Mission: To provide a fun and safe place for
military kids to be encouraged, strengthened, and connected in their school.
What is Military Kids Club?
· 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.
Connection
· At
a new school, students meet other mobile military kids who understand their
perspective. Military kid’s clubs can also work in tandem with buddy programs that
connect new students individually.
Deployment support:
· Military kids club can
connect kids who are
experiencing deployment, enabling
them to share their feelings with other kids going through deployment. These
connections relieve feelings of fear and isolation.
Awareness:
· The numbers and participation in the
club give the school and school district a window into the military population in their school.
Action:
· Awareness of military-connected
students inspires professional development for teachers and staff about the
experiences and needs of those students.
Celebration:
· When military kids connect, and the
school is more aware of their presence, celebrating them takes on a new
emphasis. Military kids club members can even take the lead for celebrating
Month of the Military Child each April.
Funding:
· Military Kids Club will use funding
from fundraising efforts and events
Events
· Events would include but limited to
Raffles, donations, military ball, movie night, fun night, annual military
breakfast.
