Muffles College Mobilizes to Vaccinate Students

Maria Urbina

In Orange Walk, Muffles College students will be among the first to be vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine during a vaccination drive for their students on Monday. News Five spoke to Vice-Principal Maria Urbina about the effort to get their students back into the classrooms.

Maria Urbina, Vice Principal, Muffles College

“We are working in partnership with the Ministry of Health to provide the Pfizer vaccine for the students between the ages of twelve to seventeen, here in our auditorium on Monday, starting at eight a.m. We have scheduled different time slots for our students. We are also extending an invitation to the class of 2021 that may fall under this bracket. This is specifically for the Muffles College students and our recent graduates. They must bring along their social security cards and their parents, in order for their parent to sign the parental consent form.”

Paul Lopez

“Why do you guys see It as important to partner with the Ministry in this initiative to get children vaccinated?”

Maria Urbina

“We believe that the students benefit more when they come to campus. They are in an environment where they are not distracted as some of them are at home. We believe this is a step in the direction of returning to some level of face to face learning, even if it is by way of a hybrid approach.”