Students at St. Margaret Mary School received doses of the vaccine at a clinic held on Nov. 9. (Photo by Matt Martinez)

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A new effort from the Milwaukee Health Department will bring COVID-19 vaccinations to Milwaukee schools in an effort to reach younger children.

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The vaccine clinics are a partnership between the Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee Public Schools, Seton Catholic Schools and Childrenโ€™s Wisconsin. There will be 22 clinics in total: 12 at MPS locations, and 10 at Seton Catholic Schools.

The clinics are primarily meant to serve kids aged 5 to 11, as they were recently authorized to receive the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19. However, the clinics will also be open to the public and offer first, second and booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

There also are doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine available for those over the age of 18.

No appointments are needed for students or the general public. Kids under 18 will need parental permission to get the shot. MPS is providing permission slips for parents to allow their children to get the vaccine. Parents can also accompany their child and give permission.

MPS students who attend schools that are not on the list can get vaccinated at any of these clinics.

Emily Tau, marketing and communications officer for the Milwaukee Health Department, said there will also be flu vaccines administered at the clinics. Kids can get both their COVID-19 and flu shots in the same day, according to recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The schedule for the clinics was made with the holidays in mind, allowing the last children to be vaccinated 10 days before Christmas and 14 days before New Yearโ€™s.

Guidelines from the CDC state that a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second shot.

When and where the vaccine clinics will be held:

Monday, Nov. 29

Hartford University School, 2227 E. Hartford Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Townsend Public School, 3360 N. Sherman Blvd. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 30

Marshall High School, 4141 N. 64th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

St. Margaret Mary School, 3950 N. 92nd St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 10 and Wednesday, Dec. 1

Brown Street Academy, 2029 N. 20th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Catholic East Elementary Holy Rosary Campus, 2038 N. Bartlett Ave., 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 11 and Thursday, Dec. 2

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School, 2733 W. Euclid Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Longfellow Public School, 1021 S. 21st St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Dec. 3

Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education, 5075 N. Sherman Blvd. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Kilbourn Public School, 5354 N. 68th St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 15 and Monday, Dec. 6

St. Roman Parish School, 1810 W. Bolivar Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon.

St. Rafael Catholic School, 2251 S. 31st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 16 and Tuesday, Dec. 7

Northwest Catholic School, 7140 N. 41st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 17 and Wednesday, Dec. 8

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, 341 E. Norwich St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Thursday, Nov. 18 and Thursday, Dec. 9

St. Charles Borromeo School, 3100 W. Parnell Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Victory K8 & Milwaukee Italian Immersion School, 2222 W. Henry Ave. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 19 and Friday, Dec. 10

Allen-Field Elementary School, 730 W. Lapham Blvd. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Prince of Peace School, 1114 S. 25th St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 22 and Monday, Dec. 13

Mary McLeod Bethune Academy, 1535 N. 35th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

St. Catherineโ€™s Catholic Elementary School, 2647 N. 51st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Dec. 14

LaFollette Public School, 3239 N. 9th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, 2308 W. Nash St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.


For more information

For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit https://city.milwaukee.gov/CovidVax or call the health departmentโ€™s COVID-19 hotline at 414-286-6800.

For help finding a COVID-19 vaccine and more information, visit https://www.healthymke.com/5-11.

For more information about flu shots, check out our previous NNS reporting. The Milwaukee Health Department also has more information on its website.



Las escuelas locales estรกn organizando clรญnicas de vacunas como parte de un nuevo esfuerzo del Departamento de Salud de Milwaukee

Un nuevo esfuerzo del Departamento de Salud de Milwaukee traerรก las vacunas COVID-19 a las escuelas de Milwaukee en un esfuerzo por llegar a los niรฑos mรกs pequeรฑos.

Las clรญnicas de vacunas son una colaboraciรณn entre el Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee Public Schools, Seton Catholic Schools y Wisconsin โ€˜s Children. Habrรก 22 clรญnicas en total: 12 en ubicaciones de MPS y 10 en las escuelas catรณlicas de Seton.

Las clรญnicas estรกn destinadas principalmente a atender a niรฑos de 5 a 11 aรฑos, ya que recientemente se les autorizรณ a recibir la vacuna Pfizer para COVID-19. Sin embargo, las clรญnicas tambiรฉn estarรกn abiertas al pรบblico y ofrecerรกn la primera, la segunda y la dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna Pfizer.

