Prior to a child entering or attending school, parents or guardians are required to produce documentation confirming their child has received the school required immunizations, or in the alternative, their child received at least one dose of each of the required immunizations and is awaiting receipt of subsequent doses to be administered at appropriate intervals. In the following tables these children are considered “complete.”

Submit a Health Appraisal form completed by your physician. Must be completed by the first day of school. Minimum State of Michigan Immunization requirements:

All Kindergarteners & 4 – 6 year old transfer students:

4 DPT – 1 after 4 years of age
4 Polio – *Only 3 doses are required if dose 3 is administered after 4 years of age
2 MMR – 1st after 12 months of age
4 HIB – if entering before age 5 or entering the pre-school
3 Hepatitis B – vaccines in series
2 Chickenpox vaccine – after 1st birthday or date of history of the disease

All 7th graders & 7 – 18 year old transfer students:

4 DPT – 1 dose Tdap at 11 yrs of age or older
4 Polio - *Only 3 doses are required if dose 3 is administered after 4 years of age
2 MMR – 1st after 12 months of age
3 Hepatitis B (vaccine series)
2 Varicella (chickenpox) - after 1st birthday or date of history of the disease
1 Meningococcal for children 11 years of age or older upon entry into 7th grade or higher.

Each year schools are required to report the immunization status of children enrolled in kindergarten and 7th grade (6th grade prior to 2014) and new entrants to the school district. The following report summarizes the immunization status of school children in Michigan and provides some historical trends.

See the MDCH'S Required Childhood Immunizations for Michigan School Settings (updated 3/1/17).

If you have a religious or medical reason why your child cannot be immunized, a waiver must be signed before starting the first day of school.

Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools