2024-2025 Military Flagship School Award Application

The Georgia Department of Education's Military Flagship School Award recognizes schools that go above and beyond to provide a supportive environment for military students and families. Selected schools are those who provide specific outreach to military families and recognize and accommodate their unique needs.

The 2024-2025 Military Flagship School Award application is due January 15, 2025. Should you have any questions about the award or the application process, contact Rachale LaVoie, GaDOE Military Student & Family Specialist, at rachale.lavoie@doe.k12.ga.us.

Select School District or State Charter*

School Name:*

Congressional District*

Select your school's congressional district. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

School Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

School Phone Number*

School Website*

School Social Media Accounts

Principal Name*

First NameLast Name

Principal Email Address*

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Principal Phone Number*

Please enter a valid phone number.

Application Contact Name*

First NameLast Name

Application Contact Title*

Application Contact Email*

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Application Contact Phone Number*

Please enter a valid phone number.

Total Enrollment*

Military-Connected Student Enrollment*

Percentage of Students Eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch*

Title I School*

YesNo

Military families need readily accessible, up-to-date digital information on schools their children may attend. This can include, but is not limited to:

Regularly updated school and district websites
Regularly updated school and district social media platforms
Future school calendars posted online
Information posted online about school offerings of specific interest to military families (including, but not limited to, the activities described in Section E)

Please submit no more than five, and no less than three, examples of readily accessible, up-to-date information your school has provided through a school website, district website, school social media account, or district social media account.

These examples are not required to specifically reference military families, but should all showcase information that is of interest to military families who may be relocating to your district.

For each example, please provide a screen capture and a short explanation (2-3 sentences) of the information being provided. Please consolidate all of your examples into a single PDF file.

Upload the PDF file with your examples here.*

1. What is the Interstate Compact on Education Opportunity for Military Children? *

0/250

2. Who is covered under the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children? *

0/250

3. Explain your understanding of a deployment cycle. Discuss the implications of the deployment cycle, to include "dwell time", between deployments and how these times impact military children.*

0/250

4. What services or programs does your school offer to support the needs of military students and their families?*

Examples could include but are not limited to: Career Academy offerings, JROTC, counseling services, mentor programs, dual enrollment, second look policy, Green Academy, transition services (assistance provided to families in the enrolling/unenrolling process), etc. 0/250

5. What specfic training does your school provide to personnel to help them understand and support the needs of military children? Please include the name of the training/subject of training.*

Examples could include but are not limited to: teacher training and professional development, seeking to hire staff/personnel with a military background, using the military/military spouse Provisional Certification, utilizing data and resources with military connections (i.e. Blue Star Families Annual Survey, Military OneSource, etc.), collaboration with service members/military installation, etc. 0/250

6. What opportunities does your school provide for military parents and their children to connect with and feel supported by the surrounding community?*

Examples could include but are not limited to: relief fund for struggling students, college scholarship opportunities financed by local businesses, cooperative community/school projects, structures to provide parents with community resource information and contacts, family activities such as STEM or literacy activities on non-secure areas of military bases, etc.0/250

7. How does your school help military parents and their children feel engaged and respected within their new school by creating opportunities to become involved?*

Examples could include but are not limited to: Veterans Day celebrations, Month of the Military Child celebrations, Military Ball, parent volunteer opportunities and PTA involvement, web-based programs for parent/teacher communication, inviting military leaders to speak at school, military personnel volunteers, pictures/posters honoring military personnel and veterans placed throughout the school, acknowledgement of military families in the Parent and Family Engagement Policy/Plan, etc. 0/250

8. What specific outreach has your school made to military families and children?*

Examples could include but are not limited to: established procedure to help new students adjust and provide information about school clubs and offerings, outreach to students separated from parents due to deployment, after-school club for military children or children whose parents are deployed, mentors for new students, attendance policy that addresses deployment, lending closets for families in transition, etc. 0/250

9. Explain how your school assists with academic planning for military connected students. *

Examples could include but are not limited to: review of student's transcript prior to transitioning, provide educators, parents, and students with applicable resources, community engagement opportunities, etc. 0/250

10. Explain your school's process for dissemination and collection of the Impact Aid Student-Parent Survey. *

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1. Does your school have a way to recognize/know whether students come from Gold Star Families?*

YesNo

If your school recognizes Gold Star Families how is this determined? *

2. Does your school allow excused absences for a student during their parent's overseas deployment departure/deployment arrival day?*

YesNo

If your school allows excused absences for a student during their parent's overseas deployment departure/deployment arrival day, please outline your process. *

Example: Student must submit documentation, etc.

3. Does your school or district allow enrollment with military orders/military ID/shot records for 90 days until the family finds a home or lease?*

YesNo

4. Does your school allow online or phone registration for incoming military members from overseas Department of Defense installations?*

YesNo

If your school or district allows online or phone registration for incoming military members from overseas Department of Defense installations, please outline your process. *

5. Does your school have a military buddy system linking incoming military students with other military students upon arrival (either a student sponsor or an adult mentor)?*

YesNo

If your school or district has a military buddy system linking incoming military students with other military students upon arrival (either with a student sponsor or an adult mentor), please outline your process.

6. Does your school have a designated point of contact for military families?*

YesNo

If your school has a designated point of contact for military families, please list their name, title, and contact information.

7. For schools who serve 10-12th grade, was the ASVAB (Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery) administered during the 2024-2025 school year?*

YesNoN/A

If your school administered the ASVAB in 2024-2025 school year how many eligible 10-12th grade students took the ASVAB?

If your school administered the ASVAB in 2023-2024 school year how many eligible 10-12th grade students took the ASVAB?

Please share any additional details you would like us to know about your school, students, family, and community.

Example: More than 15% of our total district population is military connected, 12 of our educators are military connected, our community hosts annual events aimed to engage our military population, more than 50% of our eligible 10-12th graders took the ASVAB last year, etc.

Application Contact Signature (note: if not the principal, by signing here you signify that you have informed your school principal of this application)

2024-2025 Military Flagship School Award Application

School Information & Contacts

School Data

Section A: Outreach

Section B: Narrative

Section C: Activities