PCPS Registration for 2024-2025 YEAR

Ponca City Now - June 26, 2024 5:59 am

All students who will attend Ponca City Public Schools must be registered online annually through the PowerSchool Parent Portal to update district and state required information. The Parent Portal may be accessed through the PowerSchool link on the district website, www.pcps.us. Registration can be completed on an iPad or a computer using a browser. Registration can now be completed on mobile devices. Registrations completed prior to July 8, 2024 will not be valid. Parents of students new to the district, or students who did not complete the 2023-2024 school year, will need to visit the Registration Center in-person to register their student. Information about the online registration process can be found on the district website, www.pcps.us
If parents experience difficulty with their login name or password, assistance is available at the Registration Center. We cannot reset passwords over the phone. The Registration Center (580)-718-3834, will open for in-person assistance beginning July 8, 2024.
Computers will be available during the summer registration window for parent/guardians who do not have access to a computer or need assistance.
Parent/guardians who qualify for SNAP or TANF benefits will need their case number to complete the online free/reduced lunch application. The PCPS receives federal funding based on completed and qualifying free/reduced lunch applications. In order to receive free or reduced lunch benefits lunch applications must be completed.
The Registration Center, located at 111 W. Grand Avenue, will open for in-person registration (July 8 – 11) (July 15-18) (July 22-25) & (July 29-31) to receive required documents and to assist with the registration process. The Registration Center is not open on Fridays during July. Parents interested in Ponca City Public Schools Virtual Academy grades 6-12, must complete the registration process and an application for the program at the Registration Center, enrollment is limited. Students interested in attending Wildcat Academy must register with the PCPS and complete an application with the lead principal, Karla Streeter, contact number 580-718-3850.
Parents/guardians are encouraged to park in the back of the building (on the North side) and enter through the back doorway. Patrons will be welcomed and directed by a greeter. The front door located on Grand Ave. will be accessible but parking is limited.
The Registration Center will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. to accommodate working parents but will be closed Fridays. Parents of returning students can register their children completely online. West, East, and Po-Hi course selection in the spring of 2024 does not register students for the 2024-2025 school year. Parents/guardians must complete the registration process online annually. Parents/Guardians of all elementary aged students are required to provide recent (within the last 30 days) proof of residence. The registration process is not complete without all required documents and students will not be placed at a school site or classes until they have been received and processed. Secondary students will not be permitted to pick-up schedules until the registration process is complete.
It is very important that parents register during the district’s registration window if they wish to attend their site of residence. Elementary classes have class-size limits. Once class size limits are reached students are placed on an “overflow” transfer.
The Kay County Health Department will be providing on-site immunizations at the Registration Center on Thursday, July 18 and July 25, 2024 from 1:00 to 6:00. The following vaccines will be available (DTap, IPV, MMR/Varicella, Tdap, HPV, & MCV Vaccines). In order to receive vaccines a legal guardian must be present. All required vaccines will be available at the Kay County Health Department located at 433 Fairview, Ponca City Oklahoma 74601 · Phone (580) 762-1641
• Seventh grade students missing the Tdap booster must provide an updated immunization record to the Registration Center to complete registration.
• Students in grades K-5 may be registered online; however, proof of residence, and in some cases, immunization records must be provided to the Registration Center to complete the registration process.
• Kindergarten students who have not completed the required immunizations must present an updated immunization record to complete registration. Students who are missing required documents will not be assigned to a class.
• Elementary in-district transfer requests will not be considered for students who have not registered by August 1st. If families move over the summer, transfers will not be considered. If registration is not completed by August 1st class availability may be limited.
• Parents will be able to register their elementary students for PCPS after school care program, Cat Care during registration hours.
• A Spanish interpreter will be available for parents who need these services to register July 22-25 and July 29-August 1st. If a parent/guardian needs an interpreter for earlier dates in the registration window we suggest they bring someone who can assist them.
 

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