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Sea Mar, Clark County schools host vaccine clinics across the county

Vaccines are required in Washington for students attending public schools and day cares

By Griffin Reilly, Columbian staff writer

Published: August 19, 2024, 7:26am

A vial of the measles vaccine is displayed at the Kaiser Permanente Cascade Park office in Vancouver. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Schools across Clark County are hosting immunization clinics at district locations this week as the start of the 2024-2025 school year draws nearer.

The list of necessary immunizations for children attending K-12 schools in Washington for this school year is unchanged from last year:

A COVID-19 vaccine or annual booster is not required but, like the seasonal influenza vaccine, is recommended.

Clark County has had outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in the last decade.

District staff, with the help of local and state health officials, are administering the various necessary vaccines for free or low cost. For each of the following locations, appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome. Parents must bring their child’s immunization records.

Evergreen Public Schools

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26 at the Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center, 13413 N.E. LeRoy Haagen Memorial Drive, Vancouver.
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays (plus Wednesdays in August) in Room 212 at Evergreen High School, 14300 N.E. 18th St., Vancouver.

Vancouver Public Schools

3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 through Thursday, Aug. 22 at Roosevelt Elementary School, 2921 Falk Road, Vancouver.
1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 and 3:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 at Fort Vancouver High School, 5700 E. 18th St., Vancouver.

Sea Mar Community Health Centers

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Sea Mar Salmon Creek, 14508 N.E. 20th Ave., Vancouver.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Sea Mar Fourth Plain, 6100 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Sea Mar Battle Ground, 118 S. Parkway Ave., Battle Ground.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Sea Mar East Vancouver, 19005 S.E. 34th St., Vancouver.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Sea Mar Vancouver Medical Clinic, 7410 E. Delaware Lane, Vancouver.

Other Locations

3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 at Hockinson Heights Elementary School, 20000 N.E. 164th St., Brush Prairie.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at Delta Direct Care (available to all Washington residents younger than 19), 2370 E. Third Loop, Vancouver.

Among the vaccines Washington requires students to receive is one that protects against whooping cough, otherwise known as pertussis. Clark County Public Health has reported a 750 percent increase in the recorded number of pertussis cases as of June compared with the same time last year.

Quarterly data on the spread of various infectious diseases in Clark County can be accessed on the Public Health website under the Communicable Disease tab here: clark.wa.gov/public-health/community-data.

For more information about immunization requirements in Washington or how to file for exemptions, visit the state Department of Health’s website at doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/schools/immunization.

Griffin Reilly

Columbian staff writer

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