Enroll Your Child

Harmony Union School District accepts applications year round for enrollment in our schools. Harmony Union School District serves the residents of the school district, and space allowing, residents outside of the district boundaries. Space is often limited, with applications frequntly surpassing our available seats.  If your child is resident within the school district, please refer to the section below: “IN DISTRICT”.  If your child is resident outside of the district boundaris, please refer to the section below “OUT OF DISTRICT”.

IN DISTRICT:

For Students Resident INSIDE the Harmony Union School District

Students resident in the district may apply for enrollment to either Harmony Elementary (TK-1st) or Salmon Creek School (2nd-8th) by submitting the enrollment application, residency verification, immunization records and supporting documents (see below). Applications are received throughout the year and enrollment placements can be initiated upon verification of eligiibliity for residency enrollment (In-district)

Documents Required:

Application for Enrollment

Residency Verification Form

Residency Support Documents

Immunization Record

Dental and Health Assessment Forms

Birth Record

Previous School Records including IEP/504 if applicable.

OUT OF DISTRICT:

For Students Resident OUTSIDE of the District

For students not resident in the district, the enrollment process is different for the two schools. Harmony Elementary and Salmon Creek Schools operate with different designations. Harmony Elementary is a “school of the distirct” which requires district residency or an approved inter-district transfer agreement.  Salmon Creek Charter is a “charter school of choice” and does not require an inter-district agreement to attend, however enrollment is limited to class size and program availability.

For Harmony Elementary (grades Tk-1^st), out of district students must apply for an interdistrict transfer.  This transfer request requires apporval by both their district of residence and Harmony Union. Inter district transfers are only accepted if documentation meets requirements and space and program are avilable for the out of district child. In the event a class or program is full for out of district enrollment, applications will be collected and a lottery, held in the spring (or when the previous wait list is expended), will assign position for pending applicants on the wait list. When capacity allows wait list applicants will be contacted in the order of their placement on the list to consider an offer of enrollment.

Documents Required:

Application for Enrollment

Inter-district Transfer Agreement

Immunization Record

Dental and Health Assessment Forms

Birth Record

Previous School Records including IEP/504 if applicable.

For Salmon Creek Charter (grades 2^nd through 8^th), out of district students are not required to complete an interdistrict transfer agreement. Enrollment is still dependent on space and program availabiilty. Applications for enrolment to the charter are received throughout the year.  Annually in the spring, a lottery is held to generate an ordered list for offers of placement for the following school year.  Students not offered placement due to space and program capacity will be placed on the ordered waitlist. Applications received after the lottery date will be held in reserve until the existing wait list is expended. If the list is expended before the next annual lottery, a new lottery will be held with enrollment or space on the waitlist assigned according to the lottery results. 

Documents Required:

Application for Enrollment

Immunization Record

Dental and Health Assessment Forms

Birth Record

Previous School Records including IEP/504 if applicable.

District Residency Lookup

You may determine your district of residence by using the County of Sonoma Election and District Lookup page.  When referencing your address on the county website, please note which school district listed. Please note that PO boxes listed as addresses are not accepted. Residency is determined by the residency address, not the mailing address.

District Residency Administrative Policy 5111.1 

Verification Requirements

• All families are required to provide 2 proofs of residency at registration;
• Families must notify the District/School when residency changes;
• All families are required to complete a new Declaration of Residency and provide 2 proofs of residency if they move within the District;
• Students of Harmony Elementary (grades TK-1st) that move and reside outside of the Harmony Union School District boundaries must register in the District in which they reside. 
• All families that rent or lease homes, and their landlords, will be asked to complete the Lessor/Lessee Supplemental Form
• Verification of residency may be requested prior to the start of attendance if the verification documents were submitted more than 60 days prior that the target date for first attendance.   

An anonymous tip line and email has been established for reporting suspected false residency. Email enrollment@harmonyusd.org or Call (707) 874-1205.

All In Disrict families are required to provide the following documents to verify residency (or to re-verify residency after a move within Harmony Union School District):

1. ONE of the following documents showing the name and address of the parent, guardian, or caregiver within the District:

• Copy of the recorded grant deed 
• Copy of the most recent mortgage statement
• A fully executed copy of the lease or rental agreement, PLUS Lessor/Lessee Supplemental Form completed by the landlord 

2. ONE of the following documents showing the name and address of the parent, guardian, or caregiver within the District and the service location. The Utility bill must be dated within thirty (30) days of school registration documents.

• PG&E
• Recology or other local refuse agency serving residences within district boundarie
• Comcast/Xfinity (cable TV)/DirecTV)
• AT&T (landline/wired)

If you are unable to provide the required proofs of residency, please contact the district office at enrollment@harmonyusd.org

Information About Residency Verification: 

Residency: District Residency Administrative Regulation 5111.1 

• All families are required to provide 2 proofs of residency at registration;
• Families must notify the District/School when residency changes;
• All families are required to complete a new Declaration of Residency and provide 2 proofs of residency if they move within the District;
• Students that move and reside outside of the Harmony Union School District boundaries must immediately register in the District in which they reside. 
• All families that rent or lease homes, and their landlords, will be asked to complete the Lessor/Lessee Supplemental Form.

An anonymous tip line and email has been established for reporting suspected false residency. Email enrollment@harmonyusd.org or Call (707) 874-1205.

District Residency Lookup

You may find your district of residence by using the County of Sonoma Election and District Lookup page.  When referencing the data on the county website, please note the school district listed.

Inter District Policy

Harmony Union School District participates in the County-wide Interdisttict Transfer Agreement.  Families wishing to enroll students in districts for which they are not resident, use a common form and process for requesting transfers.  The form must be filled out by the parent and then submitted first to the distirct of residence noting the intended destination district.  The district of residence will review the document, and if affirmed, will return it to the parent for submission with their application to the intended district of enrollment.  Please use the links below for both the interdistrict Transfer Form and Interdistrict Handbook.

If your student is accepted on an interdistrict transfer in any of the grades Transition Kindergarten, Kindergarten or 1^st Grade, you must fill out the interdistrict transfer form below and submit it to your home district first.  Once your home district  has approved the transfer, that district will go forward to Harmony Union. 

Out of District 1^st grade students (Harmony Elementary Interested in Continuing to 2^nd grade (Salmon Creek Charter)

Interdistrict transfer requests must be renewed each year as out of disrict students matriculate from TK to Kinder and Kinder to 1^st.  Out of District Students enrolled in 1^st grade are NOT automatically provided enrollment for 2^nd grade.  The 2^nd through 8^th grades are organized under Salmon Creek Charter which follows a different enrollment process. Though an inter-distrrict transfer agreement is not required to enroll at the charter, enrollmet is goverend by a lottery for out of district studnts with priority given to siblings and marticulating studetns, however the prioroity is not a guarantee that space will be available in the 2^nd grade class for all out of district applicants, including harmony elementatry out of district students to enroll in the 2^nd grade charter program.