Hanks Middle School: A Home for Military Families

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Hanks Middle School is committed to serving our military families and ensuring a smooth and worthwhile educational experience for your children. We are honored to welcome your children to our campus.

Our support for military-connected children and families includes:

  • A Student Ambassador Program designed to help new military families acclimate to our school and staff

  • Planning and coordinating activities that highlight our military students, families, and veterans

  • Hosting the April Month of the Military Child and May Military Appreciation Month, with school-wide events to celebrate our military families

  • An annual Veterans Day celebration featuring a Veterans Day breakfast

  • Priority status in the school’s enrollment process for children of active-duty families

Hanks Middle School Military Liaison-
Role & Responsibilities

Ana Flores
Community In Schools/Military Liaison
(915)434-5320

 The campus-based military liaison supports military-connected students and their families by:

  • serving as the point of contact and working collaboratively between military-connected students and their families and the campus

  • maintaining familiarity with enrollment processes, records transfer, existing community resources, and student supports

  • ensuring military-connected students are identified and properly coded through the Texas Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS)

  • determining campus-based supports and services available to military-connected students based on their unique needs, including their high mobility

  • assisting in coordinating campus-based programs relevant to military-connected students

  • attending professional development or training annually to learn and understand topics related to the transition of military-connected students and their families

  • offering professional development opportunities for staff members on issues related to military-connected students

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