Parents: 7th Graders Now Need Tdap, Meningitis Vaccines Before Entering School

Editor’s note: the following information was provided by the North Georgia Health District

Seventh graders are now required to have the tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) and meningococcal (meningitis) vaccines prior to entering school.

Children born on or after Jan. 1, 2002, who are attending seventh grade and new entrants into Georgia schools in grades 8 through 12 must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal vaccine.

New entrant refers to any child entering any school in Georgia for the first time or entering after having been absent from a Georgia school for more than 12 months or one school year.

For more information about this and all school required immunizations, go to the Georgia Department of Public Health website.

Shots are available at each of our health departments in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield counties.

The Cherokee County Health Department’s locations are:

Canton Office
1219 Univeter Road
Canton, GA 30115
Phone: 770-345-7371
WIC: 1-866-942-9675

Woodstock Office
7545 North Main St, Suite 100
Woodstock, GA 30188
Phone: 770-928-0133
WIC: 1-866-942-9675

Clinic hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

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