Tambiรฉn hay dosis de la vacuna Johnson & Johnson disponibles para los mayores de 18 aรฑos.

No se necesitan citas para los estudiantes o el pรบblico en general. Los niรฑos menores de 18 aรฑos necesitarรกn el permiso de los padres para recibir la vacuna. MPS estรก proporcionando formularios de permiso para que los padres permitan que sus hijos reciban la vacuna. Los padres tambiรฉn pueden acompaรฑar a sus hijos y darles permiso.

Los estudiantes de MPS que asisten a escuelas que no estรกn en la lista pueden vacunarse en cualquiera de estas clรญnicas.

Emily Tau, oficial de marketing y comunicaciones del Milwaukee Health Department, dijo que tambiรฉn se administrarรกn vacunas contra la influenza en las clรญnicas. Los niรฑos pueden recibir tanto la vacuna COVID-19 como la vacuna contra la gripe el mismo dรญa, segรบn una guรญa reciente de los Centros para el Control y la Prevenciรณn de Enfermedades .

El horario de las clรญnicas se hizo pensando en las vacaciones, permitiendo que los รบltimos niรฑos fueran vacunados 10 dรญas antes de Navidad y 14 dรญas antes de Aรฑo Nuevo.

Las pautas de los CDC establecen que una persona se considera completamente vacunada dos semanas despuรฉs de su segunda vacuna.

Cuรกndo y dรณnde se llevarรกn a cabo las clรญnicas de vacunaciรณn:

Lunes 29 de noviembre

Hartford University School, 2227 E. Hartford Ave.- 9:30 am hasta el mediodรญa

Townsend Public School, 3360 N. Sherman Blvd. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Martes 30 de noviembre

Marshall High School, 4141 N. 64th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

St. Margaret Mary School, 3950 N. 92nd St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Miรฉrcoles 10 de noviembre y miรฉrcoles 1 de diciembre

Brown Street Academy, 2029 N. 20th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Catholic East Elementary Holy Rosary Campus, 2038 N. Bartlett Ave., 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Jueves 11 de noviembre y jueves 2 de diciembre

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School, 2733 W. Euclid Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Longfellow Public School, 1021 S. 21st St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Viernes 12 de noviembre y viernes 3 de diciembre

Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education, 5075 N. Sherman Blvd. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Kilbourn Public School, 5354 N. 68th St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Lunes 15 de noviembre y lunes 6 de diciembre

St. Roman Parish School, 1810 W. Bolivar Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon.

St. Rafael Catholic School, 2251 S. 31st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Martes 16 de noviembre y martes 7 de diciembre

Northwest Catholic School, 7140 N. 41st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Miรฉrcoles 17 de noviembre y miรฉrcoles 8 de diciembre

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, 341 E. Norwich St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Jueves 18 de noviembre y jueves 9 de diciembre

St. Charles Borromeo School, 3100 W. Parnell Ave. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Victory K8 & Milwaukee Italian Immersion School, 2222 W. Henry Ave. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Viernes 19 de noviembre y viernes 10 de diciembre

Allen-Field Elementary School, 730 W. Lapham Blvd. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Prince of Peace School, 1114 S. 25th St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Lunes 22 de noviembre y lunes 13 de diciembre

Mary McLeod Bethune Academy, 1535 N. 35th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

St. Catherineโ€™s Catholic Elementary School, 2647 N. 51st St. โ€“ 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Martes 23 de noviembre y martes 14 de diciembre

LaFollette Public School, 3239 N. 9th St. โ€“ 9:30 a.m. to noon

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, 2308 W. Nash St. โ€“ 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.


Para mรกs informaciรณn

Para obtener mรกs informaciรณn sobre la vacuna COVID-19, visite https://city.milwaukee.gov/CovidVax o llame a la lรญnea directa de COVID-19 del departamento de salud al 414-286-6800.

Para obtener ayuda para encontrar una vacuna COVID-19 y mรกs informaciรณn, visite https://www.healthymke.com/5-11 .

Para obtener mรกs informaciรณn sobre las vacunas contra la gripe, consulte nuestros informes anteriores de NNS. El Milwaukee Health Department tambiรฉn tiene mรกs informaciรณn en su sitio web.

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