Transitional Kindergarten registration

Hemet Unified School District is registering students for transitional kindergarten and kindergarten now at the Centralized Registration Office.

The state's Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 changed the age of admission for kindergarten and first grade and established a transitional kindergarten program beginning with the 2012-13 school year. Transition kindergarten is the first year of a two-year kindergarten that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum.

Hemet Unified School District will offer transitional kindergarten in the 2012-13 school year for students whose fifth birthday falls between Nov. 2 and Dec. 2. Students who turn 5 on or before Nov. 1 will be placed in the traditional kindergarten program.

Parents should register at the HUSD Centralized Registration Office, 2085 W. Acacia Avenue, Hemet, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Parents should bring their child's birth certificate, immunization record, proof of physical form, dental screening form, two forms of proof of residency, and valid parent/guardian picture ID.

Registration forms may be picked up at the Centralized Registration Office or the Hemet Unified School District website at http://www.hemetusd.k12.ca.us/edserv/pupilsvc/cro/forms.html. For more information contact the Centralized Registration Office at 951-765-5100 ext. 3580.

Hemet usd solar project schedule

Hemet Unified School District entered into a Solar Power Purchase Agreement with Tioga Energy Inc on February 15, 2011 to purchase electrical power from photovoltiac panels that will be installed on 16 District owned sites. The design and plan approval stage for the installation of "solar panels" (photovoltaic cells) on shade structures throughout the District was from March 2011 through June 2011. The construction phase of the project will begin about the middle of September 2011.

Upon completion of the project Hemet Unified School District will have approximately 4.4 Mega Watts of solar power providing electricity to its schools.

Tioga Energy Inc. hired Johnson Controls Incorporated (JCI) to run the daily operations of the solar panels. The Solar Power Purchase Agreement sets the price per kilowatt hour at a lower rate than the district is currently purchasing it for and will save the district about $300 thousand dollars per year.