{"id":237,"date":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2019-09-13T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:50:55","slug":"public-education-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Public Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS  \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Requirements  for entering the public school system in Pennsylvania include a legal birth  certificate, the child&#8217;s social security number, proof of residency, and  up-to-date immunization records signed by a physician. All new students must  complete a physical exam. Custody papers are required if applicable. The  cut-off date for kindergarten entrance varies with the school district; consult  your local district for guidelines. Transferring students should being the  latest report card, transcripts from previous schools, or contact information  for ordering transcripts. Students are required to complete immunizations prior  to school attendance. Pennsylvania offers free vaccines to children who are not  insured or whose insurance does not cover vaccines. For details on immunization  requirements or information on free vaccines, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vaccines  for Children Program<\/strong><br \/>\nPennsylvania  Department of Health<br \/>\n888-646-6864<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/programs\/immunizations\/Pages\/VFC.aspx\">www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/programs\/immunizations\/Pages\/VFC.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>School and District Report  Cards <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania Dept. of  Education<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Academic Achievement  Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/paschoolperformance.org\/\">https:\/\/paschoolperformance.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public  Education Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania  Department of Education<\/strong><br \/>\n333  Market Street<br \/>\nHarrisburg  717-783-6788<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pde.state.pa.us\/\">www.pde.state.pa.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet  Exploration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania  Pre K-12 Schools<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.pa.gov\/K-12\/Pages\/default.aspx\">www.education.pa.gov\/K-12\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania  Special Education<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.pa.gov\/K-12\/Special%20Education\/Pages\/default.aspx\">www.education.pa.gov\/K-12\/Special%20Education\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM Registration Requirements for entering the public school system in Pennsylvania include a legal birth certificate, the child&#8217;s social security number, proof of residency, and up-to-date immunization records signed by a physician. All new students must complete a physical exam. Custody papers are required if applicable. The cut-off date for kindergarten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/LehighValley3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}