Vaccine Clinic For Kids 5-11 Monday At Lower Merion High School

ARDMORE, PA — The Lower Merion School District is hosting a coronavirus vaccination clinic for students 5 to 11 years old next week.

From 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, the district is partnering with Eric’s Rx Shoppe to host the clinic at Lower Merion High School.

The clinic is open to students 5 to 11 years old, who must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Students will be administered the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Second doses will be administered Monday, Dec. 6.

District officials expect 1,000 to 1,2000 students to be vaccinated at the clinic.

Nurses from the LMSD Student Health Services Department and community volunteers will staff the clinic.

The Home & School Associations from the district’s six elementary schools have donated books, toys and other activities to keep the children occupied while waiting to receive their vaccinations and during the 15-minute waiting period after they receive them.