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Seasons of My Military Student: Practical ideas for parents and teachers to support military-connected students as they transition from school to school and face other challenges of military life.

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Conference Time: Choose Student Timeline Over Tradition

By Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman When it comes to getting a student established in a new school, the student’s timeline is more important than tradition. When military students move and enter a…

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Student Resume: Collecting Skills and Materials

By Amanda Trimillos Resume-writing is a skill young adults often encounter for the first time when applying for college, scholarships, or perhaps their first jobs. Military-connected students can benefit from…

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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…

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  • Holidays During Deployment: Tips for Teachers and Parents

    Special occasions and holidays during deployment can be difficult for military-connected students and their families. For any celebration, adding a deployment subtracts a parent and raises the stakes. Teachers and parents can still make special days joyful and inclusive with awareness and thoughtful planning. In any season, says teacher and…

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    Superintendent Emphasizes Support for Teachers, Students, Parents

    August 15, 2020
  • Making a Difference for Military Kids, Families

    Books Make a Difference magazine — When Michelle Anders’s military family moved from Hawaii to Georgia, her six-year-old daughter had to change schools in the middle of the school year. Michelle was concerned about the impact the transition might have on her little girl but found helpful information in Seasons…

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  • Interstate Compact Reduces Risk of Graduation Delays

    By Amanda Trimillos Moving can be a difficult time for any military family. We say goodbye to our friends, our neighbors, our routines, and our support system.  But for high school students, changing schools because of a military move—or permanent change of station (PCS)—could mean saying goodbye to much, much…

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  • Seasons Wins Gold at MWSA Awards

    Elva Resa Publishing — Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers, by Amanda Trimillos, EdD, and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman received Gold/First Place for best reference book at the Military Writer’s Society of America 2019 awards. MWSA recognizes excellence among military authors and their books. This year’s awards were announced September 14…

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  • Proactive Communication for Students in Every Season

    By Amanda Trimillos In meet-the-teacher sessions at new schools with my children, time and time again I heard teachers use the term “proactive communication.” Teachers offer parents several ways to communicate – email addresses, phone numbers, and notation areas in student agendas. They emphasize the importance of proactive communication with…

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    May 7, 2019
  • Building Strong Networks of Support

    Military Family Life — When navigating and building support networks for military life, personal connections make all the difference. For all the moving pieces—transitions, mental health, school changes, deployment, and more—many avenues of support are available, and a few helping hands can bring those pieces together. Seasons of My Military Student…

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  • Back to School Advice: Look for the New Kid

    Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for Scary Mommy — “Look for the new kid.” A common saying I tell my children as I help zip up their backpacks, arrange their clothes and tie their shoes preparing for the first day of school. It’s a simple saying, but one that can change the trajectory…

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  • Five Ways Military Kids Clubs Help Students and Schools

    A military kids club is a school organization especially for military-connected students. A military kids club helps military kids plug in quickly at a new school and community during the Season of Arriving, providing a venue for meeting other students with similar military-life experiences. “Although they come from different branches…

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    Don’t Chase Curriculum: Focus on Student Needs

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  • Kindergarten: Ready or Not?

    Stacy Allsbook-Huisman for Military Spouse magazine — Kindergarten is a magical year, when eager little ones head to school for the first time. Ready to learn, ready to be independent, ready to grow. But not all children are ready to take the leap of freedom or pace of learning. Not all…

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  • New high school: Preparation is key

    Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman for Military Spouse magazine — For military-connected students, the transition from middle school to high school can be compounded by a PCS move. Moving to a new community, loss of social support networks and unfamiliar academic expectations will be a heavy burden for budding teens. Planning for the…

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