3 Step Enrollment
1.Click the "BECOME A CARDINAL" button below to start the online application
2.Upload documents - see below for supporting documents needed.
3.Registrar reviews your application and schedules in-person meeting
Supporting documents you will need:
- Student’s birth certificate
- Parent’s photo ID
- Any custody paperwork indicating guardianship
- Journal entry
- Grandparent power of attorney
- Guardianship or custody decree
- Divorce decree
- Student immunization records
- Note that a preschool student must have both a Step Forward physical and dental examination included in the application
- Most recent student school records
- For high school students, a copy of the transcript
- For K-8 students, a copy of the most recent report card
- For any student transferring after the first 30 days of the school year, a report card
- Diagnostic assessment information (STAR, NWEA MAP, iReady, etc.)
- Attendance records
- Behavior records
- For students who receive special services,
- A copy of the ETR (Evaluation Team Report)
- A copy of the IEP (Individual Education Plan)
- A copy of the WAP (Written Acceleration Plan)
- A copy of the WEP (Written Enrichment Plan)
- 2 copies of proof of residency; those documents include
- A utility bill (gas, electric, home phone, or water/sewer)
- A copy of the declaration page of the lease agreement
- A copy of the renter's rent receipt with the current address on it
- A copy of the renter’s/home owner’s insurance policy
- A copy of the mortgage statement
- A bank statement
- A pay stub
- For students entering the seventh grade, please make sure that the immunizations records include MCV4 and Tdap vaccines
Please note that a cell phone bill, a cable bill, any junk mail, or a photo ID is not a valid form of proof of residency. Also note that all documents must not be more than 90 days old.
Need help?
Email Cecelia Johnson, District Registrar
[email protected]
216-268-6492 (O)
The Office of Registration is located at the Chambers Community Empowerment Center (formerly Chambers Elementary)
14305 Shaw Ave, Cleveland, OH 44112
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Need transcripts or records?
- Parent of a current student who needs your child's last report card or proof of enrollment?
- Work for a government entity and you need attendance records or proof of enrollment
- Alumni or a non-graduate of East Cleveland City Schools and need your transcripts?
(links to our third party partner at scriborder.com)