Important Vaccine Information for Current Juniors / Rising Seniors of the Class of 2022

In 2015, the State of North Carolina added Meningococcal vaccine to the school required immunizations. You may reference their letter here. The first dose of Meningococcal vaccine, MCV, was given to this year’s Juniors prior to the start of 7^th grade as a school required vaccine. The second dose of this vaccine is required prior to the start of the Senior year, the 2021-22 school year.

If your child does not currently have evidence of the MCV vaccine, please contact your child’s health care provider to obtain it. Following administration of the vaccine, please submit a copy of the record to the school nurse yet this school year. This documentation must be on file here at school prior to the start of the 2021-22 school year (August 23, 2021) to meet this school enrollment requirement. Individuals born before 1/1/2003 are exempt from this requirement.

For complete details and explanations, please review the website https://immunize.nc.gov/schools/ncruleslaws.htm for NC general statutes 130A-157.

Thank you for your timely attention to this matter. If you have any questions, our school nurse Amy Haislip will certainly be available to you as a resource.  Please contact her at school by phone 704-296-0105 or email amy.haislip@ucps.k12.nc.us.