Abess Park Elementary

Registration 

How do you register your child for Abess Park Elementary?

When registering a child, you need to bring all of the following information with you:

1. Results of a Florida physical (school-entry health exam) performed within one year of the date of enrollment.
2. Proof of address. Acceptable documents include:
   • a Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) bill,
   • a credit card statement,
   • a mortgage agreement,
   • a lease agreement (from a company, not a private individual) or
   • a piece of mail forwarded to the current address and containing a yellow U.S. Post Office forwarding address sticker.
3. Proof of all required immunizations (Florida certification of immunization, DH Form 690) or an exemption.

A Certified birth record. Acceptable birth records include:

• the original certified birth record;
• a duly attested transcript of the child’s birth record filed according to law by a public officer charged with recording births;
• a duly attested transcript of a certificate of baptism showing the date of birth and place of baptism, accompanied by a sworn affidavit by the parents;
• an insurance policy on the child’s life that has been in force for at least two years;
• a bona fide contemporary Bible record of the child’s birth, accompanied by an affidavit sworn to by the parents;
• a passport or certificate of arrival in the United States showing the age of the child; or
• a transcript of record of age shown in the child’s school record of a least four years prior to application and stating the date of birth.

Students previously enrolled in another school district:

• When a child has been enrolled in another school district, parents are asked to provide the latest report card from that district.
• Optional: a Social Security number.

Please Contact Rae Hancock at hancockr@duvalschools.org during the hours of
8:00AM to 3:00PM Monday-Thursday if you have any questions.