POULSBO — The more than 200 sixth-graders who still need to be vaccinated can get their shots at school district sponsored immunization clinic.

Chris Case, North Kitsap School District director of communications, said there will be a Kitsap Health District nurse will be at Poulsbo Middle and at Kingston Middle during registration. Parents can either opt to take advantage of the free immunizations or can sign a waiver form so their students can start school on Sept. 3. Parents or guardians must be present to sign the permission or waiver forms during registration.

Incoming sixth-grade students at PMS and KMS need a current certificate of immunization (CIS) or a signed waiver before they can pick up their school schedules. The new immunization requirements require sixth-graders to have an additional Tdap immunization and either a varicella immunization or information that the student already has had chickenpox.

PMS sixth-graders can update their immunization during Panther Preview, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.on Aug. 28.

KMS sixth graders can update their immunizations during Cav Info Day, 1 to 4 p.m, Sept. 2.

“Procrastination seems to be a pattern all over Kitsap County,” according to a prepared statement from the district. “Over 300 sixth graders in Bremerton and South Kitsap School District have also received free immunizations in the past week from the Health District.”

For more information about the immunization status of a student, contact the office of Poulsbo Middle School or Kingston Middle School.