested by CIAS records office.  These should include all Medical Records, Academic Records, Report Cards, and Achievement Testing Results.
8.  Home schooled student(s):
        Mail Letter of Termination to local school board within 30 days
    Copy of complete and updated Immunization form or Religious exemption form
    Copy of School Entrance Medical Examination report
    Copy of Birth certificate and Social Security Card
9. 
Keep accurate Quarterly Reports, showing attendance, subjects taught, and grades earned in each
    subject.  Submit a copy of the Reports to the school office quarterly: every three months, four times a year.   
10.  If transferring from outside the state of Florida: within 30 days
        a. 
Follow your local procedures from terminating home schooling in that state
       
b. 
bSubmit a copy of  Immunization records or Religious exemption form
        c. 
Submit a copy of  doctor's health examination form
        d.  If transferring from another school, submit the name and complete address of releasing school for Release Transfer Request. 
11.  Military families from Florida, stationed outside the United States
        Maintain normal enrollment status in accordance with Florida education laws.




Immunization Summary
We must have a current and up-to-date Florida Certificate of Immunization on file for each student enrolled.  For a student who is not fully immunized and cannot receive vaccines due to medical contraindication, please submit a permanent medical exemption form.


Request for Exemption from Immunization-HRS Form 681
This form is issued when a parent/guardian files a written objection to immunization stating that the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with his religious tenants or practices. Florida Statutes 232.032
Contact Ms. Bolton, the HRS exemption nurse, at 595-6500



Student Medical Examination
You must submit a school-entry medical examination performed within one year prior to enrollment for all first year Kindergarten or any other student whose admission to CIAS constitutes that child's initial entrance into a public or non-public school in the state of Florida.


Certificate of Exemption of School-entry Medical Examination
This form must be filled out and in your child's files if a medical examination conflicts with your religious beliefs, convictions, tenets, or practices. Florida Statutes Section 232.0315(1) 
 

Notice of Nondiscriminatory Admissions
The Christian Institute of Arts & Sciences admits student of any race, color, national and ethnic origin.  All
students are entitled to the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally made available by the school
administration.  We believe that all men are made in God's image and hold that discrimination is in violation
of the Word of God (Galatians 3:28-29).