FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2021

City of Milwaukee Health Department Hosts School Vaccine Clinics

MILWAUKEE – Beginning Monday, November 8, the Milwaukee Health Department will partner with Milwaukee Public Schools, Seton Catholic Schools, and Children’s Wisconsin to vaccinate Milwaukee-area children. These 22 community clinics will primarily focus on vaccinating the newly-eligible 5 to 11 year old demographic but will also offer first, second, and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for any eligible individual without an appointment. All children under the age of 18 will require parent or guardian permission to receive the vaccine.

“Vaccination truly is a community effort,” said Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson. “We are grateful for organizations and community advocates like Milwaukee Public Schools, Seton Catholic Schools, and Children’s Wisconsin and their continued partnership and commitment to keeping our community and children healthy and protected against COVID-19.”

The Milwaukee Health Department will host one to two vaccine clinics per day from November 8 through November 23. Beginning November 29, the same cycle of 22 schools will repeat to administer second doses. All second dose clinics will be finished on December 14. This schedule will allow ten days after the second dose prior to the Christmas holiday and two weeks before the New Year's holiday for children to reach their full immune response.

“Milwaukee Public Schools has worked diligently to provide eligible students and staff access to the vaccinations that will protect our community from the dangers of COVID-19," said Dr. Posley, Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. "The Milwaukee Health Department has been instrumental in providing these services and we are elated to continue this partnership as more of our young people become eligible for the vaccine. We will continue to work with MHD and all of our partners to support making vaccines accessible and available to our students and staff.”

“We are pleased to partner with the Milwaukee Health Department to provide easy access to COVID-19 vaccines for our students and their families by offering clinics at our Milwaukee schools this month,” said Melissa Benson, COVID-19 coordinator for Seton Catholic Schools. “Vaccines remain the most effective layer of protection from COVID-19, and we are grateful that a safe vaccine has been approved for children ages 5 to 11. In-person learning is vital to student academic success and these vaccine clinics will help keep students healthy and learning in the classroom.”

“Children’s Wisconsin — with additional support from our health insurance plan, Children’s Community Health Plan — is proud to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts of the Milwaukee Health Department at the community schools our nurses support,” said Dr. Bob Rohloff, pediatrician and medical director of health management and community services at Children’s Wisconsin. “We hope providing vaccination efforts in locations that are familiar to kids and more convenient to families will encourage more families to have their children vaccinated. We are ready to answer any questions families have and use our expertise in kids to help kids who may be nervous or not like needles.”

More information on the COVID-19 vaccine, along with a schedule of mobile vaccine clinics can be found at Milwaukee.gov/COVIDVAX.

School Schedule for First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Monday, November 8

• Hartford University School
  2227 E. Hartford Avenue
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Townsend Public School
  3360 N. Sherman Boulevard
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, November 9

• Marshall High School
  4141 N. 64th Street
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• St. Margaret Mary
  3950 N. 92nd Street
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 10

• Brown Street Academy
  2029 N. 20th Street
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Ascension All Saints Family Health Center
  2400 W. Villard Avenue
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
• Catholic East Holy Rosary
  2038 N. Bartlett Avenue
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 11

• Our Lady Queen of Peace
  2733 W. Euclid Avenue
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Longfellow Public School
  1021 S. 21st Street
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Friday, November 12

• Barack Obama High School
  5075 N. Sherman Boulevard
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Kilbourn Public School
  5354 N. 68th Street
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Monday, November 15

• St. Roman
  1810 W. Bolivar Avenue
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• St. Rafael
  2251 S. 31st Street
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 16

• UWM Union
  2200 E. Kenwood Boulevard
  10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Northwest Catholic
  7140 N. 41st Street
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 17

• St. Thomas Aquinas Academy
  341 E. Norwich Avenue
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Ascension All Saints Family Health Center
  2400 W. Villard Avenue
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Thursday, November 18

• St. Charles Borromeo
  3100 W. Parnell Avenue
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Victory K8 & Italian Immersion School
  2222 W. Henry Avenue
• 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Friday, November 19

• Allen-Field Elementary
  730 W. Lapham Boulevard
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Prince of Peace
  1114 S. 25th Street
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Monday, November 22

• Bethune Academy
  1535 N. 35th Street
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• St. Catherine
  2647 N. 51st Street
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 23

• LaFollette Public School
  3239 N. 9th Street
  9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary
  2308 W. Nash Street
  1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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