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Military Family Resources

Point of Contact: Glenice McKenzie, LCSW
Military School Liaison
901-840-9677
 
Munford Middle School is a Military-Friendly school with strong support and commitment for military-connected students and their families. The faculty, staff, and administration understand the unique challenges military-connected children experience as they transition to a new school; as a result, we at Munford Middle School are committed to ensuring your child's transition is seamless. We are also committed to providing our families with as many resources as possible to ensure their child's success. Please use the links below or contact our Military School Liaison if you have any questions regarding the information provided.

 

Helpful Links for Military Families

 

Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission: Founded in 2008, the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children or ICEOMC. Commission members include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and five ex-officio representatives – which include the US Department of Defense. The collaborative’s mission, to ease the educational transitions of school-aged, military-connected students attending public schools and Department of Defense schools worldwide, also promulgates and enforces the compact rules. https://mic3.net/

 

Military One Source: A central hub for the military community.  Provides information about military benefits, deployments, reintegration, moves, parenthood, retirement and more.  Support for Military Personnel & Families | Military OneSource

 

National Military Family Association: Provides information and resources related to services and programs for military families.

Serving Military Families Since 1969 (militaryfamily.org)

 

MIC3 Compact Rules https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/stateboardeducation/documents/mic3/MIC3-Rules-Book-WEB.pdf

 

MIC3 Electronic Brochure https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/stateboardeducation/documents/mic3/one-pager-parents-and-schools.pdf

 

MIC3 Parent FAQs https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/stateboardeducation/documents/mic3/parent-faq-2019.pdf

 

MIC3 Tennessee Code Annotated https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/stateboardofeducation/documents/MIC3_TENNESSEE_CODE_ANNOTATED.pdf Contact MIC3 Tennessee https://www.tn.gov/sbe/committees-and-initiatives/military-interstate-children-s-compact-tennessee-state-council--mic3-/contact.html

 

Tennessee Grading Scale https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/stateboardeducation/documents/mic3/7-22-22%20II%20D%20Uniform%20Grading%20System%20Permanent%20Rule%200520-01-03-.02%20Clean.pdf

 

Purple Star School Award Information https://www.tn.gov/sbe/committees-and-initiatives/military-interstate-children-s-compact-tennessee-state-council--mic3-/pssa.html

 

Month of the Military Child Resources https://www.tn.gov/sbe/committees-and-initiatives/military-interstate-children-s-compact-tennessee-state-council--mic3-/month-of-the-military-child.html

 

Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC): The mission of MCEC is to ensure inclusive, quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, transition, deployments and family separation.

 

The MCEC website has a wide variety of information for parents and educators. MCEC is widely known as a reliable source of current information. The advantage for parents using this website is the opportunities for involvement for students and families.

These links may be particularly helpful: https://www.militarychild.org/audience/parents https://www.militarychild.org/audience/students https://www.militarychild.org/resources

 

Military Children on the Move

This a military-operated website designed to help Military Connected Families in every aspect of their life. This is a site that can help families in a variety of aspects other than just education. There is a wealth of information intended to assist the military family. Checklist for Transitioning Students SchoolQuest provides many resources for parents and educators. One set that is invaluable is the Transitioning Student list. This includes a checklist for Student Transitioning, Students with Disabilities, Gifted, and English Language Learners. Parents will be able to use the checklists to help have discussions with incoming and outgoing schools. This may help reduce the lack of services and participation due to slow delivery of paperwork. A second page that may be very helpful is the Parent Resource Library Page. Parents, students, and educators can find a wide range of information on these resource pages.

 

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