WUSD Hosts COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for over 650 Educators

Whitewater School District RN Kade Bevars administers a COVID-19 vaccination to Whitewater Middle School Associate Principal Ben Holzem during a SSM Health vaccination clinic at Whitewater High School on Tuesday.


(WUSD press release – March 16). — Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) was proud to host a COVID-19
vaccination clinic at Whitewater High School today for over 650 Wisconsin educators. The clinic was a
collaboraon among the School Districts of Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, and Milton, University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Madison College.


“We believe vaccinating educators is a key component to getting our state’s children safely back to
school full time and SSM Health is honored to partner with school districts to administer the COVID-19
vaccine,” said Damond Boatwright, SSM Health WI Regional President.

The clinic ran from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM and was comprised of staff from WUSD, School Districts of Fort
Atkinson and Milton, SSM Health, and Whitewater Fire and Rescue Volunteers. “We are proud of the
community collaboration that occurred to make this clinic a reality,” said Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty,
Superintendent of WUSD.

Educators received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine today. The second dose will be administered
at a clinic held at Whitewater High School on April 13.

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