Purple Star School Designation

As part of the national Purple Star Schools program, Delaware’s Purple Star Distinguished School designation is given to K-12 public schools that demonstrate military-friendly practices and address the unique educational and social-emotional needs of military-connected children and their families. Purple Star Schools support military-connected children who move an average of six to nine times from kindergarten to high school, regularly leaving friends and support systems. Additionally, these schools are sensitive to the challenges families face whenever family members are called away from home on deployment.

Resources

• Purple Star School Designation Program overview
• Purple Star School Application
• Military Child Education Coalition
• Delaware Senate Bill 117
• Delaware Regulation 931

Congratulations to the Current Purple Star Distinguished Schools

Award Year 2026

J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center
Caesar Rodney School District

Lake Forest High School
Lake Forest School District

Providence Creek Academy
Charter School

National Purple Star Distinguished Schools (past 3 years)