Grade 7/8 School Clinics

Grade 7 students

This fall, the Brant County Health Unit will be at your child’s school offering free vaccinations to Grade 7 students for hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV) and meningitis (Men C-ACYW-135).

Please complete the following School Vaccination Form to let us know if you DO or DO NOT want your child to receive these vaccines during the school clinic: www.bchu.org/SchoolVaccinationConsent. A form needs to be submitted for every registered student, please ensure you complete the form no later than 1 week before your school’s scheduled clinic.

To find out when we will be at your child’s school, visit www.bchu.org/SchoolClinics.

Please note, when providing consent, you are consenting to the full vaccine series. The meningitis vaccine requires only one dose, while the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines require two doses, 6 months apart – Brant County Health Unit will be returning to your child’s school in the spring to provide the second dose.

Please note, if your child has received or is planning to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster this fall, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has determined that COVID-19 vaccines may be administered at any time before, any time after, or at the same time as a non-COVID-19 vaccine(s). This includes the vaccines BCHU will be offering during these school clinics. Please note BCHU will not be providing the COVID-19 vaccine during these clinics. To arrange a COVID-19 vaccine for your child, you may visit www.bchu.org/COVID19Vaccines.

If your child is not attending school in person or will be absent on the scheduled clinic date, vaccinations can be received at the Brant County Health Unit by appointment. Please contact us at 519-753-4937 ext. 451 to schedule this visit. If you wish for your child to get vaccinated by a family doctor, please contact their office directly.

For more information, contact us at 519-753-4937 ext. 451 if you have

This fall, the Brant County Health Unit will be returning to your child’s school to offer publicly funded hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV) and meningitis (Men C-ACYW-135) vaccinations to Grade 7 students. The Brant County Health Unit recognizes some Grade 8 students may have missed these school vaccines in Grade 7. Your Grade 8 child may still receive these vaccines for free and can be included in this vaccination clinic if they have not yet received a first dose or are due or overdue for a second dose of any of the above vaccines.

If you previously provided consent for your child to receive these vaccines during our school-based clinics last year or during a clinic at the health unit, this consent is still valid. You are not required to provide consent again.

If you have not previously provided consent but would like your child to receive these vaccines at the school clinic, please complete the School Vaccine Consent Form: www.bchu.org/SchoolVaccinationConsent. Please ensure you complete the form no later than 1 week before your school’s scheduled clinic.  To find out when we will be at your child’s school, please visit www.bchu.org/SchoolClinics.

Please contact BCHU Vaccine Preventable Disease program at 519-753-4937 ext. 451 to speak to a nurse if:

• You are not sure if you previously provided consent for your child to receive these vaccines
• You previously provided consent for your child to receive these vaccines but would like to withdraw consent
• Your child received these vaccines at a family doctor’s office (report at www.bchu.org/emunization)
• There has been any update in your child’s health history since you provided consent
• Your child is not attending school in person or will be absent on the scheduled clinic date, but you would like to schedule an appt at BCHU to receive the vaccines (Please note, you can also follow up with your child’s family doctor to receive these vaccines)

Please note, if your child has received or is planning to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster this fall, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has determined that COVID-19 vaccines may be administered at any time before, any time after, or at the same time as a non-COVID-19 vaccine(s). Please note BCHU will not be providing the COVID-19 vaccine during these clinics. To arrange a COVID-19 vaccine for your child, you may visit www.bchu.org/COVID19Vaccines.

For more information, contact us at 519-753-4937 ext. 451.