• Verification of the applicant’s date of birth is necessary – the original Birth Certificate and Baptismal Certificate and a copy of each. Age Requirement:  Children must be five (5) years of age on or before October1, 2010, to be included in the September registration for kindergarten.  Pre-K Program: three (3) years of age on or before October 1, 2010 to be included in our Pre-K three year old program; four (4) years of age on or before October 1, 2010, to be included in our Pre-K, four year old program.  If baptized at St. Francis Cathedral you do not need a certificate – please have the month, day, year of the baptism.

• If you are registering your child for any grade, first through eighth, please include with your forms copies of your child’s report cards and standardized test scores.

• If you are a separated or divorced parent, it is a diocesan directive that the child’s record shows a copy of the court order mandating custody of the child.

• No child shall be admitted to school without proper proof that the child has been immunized as required by the laws of the State of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 26:1A-9.  Proper immunization is a condition of admission to the school. 

• There is a registration fee of $350 for the first child and $250 for each additional child.  The check should be made payable to St. Francis Cathedral School.

• Please read the information regarding busing/reimbursement for students.  All applications must be completed and returned to the School Office.

Filing an application form should not be deemed acceptance to St. Francis Cathedral School.   An application will not be considered complete until all the necessary paper work has been submitted, including immunization records.

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