George Washington High School is a public high school in the Kanawha County Schools district. It is at 1522 Tennis Club Road, Charleston, WV 25314, in the South Hills neighborhood. The school serves grades 9 to 12, and its teams are the Patriots.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the county health department and its partners used the school for testing and vaccine clinics.
Events held here
- Late September 2020: the health department and the West Virginia National Guard held a three-day testing push at the school. On the first day, they tested 361 people and gave 141 flu shots. See More Than 18,000 COVID-19 Tests Given at 58 Drive-Up Events.
- Saturday, November 7, 2020: a drive-thru flu vaccine clinic, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., one of eight high school sites. See Free Flu Vaccines at Kanawha County High Schools.
- Tuesday, June 8, 2021: a clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. for students who needed a second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. See second doses of COVID-19 vaccine at Kanawha County schools.
- Saturday, October 16, 2021: one of eight sites for the free flu and COVID-19 vaccine event. See Arms Across Kanawha.
See all event locations.
Sources
- Wikipedia: George Washington High School (Charleston, West Virginia)
- WCHS-TV: COVID-19 testing has “come a long way” from start of pandemic in W.Va. (September 30, 2020)
- WOWK 13 News: Flu vaccination clinics at Kanawha County high schools in November (October 27, 2020)
- WCHS-TV: More than 1,300 flu, 200 COVID-19 vaccines administered in Arms Across Kanawha event (October 16, 2021)