Purple Star Schools of Distinction
Several Santa Rosa County schools carry the designation of Purple Star School of Distinction. Purple Star designation recognizes schools that provide extra support for children of military families.
There are certain requirements to receiving this designation. Those requirements include publicizing support for military students and families, highlighting annual military recognition events, providing opportunities for active-duty military parents to volunteer at the school, having a military point of contact, transition program, professional development, and controlled open enrollment.
In 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Purple Star Campuses legislation, recognizing K-12 schools that provide identified support for the military child's transition and relocation within Florida. This program aims to help students as they relocate to new schools due to a parents change in duty station.
Santa Rosa County is working with the Florida Department of Education to create a teacher leadership program at Purple Star schools help veterans earn their teaching certification and help teachers learn how to best serve military families. This program will allow Purple Star schools to fill teaching positions and help qualified teachers receive their certification more quickly.
FLDOE Senior Chancellor, Jacob Oliva, shared that, "The Department recognizes and applauds the commitment your district and schools have taken to ensure military-connected families are supported in Florida. The schools will maintain their designation as a Purple Star School of Distinction for three (3) school years. After three years, schools must reapply to maintain the Purple Star School of Distinction Designation."
Purple Star Campuses
Please click the hyperlink next to each school name to go directly to their military resource page.
Avalon Middle School - Military Resource Page
Bagdad Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Bennett Russell Elementary - Military Resource Page
Berryhill Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Central School - Military Resource Page
Chumuckla Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Dixon Intermediate School - Military Resource Page
East Bay K-8 School - Military Resource Page
East Milton Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Gulf Breeze Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Gulf Breeze High School - Military Resource Page
Gulf Breeze Middle School - Military Resource Page
Hobbs Middle School - Military Resource Page
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School - Military Resource Page
Holley-Navarre Middle School - Military Resource Page
Holley-Navarre Primary School - Military Resource Page
Jay Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Jay High School - Military Resource Page
M.L. King Middle School - Military Resource Page
Milton High School- Military Resource Page
Navarre High School - Military Resource Page
Oriole Beach Elementary School - Military Resource Page
Pace High School - Military Resource Page
Pea Ridge Elementary School - Military Resource Page
S.S. Dixon Primary School - Military Resource Page
S.S. Dixon Intermediate School - Military Resource Page
Santa Rosa Adult High School - Military Resource Page
Sims Middle School - Military Resource Page
Wallace Lake K-8 School - Military Resource Page
W.H. Rhodes Elementary School - Military Resource Page
West Navarre Intermediate School - Military Resource Page
West Navarre Primary School - Military Resource Page
Woodlawn Beach Middle School - Military Resource Page