Friday, September 18, 2020
Pasco County Schools is partnering with Health Hero Florida to provide NO COST flu vaccine to students with parental consent from October 5 – 9. The Centers for Disease Control recommends use of injectable influenza vaccine only; the nasal spray flu vaccine ("flu mist”) is not available and will not be administered. Qualified Health Hero Florida professionals will ONLY administer the injectable influenza vaccine.
Consent forms will be sent home by your child’s school and are available below. In order for your child to receive the flu vaccine shot during their scheduled clinic day parents must complete and sign the consent form and return it to the school. If the form is incomplete or unsigned your child will not receive the flu vaccine. Since this is a voluntary service, if you do not want your child to receive this vaccine, please DO NOT complete the consent form.
The flu shots will be available to students attending school in the Traditional bricks and mortar learning model. It will not be available to students attending school remotely (mySchool Online and Pasco eSchool) due to logistical issues. Parent of students attending remotely can go to the Health Department for FREE flu vaccine for any child under the age of 19.
Please see the schedule below to find out the date for your child’s flu vaccine clinic. Consent forms are also available below in English and in Spanish. These can be printed out, completed, signed and returned to the school. For more information, please visit HealthHeroFlorida.com
Date | School |
7-Oct | Achieve Center of Pasco |
6-Oct | Anclote Elementary |
6-Oct | Anclote High |
6-Oct | Bayonet Point Middle |
6-Oct | Bexley Elementary |
5-Oct | Calusa Elementary |
8-Oct | Centennial Elementary |
8-Oct | Centennial Middle School |
6-Oct | Charles S. Rushe Middle School |
5-Oct | Chasco Elementary |
5-Oct | Chasco Middle |
8-Oct | Chester W. Taylor Elementary |
7-Oct | Connerton Elementary |
6-Oct | Cotee River Elementary |
5-Oct | Crews Lake Middle |
7-Oct | Cypress Creek High |
7-Oct | Cypress Creek Middle |
5-Oct | Cypress Elementary |
6-Oct | Deer Park Elementary |
7-Oct | Denham Oaks Elementary |
8-Oct | Double Branch Elementary |
5-Oct | Fivay High |
5-Oct | Fox Hollow Elementary |
6-Oct | Gulf High |
5-Oct | Gulf Highlands Elementary |
5-Oct | Gulf Middle |
6-Oct | Gulf Trace Elementary |
6-Oct | Gulfside Elementary |
6-Oct | Harry Schwettman EC |
5-Oct | Hudson High |
5-Oct | Hudson Middle |
6-Oct | J.W Mitchell High |
8-Oct | James Irvin EC |
6-Oct | James Marlowe Elementary |
7-Oct | John Long Middle School |
8-Oct | Lachoochee Elementary |
7-Oct | Lake Myrtle Elementary |
7-Oct | Land O' Lakes High |
6-Oct | Longleaf Elementary |
6-Oct | Marchman Technical College |
5-Oct | Mary Giella Elementary |
6-Oct | Mittye P. Locke Elementary |
5-Oct | Moon Lake Elementary |
8-Oct | New River Elementary |
5-Oct | Northwest Elementary |
7-Oct | Oakstead Elementary |
6-Oct | Odessa Elementary |
8-Oct | Pasco Elementary |
8-Oct | Pasco High |
8-Oct | Pasco Middle |
6-Oct | Paul R. Smith Middle |
7-Oct | Pine View Elementary |
7-Oct | Pine View Middle |
7-Oct | Quail Hollow Elementary |
8-Oct | Raymond B. Stewart Middle School |
5-Oct | Richey Elementary |
5-Oct | River Ridge High |
5-Oct | River Ridge Middle |
8-Oct | Rodney B. Cox Elementary |
8-Oct | San Antonio Elementary |
7-Oct | Sand Pine Elementary |
7-Oct | Sanders Memorial Elementary |
5-Oct | Schrader Elementary |
8-Oct | Seven Oaks Elementary |
6-Oct | Seven Springs Elementary |
6-Oct | Seven Springs Middle |
5-Oct | Shady Hills Elementary |
6-Oct | Sunlake High |
6-Oct | Sunray Elementary |
7-Oct | Thomas E. Weightman Middle |
6-Oct | Trinity Elementary |
7-Oct | Trinity Oaks Elementary |
7-Oct | Veterans Elementary |
8-Oct | Watergrass Elementary |
5-Oct | Wendell Krill Technical |
7-Oct | Wesley Chapel Elementary |
7-Oct | Wesley Chapel High |
8-Oct | West Zephyrhills Elementary |
7-Oct | Wiregrass Ranch Elementary |
7-Oct | Wiregrass Ranch High |
8-Oct | Woodland Elementary |
8-Oct | Zephyrhills High |
The Florida Department of Health has provided specific guidance for parents (see letter here) as influenza or flu is now widespread across our state. Symptoms of the flu often include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, or fatigue. The single best way to protect against seasonal flu and its potential severe complications is for children to get a seasonal influenza vaccine each year. Antiviral medication for flu has been shown to reduce severity and length of disease, and decrease the risk of complications from influenza. Making healthy choices at school and at home can help prevent the flu and keep it from spreading to others. Children, parents, and staff should take the following everyday preventive actions (see here):
For more information, please visit http://cdc.gov/flu/parents/index.htm