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New to the Sevier County School System? This step by step guide shows how to enroll your child in school.

Step 1
Determine the Child's Eligibility:
All children age 5 by September 30 and not age 21 on the first day of school living within Sevier County are eligible for enrollment. Each child seeking to enroll in the school system must be a resident of Sevier County.

Step 2
Identify and Contact the School:
Registration takes place at each individual school. Parents are asked to contact the school office to make an appointment for registration. School office hours are from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. If you are unsure about which school your child should attend, please call the School Bus Garage at 865-453-3568.

Step 3
Gather the necessary documents :
Parents need to provide the following documents when enrolling their children in Sevier County Schools for the first time:

  1. Copy of the child’s certified birth certificate
  2. Tennessee School Immunization Record
  3. Copy of the child’s social security card (optional)
  4. Proof of a health physical
  5. Proof of residency which can be in the following forms:

* Sevier County Electric System or utility district bill
* Mortgage document or property deed
* Apartment or home lease (legally notarized rental agreements)
* Any other documentation that will objectively and unequivocally establish that the parent with legal custody or legal   guardian lives in the county full time (current paycheck stub with local address, IRS forms, DHS benefit documentation,   alimony and child support documentation, bank account statements, insurance documents)
* Certified copy of filed petition for legal guardianship


Transfer/Moving out of town/state:
When a child changes schools during the school year, a parent/guardian should visit the school office to complete a withdrawal form before enrolling the child in a new school.

Transfer within the Sevier County School System during the school year:
Requests for a change of schools (after the open enrollment period) that do not include an actual change of residence must be approved by both the receiving and exiting school principals as well as a Central Office designee. Contact your child's principal for more information about the correct procedures for transferring schools within the Sevier County School System during the school year.

Required Immunizations

Required immunizations are defined as those specified by law. However, most health departments and physicians would recommend more than the required doses.

Child Care Attendance
Children attending child care must be immunized age-appropriately according to the schedule below:

Age of Child
Number of Doses Required
2-3 months 1 DTP/DtaP/DT, 1 Polio, 1 Hib
4-5 months 2 DTP/DtaP/DT, 2 Polio, 2 Hib
6-11 months 3 DTP/DtaP/DT, 2 Polio, 3 Hib
12-15 months 4 Hib*, and 1 MMR given on or after the first birthday
12-18 months 4 DTP/DtaP/DT, 3 Polio, and 1 Varicella
4-6 years 4 or more DTP/DtaP/DT, 4 Polio, 4 Hib*, 1 Varicella, and 2 MMR given on or after the first birthday

*If child starts Hib at 15 months through 4 years of age, give just one dose of Hib vaccine.

School Attendance (K-12)


DTP/DtaP/DT (Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis)
4 or more doses, one of which must be given on or after the fourth birthday. If starting series at age seven or older, only three doses are required.

Polio (OPV/IPV)
4 doses of OPV or IPV. If the 3rd dose was given on or after the fourth birthday, the 4th dose is not required. However, if a combination of IPV/OPV (2IPV/2OPV) is used, all 4 doses are needed regardless of age.

MMR (Measles- Mumps-Rubella)
2 doses, given on or after the first birthday required, for entrance into grades K, 4, 8 and 12. The second dose should be administered at least 30 days following the first dose. Beginning with the start of the 2001 school year, all students K-12 must have two doses of MMR.

Hepatitis B
3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine are required for entry into kindergarten and 2 or 3 doses (depending on the type of vaccine given) for entry into 7th grade.

Varicella (Chicken Pox)
1 dose given on or after the first birthday for entrance into kindergarten; a parent or physician diagnosed history of disease is acceptable in lieu of vaccine for purposes of the requirement.

College

Two doses are MMR are required for full-time students attending college in Tennessee if they were born after 1957. Parents and students should also consider the need for the meningococcal vaccine, particularly if the student will be living in a dormitory.