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Immunizations

The Pennsylvania Department of Health, requires all children to have a certificate of immunization from their family physician or state health center with the following immunizations and their dates recorded on it:

For attendance in ALL grades (k-12), children need the following:

  • 4 doses of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (one dose on or after the 4th birthday) *
  • 4 doses of Polio (4th dose on or after 4th birthday and at least 6 months after previous dose given) **
  • 2 doses of measles, mumps, rubella ***
  • 3 doses of hepatitis B
  • 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or evidence of immunity
    *Usually given as DTP or DTaP or if medically advisable, DT or Td
    ** a fourth dose is not necessary if the third dosewas administered at age 4 years or older and at least 6 months after the previous dose
    ***  usually given as MMR  

ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ATTENDANCE IN 7th GRADE, ADDITIONAL vaccinations  ARE REQUIRED:       

  • 1 dose of tetanus, Diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap)
  • 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV)

ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ATTENDANCE IN 12th GRADE, ADDITIONAL vaccination  IS REQURIED:

  • Second dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV) ****
    **** if one dose was given at 16 years of age or older, that shall count as the 12th grade dose.
     

The only exemptions to the school laws for immunizations are:

  • medical reasons
  • religious beliefs

If your child is exempt from immunizations, he or she may be removed from school during an outbreak.

 

This certificate of immunization must be returned to the school prior to entry of the child.