Enrollment
Enrollment Information
How to Enroll a Student
Welcome to Greene County Public Schools! We are happy to welcome you and your family to our school division!
Pease follow the steps below to enroll your new student. If you have specific questions regarding enrollment, please contact the appropriate school.
Gather Required Documents:
- Immunization records signed and dated by a physician or other health official. For student immunization requirements, please visit the Virginia Department of Health's school requirements site.
- School entrance physical form (for all new pre-K through fifth grade students entering Greene County Public Schools for the first time - physical must have been performed within the last 12 months)
- Original birth certificate (student) with a photo ID (parent)
- Proof of residency in Greene County (see "Proof of Residency and Custody" tab)
- Proof of custody (if applicable)
- Copy of current IEP or 504 plan (if applicable)
PowerSchool Enrollment Account
In order to complete the online enrollment forms, you must create a PowerSchool Enrollment account. Please click on the registration link below to start the online registration process. Note: this account is separate from PowerSchool Parent Portal.
2024-2025 New Student Registration - English
2024-2025 New Student Registration - Spanish
Kindergarten Enrollment
If your student currently attends the Nathanael Greene Primary School preschool program, you will receive a snapcode during the summer to complete the registration as a returning student.
Kindergarten Early Admission
Kindergarten enrollment is for children who have reached their fifth birthday on or before September 30. If your child's fifth birthday is after September 30 but before December 31, per policy, parents may request early admission by utilizing the following procedure:
- Notify the building principal in writing of the early admission request no later than June 30
- A readiness assessment of the child will be completed in July
- The building principal and the director of teaching and learning will review the results
- Parents will be notified of the assessment results in writing by the director of teaching and learning (please note this does not guarantee early admission)
- Based on enrollment on the first day of school, a final decision will be made and communicated to the parent by the director of teaching and learning
Proof of Residency and Custody
Students living with a natural parent or legal guardian in Greene County may enroll in Greene County Public Schools after providing the following Proof of Residency documents:
Two documents are required - one from List A and one from List B
| List A | List B |
| Mortgage Statement | Paid Tax Receipt |
| Signed Lease Agreement | Utility Bill (within last two months) |
| Home Sale Agreement | New Utility Hook Up Notice |
| Deed | Homeowners/Renters Insurance |
| Recent Payroll Stub with Address |
Shared Housing Affidavit Option
When completing a Shared Housing Affidavit, the individual that the potential new enrollee is living with must provide the two forms of Proof of Residency. Within 30 days, the parent/guardian of the new enrollee must provide one Proof of Residency from List B.
Please find English and Spanish affidavits below:
Shared Housing Affidavit
Afidávit de Vivienda Compartida
Note: GCPS does not accept driver’s licenses, post office boxes, cell phone bills, medical statements, or bank statements as proof of residency.
Proof of Custody
It is the policy of Greene County Public Schools that individuals attempting to enroll a student must be listed on the student’s birth certificate as the natural parent, or they must provide court documentation proving legal custody or a copy of the petition for custody. Once the individual petitioning for custody receives their court date, they must provide this information to the school. Immediately following the court date, the petitioner must inform the school of the court’s decision.
Pursuant to VA Code 22.1-3, every person of school age shall be deemed to reside in a school division when he or she is living with a natural parent, a parent by legal adoption, or when the parents of such person are dead, a person in loco parentis, who actually resides within the school division, or when the parents of such person are unable to care for the person and the person is living, not solely for school purposes, with another person who (i) resides in the school division and (ii) is the court-appointed guardian, or has legal custody, of the person, or when the person is living in the school division not solely for school purposes, as an emancipated minor.
Forms
- School Entrance Physical
- Student Health Information
- Information Opt-Out
- Out of Zone Attendance
- Other
School Entrance Physical
Student Health Information
This form provides the school nurse with important health information about your student and their needs.
Student Health Information
Información de Salud del Estudiante- Spanish
Information Opt-Out
This form is for high school students only. Under the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act, public high schools must give the names, addresses and telephone numbers of students to military recruiters, college/university recruiters and prospective employers if the recruiters request the information (P.L. 107-110, Section 9528; 10 USC 503). However, according to this law, students or their parents have the right to opt-out and instruct the school in writing that this information is not to be released.
Information opt-out (for WMHS only)
Information opt-out (for WMHS only) - Spanish
Out of Zone Attendance
This form is only necessary if you wish to apply for your child to attend an elementary school that is out of the attendance zone in which you live. There are very specific requirements for this exception to be granted. Please see the Out of Zone Attendance Application as well as the corresponding School Board Regulation (JECR-3). This form must be submitted annually to the Director of Administrative Services.