{"id":88150,"date":"2025-04-28T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=88150"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:26:06","slug":"purple-star-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/purple-star-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Maryland Schools Earn Purple Star Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEDIA CONTACT:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raven Hill, 410-767-0486<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"mailto:raven.hill@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raven.hill@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>23 Maryland Schools Earn Purple Star Designation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eight school systems honored for strong support of students from military families<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>BALTIMORE (April 28, 2025) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Today, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) announced the 2025-27 Purple Star Schools from eight school systems, recognizing their strong services and support for students from military families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 23 schools will be recognized at Tuesday\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marylandpublicschools.org\/stateboard\/Pages\/meeting-agendas\/2025\/0429\/2025-04-29.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Board of Education meeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur Purple Star Schools are shining examples of compassion in action,\u201d said <\/span><b>Dr. Carey M. Wright, State Superintendent of Schools.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThese school communities open their hearts to military-connected students and families, offering not just support, but a true sense of belonging. We celebrate their commitment and the difference they make every single day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s Purple Star Schools include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Anne Arundel County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manor View Elementary, Pershing Hill Elementary\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Calvert County Public Schools\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beach Elementary, Calvert Elementary, Calvert High School, Calvert Career &amp; Technology Academy, Northern High School, Northern Middle School, Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus, Plum Point Elementary, St. Leonard Elementary, Windy Hill Elementary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Charles County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Head Elementary School\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Frederick County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Frederick Middle School, Whittier Elementary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Howard County Public School System<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bollman Bridge Elementary, West Friendship Elementary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Montgomery County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glen Haven Elementary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Prince George\u2019s County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine Andrews Public Charter School, Stephen Decatur Middle School<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>St. Mary\u2019s County Public Schools<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonardtown High School, Hollywood Elementary, Leonardtown Elementary\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryland joined this initiative in 2023, one of 43 states nationwide. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To earn the designation, schools must have a dedicated military liaison, provide accessible digital resources, offer a student-led transition program, and ensure staff receive training on the unique needs of military families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) announced the 2025-26 Purple Star Schools from eight school systems, recognizing their strong services and support for students from military families.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88150"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88178,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88150\/revisions\/88178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}