To enter into Santa Margarita Catholic High School, incoming freshmen and transfer students must have immunizations that meet the California School Immunization Law, Health and Safety Code Sections 120325-120380. Your student’s immunization record (yellow CA immunization card, MD immunization record or previous school immunization record) may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to SMCHS/Nurse’s Office. Incomplete or missing records will delay the admission process.
Under a 2011 California law, all California high school students must be vaccinated against pertussis (whooping cough). Incoming Freshman and students transferring from out of the state or country in both public and private schools will be required to show proof of a “Tdap” booster shot before starting school. Parents should be aware that the protection from childhood immunization to pertussis wears off, and adolescents may be at risk to the highly contagious disease without a booster.
The Shots For School website provides useful information about the new Tdap requirements, a new state law, requiring students to be vaccinated to protect against the whooping cough.
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SHOTS FOR SCHOOL