The Ohio Department of Education has declared Firelands High School, South Amherst Middle School and Firelands Elementary School as renewed Purple Star buildings!

Read more about the Purple Star Renewal here. The District was originally recognized in 2018 and continues to support the needs of this particular group of students.

We understand that the life of a military family can be difficult. If we can be of assistance please contact one of our building representatives:

 

Mrs. Valerie Schuster, School Counselor

(440) 965- 5381 

Mrs. Lauren Budweg, Teacher 

(440) 965-4255

 

Mr. Rick Skoczen, FMS/FHS Assistant Principal

(440) 965-4255 

Educational Resources: For Military Connected Youth. Listing of support services for students and families

Military.com: Listing of benefits the state of Ohio provides for veterans.   

Drug-Alcohol-Mental Health Awareness and Education:   Drug-Alcohol-Mental Health Awareness and Education: Our webpage that contains helpful resources regarding dangerous behaviors.

 

Free Homework Help: 24 hour live homework hotline free for military connected youth.

 

Military Kids Connect: Online community where kids, tweens, and teens can de-stress and connect with other military kids their age. Help kids develop coping skills and buld psychological health & resilience. 

 

Online Test Assistance: Test preparation courses for standardized tests, as well as ASVAB. 

 

Military Child Education Colation: The work of the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for al military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition. 

 

MIlitary Interstate Children's Compact Commission: National compact that provides for the uniform treatment of military children transferring between school districts and states. All 50 states have adopted the compact. 

 

Our Military Kids: Provides up to $500 grant to children who have a parent deployed overseas. Available for ages five through high school for sports, tutoring, and fine arts. 

 

MCEC:  Military Child Education Coalition is a partnership between Boys and Girls Club of America and the Armed Forces. They provide prepaid programs and services for military youth. 

SAT/ACT Prep Project  : Offers $250 worth of SAT and ACT test prep programs for under $20 for National Guard Members and Families.  

 

SchoolQuest: Helps military related kids transition from high school to college, or the workplace. Includes a scholarship finder for military connected youth. 

 

The Ohio Adjutant General's Department: Family Readiness and Warrior Support Youth Programs 

 

Ohio Department of Education:Supporting Military Families: Resources from the State of Ohio in support Ohio's military families. 

 

We are looking for FHS alumni who have served in our great military! We are gathering information to be displayed in a veterans acknowledgement area in our new high school. If you are a veteran please email Jennifer with the following information:

First Name, Last Name, Rank, Current Status, Military Branch, Job Description, FHS Graduation Year, Email.

Military OnceSource Special Needs Consultants: Available to families for assistance with questions and concerns regarding the care and educatin of a family member with special needs - both childrend and adults.

 

Military Special Needs network & Facebook: A peer-to-peer, global organization founded to respond to the famly support need of all brances of the military and of our Exceptional Family Members. 

 

STOMP (Specialized Training Of Military Parents) Project: A parent driven project to empower military parents, individuals with disabilities, and service providers with knowledge, skills, and resources needed.

 

The Education Directory for Children with Special Needs:  Provides military famlies with children with special needs the information they need to make informed assignment decisions and easier transitions.

 

Disibility.Gov: Provide resources on disability related programs, services, policies, laws, and regulations.

 

EFMP Exceptional Family Member Program: Army designed to be comprehensive, coordinated, multi-agency program to provide support, housing, medical, educational, and personnel serices to military families with EFM. 

Disabled Military Child Protection : Signed into law in December, 2014. Allows a military parent to provide a survior benefit for a disabled child by paying it to a special needs trust for that child's benefit.

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