Blog Category - Parents Preparing for Transition
The “Interstate Compact” Agreement . . . What Parents, Schools and Administrators Should Know
Looking for a one-pager that quickly explains what the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children is all about? Well here it is!
Covering everything from what students it applies to, to what families must provide to new schools after moving, to the responsibilities of the “sending” and “receiving” schools . . . you’ll find it explained concisely here.
Blog Category - Parents Preparing for Transition
I’ve “Got Your 6”
What is it?
In the military, the expression “I’ve got your six” means “I’ve got your back”, and so in turn, you’ve got mine.
The “Got Your 6” campaign is an entertainment industry effort, launched in May of 2012, aimed at engaging civilians and veterans on the needs facing more than one million service men and women who will return to our communities and transition to civilian life over the next five years. In addition, this effort recognizes veterans’ continued desire to serve after their active military service is finished . . . in our towns and throughout our nation.
Blog Category - Parents Preparing for Transition
SchoolQuest.org and the Military Child Education Coalition . . . Here’s what we’re about!
You’ve found our SchoolQuest™ website resource, but perhaps you’re still wondering what we, and our parent organization the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)®, are all about? Well, here’s your answer . . . Military Kids! This brief introductory video explains it best . . .
Blog Category - Parents Preparing for Transition
Summer Classes . . . An Opportunity to Round Out Your High School Curriculum?
In this day and age, students have pretty strict requirements when it comes to scheduling their high school classes. In my family’s school district, this fall’s incoming 9th graders will have the added challenge of including two years of a foreign language. While it’s true that many students already take two (or even four) years of a foreign language in order to apply for Liberal Arts colleges which require them in order to be accepted, it’s just an example of how tricky it can be for students to schedule all of these required classes along with the electives of their choice. It can be especially heart-wrenching when a required class and one of a student's favorite elective classes are only offered once during the school day and they fall in the same period . . . resulting in the student having to let go of something they “love” for something they “have” to take.
Blog Category - Parents Preparing for Transition
Tool Kits & Resources for Professionals Working with the Children of Deployed Military
Do you have occasion to work with military-connected students who have a deployed parent, or a parent in transition due to military service? SchoolQuest.org™ and the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)® would like to bring two valuable resources to your attention.