Welcome

These resources will help you to promote the importance of school vaccination and to help your parents, students, and staff be prepared and protected at the start of the school year! Inside you will find flyers, brochures, videos, social media posts, and everything to prepare you for this school year. It is important that we protect our schools and state!

We encourage you to use this toolkit to:

• Help your students and parents to be prepared and ready for school.
• Encourage your students and parents to visit their primary care provider and to understand their school requirement for immunization
• Promote sharing of this information by parents via social media sites
• Ensure a unified message among providers, administrators, school medical staff, and parents
   

Contents:

• Resources for all Students
• Age-Specific Resources
  • Pre - K
  • 5K – 4th Grades
  • 5th – 12th Grade
• Appendices:
  • Materials for the Web
  • Animated Images and Video
• Order Free Printed Materials from DHEC

Resources for all Students

Use the following resources as handouts for your students or parents or post them on your website or social media to help promote vaccination for back-to-school this year.

5K-12 Immunization Info for Parents

Childcare Immunization Info for Parents

Get Ready for the New School Year

Measles - It is Not Just a Little Rash

Measles - More Than Just a Little Rash

Mumps - More than just swollen glands

Whooping Cough (Pertussis) - A contagious disease

Age-Specific Resources

Pre - K

2021 Recommended Immunizations for Children from Birth Through 6 Years Old

Hepatitis A and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It

5K – 4th Grades

2021 Recommended Immunizations for Children from 7 Through 18

5th – 12th Grade

Protect Your Preteen

Proteja Su Preadolescente

HPV Protect Your Child from Cancer (young girl)

HPV Protect Your Child from Cancer (teen boy)

HPV Protect Your Child from Cancer (mother and child)

HPV Protect Your Child from Cancer (teen girl)

Appendices:

Materials for the Web

Have your public information officers use the following resources on the school website! Have them post these prepared social media posts to Twitter, Facebook, and your school webpage.

Videos

Animated Graphics

• Animated Graphics for Websites (CDC)

Order Free Printed Materials from DHEC

These back-to-school resources can either be printed or ordered for free via the DHEC Educational Materials Library. You will have to create a free account, and then Browse Library, Program “Immunizations” to view materials and order.