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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.

District Council Representatives

Below you can find contact information for District Council Representatives for each Purple Star Campus. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Email PIO.

  • Avalon Middle School - Katelyn Bigger

  • Bagdad Elementary School - Tiphanie Sapp

  • Bennett Russell Elementary - Jamie Cain

  • Berryhill Elementary School - Dawn Chapman

  • Central School - Klint Lay

  • Chumuckla Elementary School - Christy Baggett

  • East Bay K-8 School - Beth Mosley

  • East Milton Elementary School - Claudia Nichols

  • Gulf Breeze Elementary School - Kim McChesney

  • Gulf Breeze High School - Angela Schlosser

  • Gulf Breeze Middle School - Michael Brandon

  • Hobbs Middle School - Jennifer Cox

  • Holley-Navarre Intermediate School

  • Holley-Navarre Middle School - Joie Destefano

  • Holley-Navarre Primary School - Audrey Goodwin

  • Jay Elementary School - Josh Pape

  • Jay High School - Kevin Jordan

  • M.L. King Middle School - Robert Cole

  • Milton High School - Tim Short

  • Navarre High School - Jared Allen

  • Oriole Beach Elementary School - Sarah Thomin

  • Pace High School - Steven Shell

  • Pea Ridge Elementary School - Kimberly Crate

  • Santa Rosa Online - Jerilyn O'Brien

  • S.S. Dixon Primary School - Mary Grace White

  • S.S. Dixon Intermediate School - Kelli Lowe

  • Santa Rosa Adult High School - Jessica Booher

  • Sims Middle School - Danye Godwin

  • Wallace Lake K-8 School - Richard Abendan

  • W.H. Rhodes Elementary School - Kacie Reaves

  • West Navarre Primary - Deanna Blalock

  • West Navarre Intermediate - Shana Dorsey

  • Woodlawn Beach Middle School - Victor Lowrimore