Back to School: Supporting Teachers Strengthens the Team
By Terri Barnes Building a strong student-advocacy team is essential for military-connected students. As the school year begins in a pandemic environment, now more than ever, the team-building strategy should include supporting teachers, as well as students. Military-connected students at new schools won’t be the only ones navigating a new…
Superintendent Emphasizes Support for Teachers, Students, Parents
By Terri Barnes Jesse Najera is the superintendent of Silver Valley Unified School District in California. He is also a member of the California State Council of the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission. Military-connected students make up seventy-five percent of Silver Valley’s 2,200 students. The district’s seven schools, Pre-K to…
Moving During a Pandemic: How Schools Can Help
Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for Military Times — When military families first come to a new school, whether in-person or on Zoom or via email, we are carrying an invisible backpack on our shoulders weighted heavily with the emotional stress of the last several months of moving. It will be all that…
Mom’s View: Challenges of Pandemic Transitions
Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for The 74 Million — For military families, moving during a pandemic is like navigating the K-12 landscape through a kaleidoscope. When a military-connected child arrives at a new school this fall, teachers and administrators should understand that it has been a hard journey to get there — much…
Start Early for a Strong Student-Advocacy Team
The Season of Arriving is a crucial time for military-connected students. As school transitions are happening alongside pandemic conditions, students and parents are facing the possibility of an academic year that is either partially or completely online–at a new and unfamiliar school. No matter what kind of classes are planned…
The Other Side of Goodbye: When Friends Move Away
By Terri Barnes In military communities, students who are not moving feel the effects of the Season of Leaving when friends move away. Whether they are leaving or not, students may have to say goodbye to good friends and even best friends. Children whose friends move away experience the same…
Stormy Season of Leaving: PCSing during the Pandemic
By Terri Barnes Military families moving in the midst of pandemic conditions are experiencing a stormy Season of Leaving. For these families, a solid exit plan and good communication are more important than ever, say Amanda Trimillos, EdD, and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman, authors of Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas…
Purple Up to Step Up in the Season of Thriving
Month of the Military Child is a time each April for communities to celebrate kids in military families. As the COVID-19 pandemic creates new challenges for everyone, two military spouses are calling on military kids to show support and kindness to their communities, With a nod to Purple Up, featuring…
Bringing School Home: Focus on the Possibilities
By Terri Barnes As schools around the world respond to the spread of coronavirus by shifting to online classes for essential instruction, military-connected students and their parents are bringing school home. While schools create virtual learning environments and provide curriculum, parents find themselves involved in their children’s education in new…
Online Resources for Learning at Home
For parents creating learning environments at home, there are many educational and cultural resources available online. As a starting point, here’s a selection of at-home resources for various ages and stages of learning, with some especially for military-connected students. Not all of these resources are appropriate for every age group. With…
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