School Support Services works in conjunction with Child, Youth and School Services and the local school community. The School Liaison Officer acts as a communication link between the installation and the surrounding school districts.

Contact:

School Support Services
Resiliency Center, 600 Thomas Avenue,
Fort Leavenworth, KS-66027
Phone: (913) 684-1655 (DSN: 552-1655)
Fax: (913) 684-1652 (DSN 552-1652)
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Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Newsletter:

To request information or subscribe to the School Support Services Newsletter, click here. The newsletter features important resources and education information each month.

Frequently Asked Questions:

How can the School Liaison officer help you?

* Serves as the primary point of contact for school-related matters.
* Represents, informs and assists Command.
* Assists military Families with school issues.
* Forges partnership between the military and schools

Registering Students

To find out more, go to Registering Students

Leavenworth Area School Districts

To find out more about local school districts, go to Leavenworth Area Schools.

Special Needs Information

Each district has a Special Education Director. Below is a list of currently available special needs programs.

* Families Together
* Fort Leavenworth Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
* STOMP Project
* Leavenworth County Special Education Cooperative is the provider for special education services in Leavenworth County Schools. They also provide free screening and early learning programs for age birth to five years (vision, hearing, motor, communication, cognitive, self-help, personal and social). Contact LCSEC at (913) 727-1755.
* Kansas Department of Education Student Support Services
* Tiny K Foundation

Homeschooling Information

* Homeschooling Legal Defense Association
* Starting a Home School in Kansas
* USD 453 Virtual School - Accredited education opportunities for students K-8th grade

Homework Help

A list of local tutors is available through School Support Services. Child Youth & School Services (CYSS) Homework Centers are after school programs facilitated by teaching professionals in our School Age and Youth Services facilities. CYSS Youth Tech Labs use established technology curriculum in school-age and middle school/teen program.

* Harrold Youth Center Homework Center
* Study Strong
* Tutor.com

Relocation & Youth to Youth Sponsorship

In-processing occurs twice annually and coincides with the Command and General Staff College's incoming class. To out-process, simply call the School Services Support office at (913) 684-1655.

* Youth to Youth Sponsorship Program
* Checklist for Moving by MilitaryChild.org
* SchoolMatters.com
* School Quest
* See how your school rates

Information for Teens

The SLO maintains a list of scholarships for military children as well as resource information.
* CYS Services Hired! Apprenticeship Program
* Free SAT/ACT Prep Software from EKnowledge
* In-State College Tuition
* Scholarship Finder
* Teen Driver's Laws in Kansas
* The Senior Year Stabilization Policy allows soldiers with high school seniors to request stabilization from PCS movement during the child's senior year. This is a soldier initiated action. The Soldier should initiate DA Form 4187 requesting stabilization through their unit commander to their servicing PSB/MPD. This must be applied for between March of the Sophomore year and 1 September of the Junior Year. This is a request not a guarantee, the needs of the Army will dictate.

Adopt a School Program

Adopt-A-School Program is an authorized program in accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 360-6, Community Relations. Adopt-A-School activities are conducted to increase public awareness of the Army's mission and to foster good relations with the local communities. Adopt-A-School is an initiative of Partnerships in Education (PiE).

The mission of the Adopt-A-School program is to routinely contribute military resources and services to schools in order to nurture the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical growth of children in the Fort Leavenworth area.

Units may choose to adopt one specific school to concentrate their volunteer effort into or they may choose to volunteer in several schools depending on their availability. There are a variety of volunteer activites that could be performed including reading to students, sharing expertise as a guest speaker, school beautification projects, being a lunch buddy, etc. The main POC for the program is the School Liaison Officer. Schools will submit volunteer requests through the School Liaison Office who will disseminate them to the unit POCs. It will be understood that not every request is guaranteed to be fulfilled. The units or individual soldiers volunteer for events and activities which will not conflict with mission and time requirements. Each soldier who volunteers must go through ACS for a local background clearance and submit DD Form 2793. The School Liaison Officer, Jessica Brushwood, is the Fort Leavenworth point of contact for questions or concerns, (913) 684-1655.

Other Helpful Resources

* A-Z Garrisons
* ArmyMWR.org
* ArmyOneSource
* Boys & Girls Club of America
* 4-H
* Free Military Handbooks
* Military Home Front
* Military One Source
* My Installation Portal
* Military K-12 Partners, a DODEA Partnership Program
* Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA)
* MilitaryChild.org
* Operation Military Kids
* Parents as Teachers
* Soar
* Sesame Street Family Connections