Barnes Registrar: Lisa Payne
Butler Acres: Brittney Rister
Carrolls: Sheri Townsend
Lexington: Claudia Broschat
Rose Valley: Cortney Young
Wallace: Amy DeLaGrange
Kelso Virtual Academy: April Huff

Coweeman: Kila Ingles
Huntington: Jenny Parsons
Kelso High School: Mara Rinker
Loowit High School: Mara Rinker
Kelso Virtual Academy: April Huff

The following programs require a separate approval process for enrollment and are NOT available through New Student Online Enrollment. Please contact the building registrar for enrollment in these specialized programs.

• Kelso Virtual Academy

• Loowit High School

• Kelso GOLD

Students actively enrolled in Kelso School District will automatically roll up to the next grade.

Enroll your student online through Skyward Family Access.

• If you currently have students in the district and are enrolling additional students, log in to Skyward Family Access and select New Student Online Enrollment

• If you are NEW to the district and do not have a Skyward Family Access account, please select New Student Enrollment. You will be sent an email that includes a link and password to set up your Skyward Family Access account

During the enrollment process, you MUST upload the required documentation. Students will not be allowed to enroll without the required documentation. If you do not have access to a digital copy of these documents, bring a copy to the school when you meet with the school secretary or high school registrar.

Required documents include:

1. MEDICALLY VERIFIED IMMUNIZATION RECORDS: 

   • A completed Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) signed by a health care provider. Find the CIS form by visiting https://www.doh.wa.gov/SCCI and clicking on “Certificate of Immunization Status.” 

   • Copy of medical records showing immunizations received. 

   • A CIS printed by a health care provider or school from the Washington State Immunization Information System. 

   • A CIS printed from MyIR which is a free Department of Health online tool that allows families to view and print their official immunization records themselves. Go to https://wa.myir.net/register to begin the sign-up process.

   • If you are requesting an exemption from one or more of the immunization requirements,  you must provide the school with a completed Certificate of Exemption.

2. WITHDRAW GRADES from the previous school for grades 6-12

3. UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS from all previous schools for grades 9-12

4. For Preschool, Transition to Kindergarten, and Kindergarten  students enrolling in the district one of the following is required:

   • Birth Certificate, Passport, Baptismal Certificate, or Adoption Decree

   • To enroll in KINDERGARTEN, the child must be 5 years old before Sept. 1

5. PROOF OF RESIDENCY DOCUMENTATION (one of the following)

   • Cowlitz County Assessor website (Showing parents/guardians as owners of property with a home on the property)

   • Lease or Rental Agreement, AND one of the following

   • Current Utility bill with a full month charge (Cowlitz County PUD)

   • Current Telephone bill (landline, not wireless)

   • DSHS documentation for applying for benefits or receiving benefits at the address

   • If you are in the process of purchasing or building a home, you will need to submit a choice/transfer form to the district office along with the following:

     • Final closing papers with move-in date/commitment papers

     • Acceptance contract from seller with closing date

     • Building permit from Cowlitz County and a general contractor contract with a completion date and move-in date

     • Purchase agreement contract from the bank

     • DSHS documentation for applying for benefits or receiving benefits at the address

     • Not acceptable proof of pending residency: Title insurance showing the plot of land cleared and purchased