School Liaison (SL)
2034 Barnett Ave, Quantico, 703-784-4729
Email: [email protected]
TOP TEN TIPS FOR TRANSITIONS
The mission of the School Liaison Program is to coordinate community resources to provide a smooth transition for mobile
military school-aged children. As we move into the PCS Season, keep these tips in mind.
1. Start talking about the upcoming move with your child as soon as you receive your orders. Talk about the positive
aspects of moving and experiencing new areas.
2. Help your child to explore the local area before the move using technology. All schools and districts now maintain
websites, and many heavily impacted school districts have pages dedicated to military families.
3. If your orders require that your family relocate before the end of the current school year, make sure to notify your child’s
current school as soon as possible.
4. Make copies of your child’s current textbook cover, table of contents and the course syllabi to bring to your new school.
5. Contact your child’s current school to arrange for unofficial copies of all necessary school records that you can
hand-carry with you during the move and provide to the receiving school upon arrival.
6. Bring samples of current school work your child has produced.
7. If you will be arriving after tryouts have occurred for a favorite extra-curricular activity, create a short video introducing
your child and highlighting his or her skills in action; it might help reserve a spot on the team.
8. Find out if the new school requires testing and/or prerequisites in order to place students at the appropriate level for
their skills. It might be possible to arrange for those tests before you arrive, so you are good to go when you register
your child.
9. Be sure to pay any outstanding fees at your current school, return library books and any other items belonging to the
school. If those items are not cleared, there could be delays with transcripts.
10. Last but not least, make sure to contact your School Liaison right when you get orders. School Liaisons are subject
matter experts on K-12 education and local school communities, and can help ease the transition for everyone
involved.
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS, CALL 703-784-4729
Select Option 1 for Christopher Lamb
QUANTICO BASE
FREDERICKSBURG CITY
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY
QYC: 3312 Purvis Rd.
703-784-2249
CDC N: 3311 Purvis Rd.
703-784-4470
CDC S: 3314 Purvis Rd.
703-784-3652
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Select Option 2 for Keely Ricks
STAFFORD COUNTY
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
CHILD CARE ABOARD MILITARY BASES
Do you need child care aboard Quantico? At your next duty station?
MilitaryChildCare.com is your first stop for requesting care for your child. Sign up
now, even if you need care in the distant future. This website lets you put in future
dates so you can plan ahead and be higher on the waitlist for when you actually
needcare.
PART DAY PRE-SCHOOL FALL 2018
Requests will be available on militarychildcare.com beginning 1 June. This is a two
or three day program that is open for all children who are 3 years of age until they
attend kindergarten. Morning and afternoon sessions are available and will begin
after Labor Day. For more information, call 703-784-0674, Resource and Referral.