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Announcements
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Public Schools and the Richmond City Health District kicked off the second year of “Mayor Stoney’s LEVEL UP! Challenge,” a campaign aimed at helping 5th grade students “level up” to the 6th grade by getting their required TdaP vaccination.
Mayor Stoney is encouraging Richmond parents to participate in his LEVEL UP! Challenge and return signed permission forms to allow their fifth grader to receive a free TdaP vaccination at their current school before the beginning of summer vacation. Forms will be sent home with students.
The goal of the challenge is to promote TdaP vaccination (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis), which is required by state law for all children turning age 10 by the end of the year and entering the 6th grade. There is no grace period for students without vaccination documentation on the first day of school. Therefore, to help prevent absenteeism that occurs each year, Mayor Stoney, Richmond Public Schools and the Richmond City Health District have teamed up to proactively build awareness of this vaccination requirement and incentivize return of parental consent forms to allow their child to receive the free TdaP vaccination and be entered into the contest.
The LEVEL UP! Challenge contest will be held at all 25 elementary schools this Spring with a chance for one student at each school to win a $50 gift card. In addition, the top four schools with the most parent permission forms returned before the contest end date will be treated to a classroom pizza party!
There are more than 1,000 Richmond Public Schools students who will need the TdaP vaccination by the time they reach 6th grade in the next school year (Fall 2018). The goal of this challenge is to have a minimum of 90% of the consent forms returned to schools.
More information can be obtained by calling RPS elementary schools, or by visiting the websites of Richmond Public Schools and the Richmond City Health District, or:
Kenita Bowers
Director, Communications & Media Relations
Richmond Public Schools
Office: 804-780-7100
kbowers@rvaschools.net
George Jones
Marketing & PR Manager
Richmond City Health District
Office: 804-205-3735
Mobile: 804-381-2622
george.jones@vdh.virginia.gov
Posted by Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayor at 11:23 AM
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