Contact Information

Becky Mills, Media Specialist

Enrollment Services

New to the area? Have questions about registering your child for school, or what documentation is needed for registration? Click here to visit our ECPS Enrollment Services department for this information, as well as the current Student Progression Plans.

Exceptional Student Education

Click to visit the ECPS Exceptional Student Education department.

Sondra Hill, Program Director
shill@ecsdfl.us • 850-429-2977

Resources

ECPS Military Families Page

The Joint Military Council for Education Excellence was established as a partnership between the Escambia County School District and Naval Air Station Pensacola in the Spring of 2020. Its mission is: Improving educational services and communication between the Escambia County School District and military families.

The Military Council convenes quarterly to address topics of mutual interest and to solicit input from community stakeholders, including military families.

School Liaison Officer

NAS Pensacola Fleet &Family Support Center

NAS Pensacola MWR Homepage

Military One Source connects you to programs, services and products developed for military life. Turn to Military OneSource for tax services, spouse employment help, webinars and online training, relocation and deployment tools, and much more.

Military Child Education Coalition

The ASVAB CEP offers students a chance to explore all paths to careers - college, certifications, apprenticeships, licensure programs, and the Military - in one place. Contact your school counselor to find out when the ASVAB CEP is coming to your school.

Military Kids Connect is an online community for military children ages 6-17, and provides access to age-appropriate resources to support children dealing with the unique psychological challenges of military life. MKC offers informative activities, helpful videos, and an online community that can build and reinforce understanding, resilience, and coping skills in military children and their peers. Today's military kids grow up in a world where they face unique challenges such as multiple deployments of important family members and frequent moves to new schools and neighborhoods. They need a unique set of skills to draw on to get through long and often difficult separations and situations.

Learn more about Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselors

About the Military & Family Life Counseling (MFLC) Program

Kingsfield Elementary School is honored to offer non-medical counseling to our military-connected students. MFLCs support military families through the unique challenges of military life, including cycles of deployment and reintegration, by providing non-medical, short-term counseling. Through a partnership between the school district, the installation and the office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, counselors will be assigned to various schools during the school year.

What is the counselor’s role in the school?

MFLCs provide consultation, training, and educational presentations/workshops to program faculty, staff, parents, and children. MFLC support augments services already in place at each school. Counselors take part in everyday school activities and events. They are available to support in areas related to deployment and reintegration; family dynamics; positive coping mechanisms; staff support and education; parent education and stress reduction. Counselors are also available to facilitate groups and trainings to build leadership skills; manage anger; build self-esteem and confidence and strengthen communication.

How are counselors selected?

Counselors are selected for their demonstrated expertise and training and are under the management of the office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy. Counselors hold a master’s or doctoral degree, are independently licensed and have experience working with children and youth. Counselors go through rigorous background checks before being placed in schools.

Why are the counselors in certain schools and not others?

Schools were selected by the Service Branch to receive MFLCs based on the number of military connected students attending each school. Military families who have students in schools without counselors can typically receive the same support through the installation’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department, Fleet and Family Services or the A&FRC.

Do counselors keep records about students and families?

No. Services provided by counselors are private and confidential with the exception of mandatory federal and military reporting requirements (i.e., child abuse, domestic violence and other life-threatening situations). No counseling records are maintained.

Program Brochures

Military & Family Life Counselors

Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselors

Student2Student Program

Student to Student (S2S) is a student-led and faculty-advised program with the mission to take care of new students. Our S2S program shows students their new campus, and introduces them to their new school community. S2S impacts the entire student body by uniting the campus to build a culture of inclusion. The results are improved academic performance and positive peer-to-peer interactions. The team faculty coordinator is Becky Mills.

The S2S program will:

• Highlight character development throughout the year on our daily news show

• Video our student leaders sharing tips and tricks on how to be a good Kingsfield Cub and role models for all! These will be posted on our Kingsfield website.

KES Military Recognition Events

Kingsfield's music teachers and the media specialist do a program every year where they teach about the different branches of the military in their classes. They then have a celebration with a Veteran’s picture parade. Students who have active duty or retired military in their families can bring in pictures of the military member. We then have a Veteran's Day Parade through the halls of Kingsfield with the official songs of each branch being played while those who have pictures get to proudly present them to the rest of the school. We also do a patriotic song of the month for each month of the year. These are taught in music classes and then sung each Wednesday on our morning news show.

School Clubs

Kingsfield Elementary has several clubs:

 Fiesta Club (1st and 2nd Spanish Club)
We are excited to announce a new AFTER SCHOOL SPANISH CLUB for 1st grade students called “FIESTA CLUB!”  Students will be immersed in a 100% fun time of singing and playing games - all in Spanish!  The club will be led by two of our Kingsfield teachers who are bilingual, Mrs. Sulls and Ms. Valencia. 

Culinary Club (3rd-5th grade)
Students will be learning basic cooking skills while exploring the math and science that goes into making some of our favorite foods. Students will end with their own recipe book of the topics and tastes we have covered. 

Global Corner (3rd grade)

The Dandelion

The official flower of the military child is the dandelion. Why?

The plant puts down roots almost anywhere, and it's almost impossible to destroy. It's an unpretentious plant, yet good looking. It's a survivor in a broad range of climates.

Military children bloom everywhere the winds carry them. They are hardy and upright. Their roots are strong, cultivated deeply in the culture of the military, planted swiftly and surely. They're ready to fly in the breezes that take them to new adventures, new lands, and new friends.

Experts say military children are well-rounded, culturally aware, tolerant, and extremely resilient. Military children have learned from an early age that home is where their hearts are, that a good friend can be found in every corner of the world, and that education doesn't only come from school. They live history. They learn that to survive means to adapt, that the door that closes one chapter of their life opens up to a new and exciting adventure full of new friends and new experiences 

(Military Child Education Coalition, 2017).