IMPORTANT IMMUNIZATION REMINDERS
Parents of K3-K5 students and 7th and 11th Graders should check the School website under the MY ACS tab for immunization requirements that apply to your child. 11th Grade Parents, please make note of the NEW MCV4 booster shot requirement. You may submit immunization forms to the Main Office in person or via email to Mrs. Stephanie Mull. Your child must have an updated immunization record on file or a current, notarized religious exemption form to attend ACS.
Georgia law requires children attending a school or childcare facility to have certain immunizations. These immunizations are documented by your healthcare provider on a Georgia Immunization Certificate known as Form 3231. Every year these forms are checked for updated immunizations for those children in Kindergarten (K3, K4, and K5) and those entering grade 7 and grade 11.
Georgia allows for 2 different types of exemptions.
Medical Exemption: this is given when a child’s healthcare provider deems that a child is unable to receive certain vaccinations. This type of exemption must be marked on the Georgia Immunization Certificate (Form 3231) not a separate written letter from your healthcare provider. This exemption also requires that a new Georgia Immunization Certificate (Form 3231) be filled out every year.
Religious Exemption: this allows parents to make a decision based on their religious beliefs/convictions to exempt their child from immunizations. A form (2208) called an Affidavit of Religious Objection must be filled out instead of the Georgia Immunization Certificate (Form 3231). The Affidavit of Religious Objection (Form 2208) must be notarized. A letter or other documentation from a religious group or leader is not needed. This form does not expire.
If there is an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, like the measles, then those children who are not immunized will be excluded from school.
You can click the link below to access all information from the State of Georgia on immunizations for school age children.